the symptoms characteristic of malaria include flulike illness with fever chills muscle aches and headache. some patients develop nausea vomiting cough and diarrhea. cycles of chills fever and sweating that repeat every one two or three days are typical. there can sometimes be vomiting diarrhea coughing and yellowing (jaundice) of the skin and whites of the eyes due to destruction of red blood cells and liver cells. people with severe p. falciparum malaria can develop bleeding problems shock liver or kidney failure central nervous system problems coma and can die from the infection or its complications. cerebral malaria (coma or altered mental status or seizures) can occur with severe p. falciparum infection. it is lethal if not treated quickly; even with treatment about 15%-20% die.
what are the symptoms of malaria?