Kolkata sees cases of malaria without fever; a doctor talks about the ‘weird’ disease
People are coming not with fever, chill and rigor, which is the predominant symptom of malaria but other associated features
Researchers are yet to determine the cause of feverless malaria. (Source: getty images) As some parts of the country struggle with dengue-like fever, Kolkata is recording cases of a peculiar type of malaria with no fever.
Patients are showing other severe symptoms. “Yes, that is true. People are coming not with fever, chill and rigor, which is the predominant symptom of malaria. Yesterday, a patient with not much history of fever — there was only mild fever for a single day — was admitted after she came malaria falciparum positive. This has not been seen before…it is weird,” Dr Dibyendu Mukherjee, consultant, internal medicine, Fortis Anandapur, tells indianexpress.com.
Among the symptoms that patients are coming with are “severe weakness, giddiness, history of fall because of sudden drop in blood pressure, and palpitation.” “At our hospital, we are roughly getting about three-four patients of malaria admitted every day,” the doctor adds.
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