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By ULY CLINIC

Severe Malaria In Pregnancy

Introduction

In low-transmission areas (low malaria immunity); women in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy are more likely to develop severe malaria than other adults, often complicated by pulmonary oedema and hypoglycaemia. 

Features of severe malaria during pregnancy: 

  • High fever 

  • Hyperparasitemia 

  • Low blood sugar 

  • Severe haemolytic anaemia 

  • Cerebral malaria 

  • Pulmonary oedema

Pharmacological Treatment 

The management of severe malaria in pregnant women does not differ from the management of severe malaria in other adult patients.

Updated on, 30.10.2020

References

1. STG page number 10-12

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