Gavin and Stacey star shares terrifying symptoms after being struck down with life-threatening illness

Malaria has a host of unpleasant symptoms which also can be brought on by a variety of other issues sometimes causing confusion for doctors.

Symptoms typically take between ten days to four weeks to emerge and can in some cases lie dormant for several months.

Common early symptoms of the life-threatening illness include:

• Shaking
• Chills
• Fever
• Sweating
• Headaches
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Anaemia
• Muscle pain
• Convulsions
• Blood in stools

After the early stage symptoms, the condition can become rapidly life-threatening especially if the person infected is pregnant, elderly or very young and is not treated immediately.

Within just hours, the red blood cells cannot carry enough oxygen to the major organs, leaving a person weak and faint.

It can also cause cerebral malaria, where the brain swells, which in turn leads to brain damage and seizures.

The kidneys and liver can also being to fail and a fluid can build up on the lungs meaning it is difficult to breathe.

And if any of these complications crop up and they are not treated immediately, they can be fatal.

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