A 17-year old boy is suffering from high fever with profuse sweating and chills. Choose the correct option from the following diseases which explains these symptoms and rule out the rest with adequate reasons.

Typhoid

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Viral Fever

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Malaria

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C Malaria
(A) Typhoid is a bacterial infection that can lead to high fever, diarrhea, and vomiting.
(B) Viral fever is a group of viral infection that affects the body and its characteristics by high fever, burning eyes, headaches.
(C) Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasite single-celled microorganisms belonging to the plasmodium group.
So, the correct option is 'Malaria'.

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