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Malaria fever is usually caused by the bite of an infected female mosquito and many cases of it are seen every year. To avoid this, it is important to take care of the cleanliness of the places around you. Many times people pay attention during monsoon days, but after that they start being a little careless about it. There are a lot of mosquitoes even in October, so protection from them is important during this time also. During this time, the weather is also changing, hence people sometimes start mistaking it for ordinary viral fever, but its symptoms should be immediately paid attention to, so that the situation can be saved from becoming serious. At the same time, after malaria fever is cured, it is important to keep the diet right for the body to recover.
Talking about the symptoms of malaria, apart from severe chills and fever, there can be problems like headache, pain in the whole body, weakness, fatigue and nausea. Talking about serious symptoms, attention should be paid to things like delirium i.e. difference in thinking ability, confusion, inability to think properly, difficulty in breathing, diarrhea etc. Let us know what to include in the diet to recover from this.
It is necessary to eat light food
Nutritionist Kritika Nagpal says that after recovering from any disease, digestion also becomes a little weak, hence it is important that we eat light food, which is easily digested. If you are recovering from malaria, then during this time things like soup, liquid khichdi, porridge are more suitable, because less spices and oil are added in them.
It is important to stay hydrated
To recover quickly from malaria, it is important to keep yourself hydrated, but instead of drinking only water, you should also drink healthy drinks like coconut water, buttermilk, lemonade etc. in your daily routine. Apart from this, warm milk should be taken before sleeping. Apart from giving strength to your body, it will also improve your night sleep, which will help you recover quickly, but if digestion is not proper or you have lactose intolerance (allergy to milk and its products) then avoid drinking milk.
Eat these things for protein
Experts say that protein intake should be increased in your diet. This brings strength to the muscles and your energy will also be boosted. For this, you can include things like moong, lentils, cheese, curd, nuts, tofu, soya milk, eggs, beans in your diet, but do not eat too much of it at once, because there is difficulty in digestion during this time.
Include these vegetables in your diet
Expert Krutika Nagpal says that to recover after malaria, you should include vegetables in good quantity in your diet, because it provides many types of nutrients to your body and you get healthy quickly. It is good to eat vegetables like bottle gourd, ridge gourd, parwal, spinach, tinda, because they are not very difficult to digest. One thing that should be kept in mind is not to use too much oil and spices.
Eating these fruits is beneficial
Include fruits like papaya, orange, apple, guava in your diet. With this you will get Vitamin C in good quantity which improves immunity and you recover quickly. Apart from these, many types of nutrients are also found in these fruits. Apart from this, to overcome iron deficiency, things like jaggery, dates and beetroot should be included in the diet.
Avoid these things
Along with taking a healthy diet, it is also very important to avoid unhealthy things. Many times we abstain during illness, but after that we stop abstinence without completely recovering, due to which weakness may persist in the body. Expert Krutika says that you should avoid sweets, consume caffeine items very less and do not drink cold drinks at all. Stay away from outside food, because it may lack hygiene. Apart from this, one should avoid eating too spicy, heavy fried food.