A Sleeping Sickness called African Trypanosomiasis
We have heard of a lot of sleeping illnesses lingering around the world today and apparently most of them come from varying origins. Sleep disorders and issues are rampant and are continuously causing pains and problems for people. Here is another one of those sleep sickness called the African Trypanosomiasis.
The disease, endemic in southeast Uganda and western Kenya, is caused by parasites and transmitted to humans by tsetse flies. It kills more than 40,000 Africans each year and the animal form of the disease (nagana) kills two million cattle each year.
IT starts with a headache, joint pains and fever. It is the kind you would expect to get over quickly. But after a while, things get worse. You fall asleep most of the time, are confused and get intense pains and convulsions.
If you do not get treatment, your body begins to waste away. Eventually, you slip into coma and die.
So you may say that this disease may eventually be transmitted unseen as the said parasites can easily make their way to your body. So if you think you have the symptoms mentioned above, better have your doctor check you out.
(Source) AllAfrica.com
Tags: african trypanosomiasis, africans, cattle, convulsions, Sleep Disorders, sleeping sickness, western kenya
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