AFRICAN trypanosomiasis

THE FLY THAT CAUSED IT

• This disease is spread by the bite of a tsetse fly
• These flies are most common in rural areas
• They live in mid- Africa

STAGE ONE

• The first stage starts one to three weeks after the
• Bite. Some of the symptoms of stage one are
• Fever, headaches, itchiness, and joint pain.
• After weeks or even months the second stage will
• Begin

STAGE TWO

• The second stage starts out with
• confusion, bad coordination, numbness,
• and trouble sleeping. Diagnosis is finding
• the parasite in blood smears or in the
• fluid of lymph nodes

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• To tell the differences between the first
• and second stages they take a lumbar puncture test

TREATMENT

• To prevent this very bad disease doctors
• must screen the population at risk with blood
• tests. Treating a patient is easier when the
• disease is detected before the first stage.

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WEBSITES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis
• http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/
• http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228613-overview