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African Sleeping Sickness - Monsters Inside Me | Animal Planet

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The trypanosoma parasite, which causes African sleeping sickness, is contracted through the tsetse fly. Trypanosomes feed off the body's red blood cells, destroying them and ultimately causing death.

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To attempt at getting rid of African Sleeping Sickness they largely destroy the breeding sites of tsetse flies.

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There are two common ways to treat African sleeping sickness. It is tricky though because of the parasites abilities. The two are, Enzyme inhibitor and an Anti-parasite.

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Early symptoms include fever, headaches, joint pains, and itching.
Later stages may include behavior changes, confusion, and poor coordination. If African sleeping sickness goes untreated for too long, the victim will slip into a coma, which can lead to death.

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In order to get the African Sleeping Sickness, you need to be in the sub- Sarahan parts of Africa. You would most likely be bitten in the day time, but it is not unheard of to be bitten at night. The perfect time to be bitten would be if you were on a hike. This is because the Tsetse fly likes to be around bushes and greenery, like tall grass and even flowers.
If a mother is pregnant, she can pass this disease on to her baby.

Blood transfusion also can occur.

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Five facts about the African Sleeping Sickness.

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Five facts about the African Sleeping Sickness.

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1. Animals can get it too.
2. During the 1960's, it was thought that African Sleeping Sickness was a disease of the past because it had been a long time since anyone had been infected.
3. Human African Trypanosomiasis is better known in the medical world as HAT
4. 70% of infected persons in Africa are living in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
5. It causes severe personality changes

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1. The Parasite changes its proteins constantly
2. In order to reproduce the parasite can split in half or multiply.
3.  The epimastigotes (insect stage) reach the fly’s saliva glands and continue multiplication by splitting in half.
4. The life cycle of the parasite inside the fly takes about 3 weeks
5. There is another type of Trypanosomes that doesn't make humans sick.

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The African Sleeping sickness, or human African Trypanosomiasis, is a horrid disease that was originally caught in the early 1900s. This infection was first found in humans by Forde Dutton in The Gambia in 1901. He found parasites in the blood of a European suffering from recurrent fevers.  Forde figured it out a few months later as  Trypanosoma Brucei.

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The African Sleeping Sickness was originally found in The Gambia in 1901. The map Below is Where you can catch African Sleeping Sickness now.