Genevieve Bowker by

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:00:20 UTC

The disease name is African trypanosomiasis.

Symptoms

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:05:19 UTC

These are some of the first symptoms of African trypanosomiasis.

Treatment

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:16:02 UTC

Treatment for African sleeping sickness is antiparasitics. Age,weight and stage determines which medication you are treated with.

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:19:02 UTC

Who gets it

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:25:11 UTC

Tourists, hunters, and others working in or visiting game parks along with villagers who have infected cattle herds are at risk. Most cases are found in central Africa.

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:26:58 UTC

How do you get African sleeping sickness?

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:33:41 UTC

It is caused by a protozoan parasite.🦠 it is transmitted by infected tsetse flies.

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:37:13 UTC

It is extremely rare with less than 1,000 US cases a year.

Duration

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:41:25 UTC

East African sleeping sickness is short-term and may last several weeks to months. Compared to West African form that usually causes death with 2-3 years.

How African sleeping sickness got its nickname

gmbowker01 — 2023-11-25 12:47:33 UTC

The disease can cause disturbed sleep patterns which earned it the nicknames African sleeping sickness or sometimes called sleeping sickness.