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Chagas disease

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Chagas disease

Alternative Names:

American trypanosomiasis
Symptoms:

History of exposure in an area where Chagas disease is known to occur
Swollen red area at site of previous insect bite
Enlarged lymph nodes
Swelling of one eye
Fever
Irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)
Rapid heartbeat (tachycardia)
Swallowing difficulties

Signs and tests:

Physical examination can confirm the symptoms. It may demonstrate signs of heart failure (or cardiomyopathy) in the chronic form.
Peripheral blood smear demonstrates motile trypanosomes in the acute form.
Blood culture demonstrates Trypanosoma cruzi in the acute form.
ELISA can show past infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in the chronic form.

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