Sleeping Sickness
Health Encyclopedia: Sleeping Sickness
African trypanosomiasis
Prevention
Pentamidine injections protect against gambiense, but have not yet been demonstrated as effective against rhodesiense. Insect control measures can help prevent the spread of sleeping sickness in areas where the disease is endemic.
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Health Guide
Sleeping sickness
.........nodes. When the infection spreads to the central nervous system, it causes the symptoms typical of sleeping sickness. When it reaches the brain, behavioral changes such as fear and mood... Read more »Sleeping sickness
...from cardiac failure or from rhodesiense infection itself. Gambiense infection causes the classic "sleeping sickness" disease. Both diseases should be treated immediately. Complications ... Read more »Sleeping sickness
African trypanosomiasis Symptoms Gambiense -infections lead to drowsiness during the day, but insomnia at night. Sleep becomes... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Infectious Diseases
...and Method of TransmissionCountries of InfectionSeverity and SymptomsTreatment and PreventionAfrican sleeping sickness(African Trypanosomiasis)Parasite transmitted by tsetse fly bite.Rural Africa,... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Travel Precautions
Travel PrecautionsVector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by insects that harbor parasitic, viral, or bacterial organisms. Common diseases include yellow fever and malaria, but there are... Read more »Images
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