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What're The Symptoms Of African Sleeping Sickness?
African trypanosomiasis
Symptoms
General symptoms include:
Anxiety - Drowsiness during the day
- Fever
- Headache
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Insomnia at night Mood changes - Sleepiness (may be uncontrollable)
- Sweating
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Swollen lymph nodes all over the body - Swollen, red, painful
nodule at site of fly bite Weakness
Signs and tests
A physical examination may show signs of inflammation of the brain and its covering, the meninges (meningoencephalitis).
Tests include the following:
- Blood smear
Cerebrospinal fluid tests Complete blood...
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