Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis): Symptoms, Causes And Treatment

Chagas disease is a disease with a contagious infection which is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma Cruzi (t. Cruzi), the infection will be transmitted by insect bites and can attack anyone including children.

Chagas disease is spreading in the region of Mexico, Central America and South America as well. In fact every year as many as 12 million people infected with the disease, and 60,000 of them died. Chagas disease often occur outside the urban area causes Chagas vector dissemination related to. Chagas disease will generally breed rapidly in rural areas that have a lot of animals. Chagas disease itself originally breed in America in the 1960s where the disease originated from Africa.



Triatomine insects generally causes Chagas disease have residences in the straw and mud to even crack the existing building in brick. These insects will hide during the day and come out at night.
Triatomine insects will come out to suck the blood of humans who fall asleep in the evening.

After eating and sucking the blood of these insects will then dispose of the dirt.
This is the triatomine insect feces containing the parasite t. Cruzi can enter through an open skin wound, eyes and mouth as well. After entering into the body of parasites will spread and multiply and cause Chagas disease.

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A person can not only Contracting Chags through bites of tritomine but can also be contracted through consumption of raw foods or foods that are already contaminated by a parasite. The risk of contracting Chagas disease can be increased if the person is homeless in remote areas or those traveling in an area that is exposed to the parasite t. Cruzi which belongs to high.

The Symptoms Of Chagas Disease

Symptoms Chagas disease generally has an acute accompanied furunkel in insect bites and also there is fever, swelling of the lymph glands, lethargy and the swelling of the liver. Generally this will be felt mild symptoms the sufferers within weekly to monthly which will disappear over time. However if you feel there is a mild symptom ditubuh you then you must saw a doctor to prevent Chagas disease increase severe and chronic.

As for some of the symptoms in chronic phase is the presence of an irregular heartbeat and difficult to swallow food due to a swollen throat and heart failure. Even this including Chagas disease is dangerous because it can cause sudden death due to damage to the nervous system and heart muscle.

Risk Factors Of Esophageal Disease Chagas

1. Live in housing which has a triatomine insects
2. Living in the countryside are less clean in Mexico, Central America and South America
3. Receive blood transfusions and also transplantation the organ from a person who is already infected with Chagas
4. Tourists are traveling to Central America, Mexico and South America or other endemic areas are infected with Chagas.

Diagnosis Of Chagas Disease

In the early stages of a doctor will usually ask you a few questions about the symptoms experienced by sufferers of Chagas disease and do a physical examination. You can also do a blood test to make sure it does in your body there is a parasite t. Cruzi or just something a protein produced by the immune system to fight off the parasites present in your body.

If you've been diagnosed have Chagas disease then you must perform some additional examination to determine whether a disease that you have entered the stage of chronic pain. If you have already entered a phase of chronic means you're already in danger because you have a risk of developing heart and digestive complications even gets worse you can die of chronic Chagas disease affected.

Signs and symptoms of Chagas disease

Cahgas disease can occur in a very short time but can also take place in a long period or chronic. Symptoms alone there are several phases and sections that comprise the symptoms of moderate and severe phase, despite the fact that some people have no symptoms until the final stages of the chronic.

The Symptoms Of The Acute Phase

Acute phase of Chagas disease will survive within weeks and even months, which are generally symptoms will appear a few days after the body was exposed to the first exposure to the parasite.

Which symptoms will include the presence of a sense of tired, aching body, red rash, high fever, swelling in the infected part of the body, headaches, vomiting and feeling nausea, diarrhea, swelling of the lymph nodes.

Symptoms and signs in the acute phase, it will disappear by itself if left alone, but if you let this acute phase, without any intensive care of acute phase can then continues into chronic phases.

Chronic Phase Symptoms

Signs and symptoms in chronic phase also on Chagas disease lasts for about 10 – 20 year span after the first infection. In the case of the already severe signs and symptoms Chagas disease also includes the existence of a sudden heart attack, congestive heart failure, irregular heart beat, the presence of abdominal pain or constipation, you have trouble swallowing food because the esophagus swell.

Chagas Disease Complications

Complications can occur in a Chagas disease sufferers have already entered a phase of chronic and its complications most is the existence of an enlargement of the esophagus, heart failure, the enlargement of the colon.

But now there is hope to resolve the problem of these complications with how to perform surgery, transplant complications for heart surgery to address the problem of complications on the digestion, and also the giving of corticosteroids medication.

Prevention and treatment in the home

Life style that you can apply to help treat Chagas disease this you can apply at home, in your daily life style.

1. Improvements to the home to prevent the existence of fleas and termites
2. Spray your House with insecticide
3. Wear mosquito nets as well as the barrier screen window
4. Take a blood donor screening
5. Take care of hygiene in food, storage and transportation equipment
6. Checked myself on a regular basis mainly newborn babies as well as for children of mothers who have been infected so that the conduct of early diagnosis and treatment.

But if you now live in areas that have a risk of Chagas disease then you should avoid sleeping in muddy areas, brick making, and straw because it is the type of House that is often used to hide triatomine insects, use nets that already soaked insecticides in bed that you used to sleep, use insect repellent lotions or anti insects on the skin.

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