Common, but Fatal Diseases
Malaria
~ Caused by parasites transferred through the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
~ Symptoms:
~ If it’s not treated in the first 24 hours it will turns into a severe illness that usually leads to death
~ Symptoms:
- Lasts about 10-15 days
- fever
- headache
- chills
- vomiting
~ If it’s not treated in the first 24 hours it will turns into a severe illness that usually leads to death
Dysentery
~ Dysentery is an intestinal inflammation, especially in the colon, that cause severe diarrhea with mucus or blood in the feces.
~ Symptoms:
~ Sometimes, like in the civil war, untreated dysentery can be life-threatening, especially if the infected person cannot replace lost fluids fast enough.
~ Bacillary dysentery is caused by Shigella.
~ Symptoms:
- fever and chills
- nausea and vomiting
- fatigue
- Mild to severe abdominal pain or stomach cramps.
~ Sometimes, like in the civil war, untreated dysentery can be life-threatening, especially if the infected person cannot replace lost fluids fast enough.
~ Bacillary dysentery is caused by Shigella.
Typhoid Fever
~ Salmonella typhi bacteria.
~ It can also be caused by Salmonella paratyphi, but usually causes a less severe illness.
~ How:
~ It can also be caused by Salmonella paratyphi, but usually causes a less severe illness.
~ How:
- After eating contaminated food or water, the Salmonella bacteria goes into the small intestine and enter the bloodstream temporarily. The bacteria are carried by white blood cells in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, where they multiply and return to the bloodstream.
- Poor appetite
- Headaches
- Generalized aches and pains
- Fever as high as 104 degrees Farenheit
- Lethargy
- Diarrhea
Tuberculosis
~ Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
~ The bacteria are put into the air when a person with the disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings. People close by could breathe in the bacteria and become infected.
~ Symptoms:
~ The bacteria are put into the air when a person with the disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings. People close by could breathe in the bacteria and become infected.
~ Symptoms:
- a bad cough that lasts 3 weeks or longer
- Pain in the chest
- Coughing up blood
- Weakness or fatigue
- Weight loss
- No appetite
- Chills
- Fever
- Sweating at night
Pneumonia
~Pneumonia is inflammation (swelling) of the tissue in one or both of your lungs.
~ It’s caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
~ Symptoms:
~ It’s caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
~ Symptoms:
- A cough
- Fever
- Difficulty breathing
Small Pox
~It’s caused by the Variola virus.
~Some experts say that over the centuries it has killed more people than all other infectious diseases combined.
~Symptoms:
I didn't add any pictures of actual Small Pox because it's really gross and disturbing.
~Some experts say that over the centuries it has killed more people than all other infectious diseases combined.
~Symptoms:
- High fever
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Backache
- A rash with flat red sores
I didn't add any pictures of actual Small Pox because it's really gross and disturbing.
Measles
~Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease.
~The virus is called rubeola.
~One out of twenty people who get Measles also gets Pneumonia
~Symptoms:
~The virus is called rubeola.
~One out of twenty people who get Measles also gets Pneumonia
~Symptoms:
- Fever
- Runny nose
- Cough
- A rash all over the body.