Symptoms Of African Trypanosomiasis

Fever And Severe Headaches

Symptoms such as fever and severe headaches are both characteristics of the first stage of the disease. Both East African and West African forms of sleeping sickness commonly cause fever and headaches. The East African form is an acute, rapidly progressing infection and produces a high fever. The West African variety is chronic, and fever symptoms with this type of the illness may involve a comparatively lower-grade fever. Typically, the fever will tend to be intermittent, coming and going throughout several weeks to months. Similarly, headaches are often more severe in the East African form of sleeping sickness than in the West African form. As African trypanosomiasis progresses from the first to the second stages, more neurological symptoms can occur, such as slurred speech, poor coordination, seizures, and confusion.

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