After you go home, you will need follow-up exams for about 2 years. These will include a spinal tap. Because this infection is so rare, your healthcare provider may talk with an infectious disease or tropical medicine specialist. If the disease is not treated, the symptoms can worsen to a severe illness. Death will occur.
No vaccine or medicine can prevent African sleeping sickness. But you can prevent being bitten by tsetse flies. Experts recommend the following:. Wear protective clothing, such as long-sleeved shirts and pants. Tsetse flies can bite through material, so clothing should be made of thick fabric.
Wear khaki, olive, or other neutral-colored clothing. Tsetse flies are attracted to bright and dark contrasting colors. Do not ride in the back of jeeps, pickup trucks, or other open vehicles. Tsetse flies are attracted to the dust created by moving vehicles and animals. Stay away from bushes. During the hottest part of the day, the tsetse fly will rest in bushes. But they will bite if disturbed. You will need to be checked out periodically for at least a couple years. If you have a fever, rash, or chancre ulceration of the skin after returning from areas in Africa where you may have been bitten by a tsetse fly, contact your healthcare provider.
African sleeping sickness is a disease caused by a parasite. Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you. At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis and any new medicines, treatments, or tests.
Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you. Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are. Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure. If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit. Search Encyclopedia.
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