#ChagasDisease is a potentially life-threatening illness, transmitted through contact with the faeces or urine of a triatomine bug found mainly in Latin America.
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• skin lesion
• purplish swelling of an eyelid
• fever
• difficulty breathing
• abdominal or chest pain
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✅ vector control
✅ good hygiene
✅ food safety
✅ screening of blood donors & women of childbearing age
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✅Contact your doctor if you live or have travelled to an area at risk of Chagas & experience symptoms
✅2 medicines are effective in curing the disease if given soon after infection
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🕳️ Contact with the faeces or urine of a triatomine bug (kissing bug)
🥘 Contaminated food
🩸 Blood transfusion / organ transplant
🤰 Mother to child
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