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Please help! what is this chagas disease everyone is talking about?
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Chaga's Diseases: Chagas disease is due to a protozoan (trypanosoma cruzi). Sxs can include fatigue, generalized body aches, loose bowel movements, vomiting, rash, poor appetite; enlarged liver ; spleen ; inflamed brain ; heart. Antiparasitic medications used to treat it include nifurtimox ; benznidazole.
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Spread by the : kissing beetle, the members of the Triatominae, a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in the Latin Americas include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos, chipos and chinches. Wikipedia
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