The Nasty Little Culprit
The
Areas Where the Disease is Spreading
Breaking
news: Another very serious
and scary story about an outbreak in the ME from here [click] with dramatic pictures (Caution:
may offend some readers).
Highlights
and Introduction: “A
FLESH-EATING tropical disease is sweeping through the Middle East and may yet
end up in Europe, after ISIS’ civil war helped to create the perfect breeding
grounds for infected vectors. Cutaneous is a parasitic disease caused by bites
from infected sand flies, which are thriving in the squalid conditions created
by the war in the Middle East. The disease can eventually lead to severe
scarring, and is spreading rapidly as displaced people and refugees flee the
ISIS strongholds where the disease is thriving. Those infected suffer from open
sores on the skin, nose bleeds and difficulties breathing and swallowing, with
more serious strains of the leading to death, if left unchecked. In its most
deadly form, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis can
be a destructive and debilitating condition, which eats away at the mucous
membranes of the nose, mouth and throat.”
Previously, the disease had
been contained to Syria, where it thrived in ISIS-controlled regions such as
Raqqa, Deir al-Zour, and Hasakah, but
now the parasite is eating its way through the entire region.
Related: This slide presentation is from
Water Reed [click here see
the 37 slides] Title “Leishmaniasis” prepared and presented
by: Army Major Mark Polhemus at the Leishmania
Treatment Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Scary news from the ME for sure that once again show how
many “leaders” in that part of the world surely must be proud about how they
create these messes that end up abusing their own people by the tens of
thousands.
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