Glossary for East African Trypanosomiasis

• African Sleeping sickness: Fly-borne African parasitic disease.
• Chancre: An ulcer like eruption that is located on an epithelial surface
• Drowsiness: Excessive tiredness or sleepiness
• Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
• Insomnia: Insomnia is defined as repeated difficulty with the initiation, duration, maintenance, or quality of sleep that occurs despite adequate time and opportunity for sleep that results in some form of daytime impairment.
• Irritability: Excessive feelings of annoyance or frustration.
• Severe headache: A condition which is characterized by a severe headache
• Sores: Sores affecting the skin.

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