{"id":8652,"date":"2025-08-13T11:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:54:51","slug":"chagas-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chagas-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Chagas Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chagas Disease Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering the enormous human and economic toll Chagas disease inflicts, investment in R&amp;D of medical innovations such as diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and vaccines remains disproportionately low.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chagas Disease<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chagas disease, also known as <\/span><b>American trypanosomiasis,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an <\/span><b>inflammatory, infectious disease <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caused by the <\/span><b>protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common way people are<\/span><b> infected <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with Chagas is <\/span><b>through the blood-sucking triatomine bugs.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><b>parasite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>found in the feces of the triatomine bug<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>bugs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also are <\/span><b>called reduviid.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They may also be <\/span><b>known as &#8220;kissing bugs&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because they tend to bite people&#8217;s faces.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parasite can <\/span><b>also be transmitted <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from mother to child <\/span><b>during pregnancy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or childbirth, <\/span><b>through contaminated food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and beverages, <\/span><b>blood transfusions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>organ transplants,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or laboratory accidents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chagas disease is <\/span><b>common in South America, Central America, and Mexico, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the primary home of the triatomine bug.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Few people have symptoms at firs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t. But <\/span><b>over time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, parasites can move to your tissues and <\/span><b>cause chronic infections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leading to <\/span><b>heart and digestive tract damage.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Left untreated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chagas disease later can cause <\/span><b>serious heart and digestive problems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <\/span><b>first phase<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of infection, <\/span><b>treatment <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Chagas disease a<\/span><b>ims to kill the parasite.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Later, it&#8217;s no longer possible to kill the parasite.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Treatment in this <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">later phase<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">managing symptoms.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-025-02759-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chagas (CHAH-gus) disease is an inflammatory, infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. 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