Question

What is sleeping sickness?
My friend jas sleep 17 hrs per day. Is she suffering from sleeping sickness?

Answer 1

Hey mate ,


Sleeping sickness is an infection caused by tiny parasites carried by certain flies. It results in swelling of the brain.

Causes

Sleeping sickness is caused by two types of parasites Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosomoa brucei gambiense. T b rhodesiense causes the more severe form of the illness.

Tsetse flies carry the infection. When an infected fly bites you, the infection spreads through your blood.

If the person is an adolescent then yes he will be suffering from sleeping sickness....

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