Trypanosomiasis

Alternate Name: Sleeping Sickness

Test:

B. film microscopy (+), lymph gland biopsy (+),B.trypanosome antibodies (+), Hb (L), ESR (H), S.globulin (H), S.protein (L), S.IgM (H), CSF M/C/S (AB), CSF pressure (H in cerebral forms), CSF protein (H in cerebral forms), CSF lympho­cytes (H in cerebral forms)

Sign:

Dd:

Malaria, kala-azar, cerebral tumours and infec-tions

Phys:

Many types. Trypanosomes may infect blood stream, lymph nodes, heart or brain