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07-28-2014, 08:29 PM | #1 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Here is this kissing bug disease again!! I saw this on AOL....I think we had a discussion about this a while back......aparently, it isnt getting any better! ".....It might sound like a fake virus you want your significant other to catch -- but it's definitely the wrong kind of cootie. The "Kissing Bug" disease has some 8 million people scared for their life in Latin America. Also known as the Chagas disease, the life-threatening illness is passed to people by this freaky little guy, called a "kissing bug" or "assassin bug." And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates around 300,000 people in the U.S. might be infected. One doctor told The Atlantic it could have sprouted in Virginia because of the number of Bolivians living there. Bolivia has the highest rate of Chagas in the world, and it's common for pregnant women to be screened for the disease because there's a high risk they could pass it on to their children. Virginia (specifically Northern Virginia) is now being called 'Ground Zero' for the kissing bug disease. It's not necessarily easy to become infected. People are exposed to the parasite through feces of insects that are carrying it, usually through a cut in the skin. Severe cases can cause heart failure and brain inflammation, but the disease can also go undetected for years at a time. Some 11,000 people died from the disease every year."...... |
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07-28-2014, 09:16 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| OMG, I am NOT going to search the internet for the symptoms, I'll wind up with them. I am off tomorrow to buy boxes of bandages to ensure even a splinter gets covered. Va. not not far from NE, Pa. thanks for the heads up.
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07-29-2014, 05:26 AM | #3 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| yikes thanks for the warning.
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07-29-2014, 07:48 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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| -_- I looked up all the info just now. So not cool... |
07-29-2014, 12:15 PM | #5 |
I ♥ my Cookie Monster! Donating Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: South Texas
Posts: 2,999
| I am always looking out for these horrible things, since they're in Texas. Triatominae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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07-29-2014, 07:23 PM | #6 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| Chagas Disease FAQ: Is Kissing Bug Disease the AIDS of the Americas? Kissing Bugs-Topic Overview Chagas Disease Didn't see anything about Virginia though.
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07-30-2014, 06:31 AM | #7 | |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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Northern Virginia: ‘Ground Zero’ for Kissing Bug Disease | |
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