Occurrence of parasites

The disease is known by names such as Leishmaniasis, "predatory disease" or "Aleppo demon".

Besides having to live among the fighting lines of military forces in Syria, the people of the country are confronted with a disease known with names such as Leishmaniasis, "meat-eating" or "Aleppo demon" , this disease is derived from the Leishmania parasite. Symptoms of the disease include large open wounds, with rotting flesh around. If not treated promptly, the disease can be fatal.

The disease began to appear in 2013 with more than 41,000 patients discovered that year.

In fact, the disease began to emerge in 2013 with more than 41,000 patients discovered that year, in the Aleppo region alone - where fighting between Syrian government forces took place. and the terrorist organization IS - there have been 22,400 cases of Leishmaniasis, which is why the disease is also called "Aleppo Devil" . The culprit causing the spread of the disease in Syria is the Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly , which draws the blood of patients with Leishmaniasis and transmits it to others through the same form of mosquito-like burning.

If you are burned by a sandfly, it is impossible to determine whether you have Leishmaniasis because it takes 3 to 4 months for the signs of the disease to begin to appear as deformed and sagging skin. ulcers, even some internal organs bleed in serious.This epidemic does not occur in Syria alone, it is also present in many other tropical and subtropical regions in the world such as Brazil or India - especially the poor areas without adequate medical facilities. to provide a real treatment.

The culprit causing the spread of this disease in Syria is the Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly.

Besides, because sand flies cannot live in cold environment, this disease cannot appear in a stable climate zone such as North America or Europe. Even so, people with a weak immune system - such as HIV-infected patients - may also show signs of Leishmaniasis on internal organs. Currently, there are no specific vaccines to deal with this disease, the only treatment is to inject Amphotericin B - an antifungal antibiotic , which takes relatively long time and it also causes Relatively unpleasant side effects such as high fever, headache and vomiting.

Moreover, the price of Amphotericin B is not cheap either and with the 1.3 million new infections of Leishmaniasis every year by the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics - including 20,000 or 30,000 deaths - It is not too difficult for Syrian residents to flee to Europe for refugees.