8 diseases you must prevent in the Hajj season

Arab Rituals - The Hajj season is coming soon , as people from all over the world come to perform this great duty. In light of the huge numbers of people that come to Hajj, the body is vulnerable to many diseases.

The following is a list of these diseases that must be prevented:

Yellow fever

Yellow fever is common in the tropics of Africa and South America. Yellow fever can cause fever, chills, headache, and back and muscle pain.

Schistosomiasis

Snails in freshwater carry the parasitic worm that causes this disease . Snails release worms into polluted rivers, fresh water, lakes, ponds, and swamps, and penetrate the skin, such as the sole of the feet .. The World Health Organization has indicated that the worm is endemic in 52 countries, and symptoms can last more than two months, including fever, chills, coughs, and pains in Muscles.

Dengue fever

Mosquito bites cause this virus to spread to many parts of the world. Symptoms can take more than two weeks to develop and resemble the flu, such as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and pain in the eyes, muscles, and joints. Symptoms last for one week.

Malaria

Malaria is a parasite that is transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Anopheles. Symptoms of the disease include high fever, chills, and an influenza-like illness. If not treated, malaria can develop into a severe disease and even cause death.

typhoid

This bacterial disease is spread by eating contaminated food and water, and fever can cause death.

Its symptoms include feeling very hot, weak, stomach pain, headache and loss of appetite. The vaccination of travelers must be obtained before travel, but the vaccine protects between 50 and 80% of people receiving treatment, so care must be taken to eat clean food and drink.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis can occur in an "underlying" condition where patients carry bacteria without infection itself. Tuberculosis is spread in almost every country, but infection is more concentrated in developing countries, as it spreads through the air from one person to another and mainly affects the lungs.

Symptoms of the disease include prolonged coughing, weakness, fatigue, weight loss and night sweats.

Hepatitis A

This disease is spread in most parts of the developing world through contaminated water and uncooked food and is closely related to polluted water, inadequate sanitation and poor personal hygiene.

Symptoms include fever, malaise, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal discomfort, and urine discoloration.

Lyme disease

Bacteria cause illness that is spread by black leg bites, and symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and rash. If the infection is not treated, it spreads to the joints, heart and nervous system.

A set of tips to prevent diseases of the Hajj season for non-pilgrims