All About Chagas Disease » Symptoms of Chagas Disease http://www.allaboutchagasdisease.com Information on Chagas Disease Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Symptoms of Chagas’ Disease http://www.allaboutchagasdisease.com/symptoms-of-chagas-disease-5.htm http://www.allaboutchagasdisease.com/symptoms-of-chagas-disease-5.htm#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:36:04 +0000 About Chagas Disease http://www.allaboutchagasdisease.com/5-symptoms-of-chagas-disease/symptoms-of-chagas-disease/ Chagas disease has two stages: acute and chronic.

 Symptoms in the acute phase may only occur in about 1% of Chagas cases, and will generally appear approximately one to two weeks following infection.

Acute Stage Symptoms:

  • fever
  • facial swelling or swelling around the site of the bite
  • enlarged and painful lymph glands and fatigue
  • In infants or young children severe brain damage causing death may occurThe symptoms may last for 4-8 weeks before disappearing

In the chronic stage of the disease, symptoms may not appear until 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years following infection
Chronic Stage Symptoms:

  • Cardiac problems including cardiomyopathy (or an enlarged heart); altered heart rate or heart rhythm abnormalities, or cardiac arrest
  • Esophagus enlargement or increasing size of the large bowel causing difficulties with swallowing or severe constipation
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