Water Diseases



Disease

environment

transmission

prevention

treatment

symptoms

Bilharzia
tropical lands
through holes of people feet by warms
use shoes and improve sanitation
steroid medications
weakness, anaemic,  bladder infections
Malaria
wet seasons. In swamps, ponds, lakes, canlas of fresh water
female mosquitoes drinks the blood whose contains malaria parasite
using insect repellent, covering your arms and legs, and using a mosquito net
antimalarial medicine
high temperature of 38C or above, feeling hot and shivery,
headaches,
vomiting,
muscle pains and
diarrhoea
Cholera
in places without a clean water supply or modern sewage system, such as parts of Africa and Asia
drinking unclean water, eating food that's been in unclean water
wash your hands with soap and water, only drink tap water (while travelling)
vaccination
have bloody diarrhoea or bleeding from your bottom
Dengue
southeast Asia,the Caribbean,
the Indian subcontinent
South and Central, America,
Africa, the Pacific Islands,
Australia
bite of infected mosquitoes
use insect repellent,wear loose but protective clothing,
sleep under a mosquito net
take paracetamol, drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration
a high temperature (fever), headache, pain behind the eyes, leg cramps
Yellow fever
Africa, South America, Central America and the Caribbean
mosquitoes bites
yellow fever vaccine,using mosquito nets, wearing clothes that cover your arms and legs, and using insect repellent
paracetamol or ibuprofen can help lower your temperature and drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration
high temperature,
a headache
feeling sick or vomiting
your eyes being sensitive to light, yellowing of the skin and eyes bleeding from the mouth, nose or eyes,
vomiting blood or blood in poo


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