Skin rash

Skin rash is one of the most popular symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis. For humans, after being bitten by a tsetse fly, the victim can contract a disease called sleeping sickness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma spread from the sting. The nodule develops at the site of a fly bite from a few days to 2 weeks. The skin rash develops into a dark red, painful, unsaturated, possibly ulcerated nodule (trypanosomal chancre). It usually begins with a tingling, itching, or burning sensation around the mouth. Then, small fluid-filled sores appear, usually at the edges of the lower lip.

Many people mistake the skin rash of African Trypanosomiasis for a normal skin rash. This makes the patient only buy itch medicine to apply, but the disease does not go away. However, with some other causes or after a period of time with more widespread manifestations, it is very dangerous. These cases, if not treated promptly, will cause many complications, especially in the case of children with a red rash without fever.