Water Related Diseases Franco Ferrari

Disease

Environment

Transmission

Symptoms

Prevention

Treatment

Malaria

Most of the world

Blood Contact(mosquitoes) Or by organ transplants

Headache and

High fever

You should be in a place with conditioned air

 specific medicine is used

Yellow Fever

África

By certain mosquito bites, there are many varieties of them.

Fever and yellowish face

You should have vaccines and use nets or clothes that cover your body to prevent the bites

Hospitalization

Dengue

Tropical Climates

Mosquito bites

Fever and headache

You should use repellent and clothes to avoid mosquitoes

Drinking water,

usr medicine for the fever and resting

Cholera

Poor water supply areas

Polluted water (containing bacterias)

Diarrhea and vomiting are usual

Be sure of Drinking and using safe water

Rehydration treatment is applied and the use of Antibiotics.

Bilharzia

Africa, Middle east, South China and South America

Contact with specific water (With parasites that enter to your body through skin)

Anemia and a feeling of

weakness

You should not swim in certain waters

Medicines