Sleeping sickness
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- "Sleeping sickness" is also another name for Narcolepsy.
Sleeping sickness is a disease. It is caused by a parasite. The tsetse fly can spread it. It can mainly be observed in tropical Africa. Today, between 50.000 and 70.000 people are infected with it.
Today, drugs are available that can treat the disease. These drugs are usually based on Arsenic. The treatment is usually done in a hospital, because the drugs have many side-effects. Up to 10% of the people die from taking the drug. The best prevention is to avoid insect bites.