Living with Schistosomiasis

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11 жыл бұрын

A community of car washers working in Lake Victoria, Kenya have some of the highest levels of infections of schistosomiasis in the world. Many from this community have died of the disease. Simeon shares his story of how, with medicines, he has learned to live with and manage this disease.
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@homezonemedicos1086 2 жыл бұрын

He faced many challenges,but at the end saying that we should work hard with smile ...👍is inspiring

@dmackler58 9 жыл бұрын

thank you for this video. i'm an american and was in kenya (on lake victoria) and got schistosomiasis myself. i'm just beginning the treatment for it. i am very grateful there is good treatment for it!

@ENDFund 9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Mackler Thanks for sharing. Glad to know you got treatment!

@989899981 9 жыл бұрын

Glad to know you got treatment too! Most docs in the states don't diagnose parasites to sell pills

@dmackler58 8 жыл бұрын

+Ahmad Morad i think so. i have to go back to the doctor and get blood tests, though. the first symptom i had for schisto was elevated eosinophils, so if they're normal i think i'm cured. but the doctor also said that i'd test positive for schisto antibodies for the rest of my life, even if i am completed healed...... did you get schisto too?

@dmackler58 8 жыл бұрын

+Ahmad Morad yes, i'll have to have the blood test soon. i'm so glad i got the medicine -- i felt very ill. it was horrible. meanwhile, good luck with your medical studies. and if you're interested in recovery from schizophrenia without medication (that is my area of study) i've made some films on it, translated into lots of languages. best wishes back :)

@Dan0rioN 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Mackler What are the symptoms i could use to rule this out?? Do all sufferers get pot belly? What signs to look for to know?? I'm very Ill and recall playing with snails while younger.. I'm in America.. But still I'm worried bc I been in so much pain past 10 years I'm afraid I'll die soon!!!

@LaFanfanTulipe 6 жыл бұрын

They should wear plastic boots. This is quite sad to see them risking their health in order to survive.

@luigigutierrez94 5 жыл бұрын

@T1Oracle 5 жыл бұрын

Cars should definitely not be washed in a lake, all the oil, antifreeze, and other chemicals should not be allowed in water. That stuff is toxic.

@klospike 3 жыл бұрын

And think about all the soap used to wash the cars ...

@barbarahamm7769 6 жыл бұрын

I have never been out of the country and I have this. My guess is someone from an Endemic area swam in same pond/lake I did and urinated and infecting the snails. This is a Worldwide problem.

@alisamurdock7667 5 жыл бұрын

Are you certain? I'm sorry, but I'm actually having a problem very much like this, but I have definitely never been out of the country, however, I had until recently been living in a very rural community, and, I like the water ...

@Toomuchbullshitt 2 жыл бұрын

Did you went to doctor and they diagnosed it as schistosomiasis? Btw do you live in Latin America, Africa, or Southeast Asia?

@Toomuchbullshitt 2 жыл бұрын

Schistosomes are blood flukes that use certain species of freshwater snails as their intermediate host before jumping into its final host. The bumps that most people get after swimming in a lake or pond is called swimmers itch. Those immature worms cause the rashes but they do not parasitize specifically on humans. Instead they just suffocate and die in your skin instead of going into your blood stream. There are different species but none are found in the U.S. that can infect humans.

@khaleefael9394 2 жыл бұрын

Please what’s is the name of this drug I am suffering from this disease

@dcesano1 4 жыл бұрын

Which drugs did he take to treat?

@zav.i 3 жыл бұрын

I think its called Praziquantel

@zav.i 3 жыл бұрын

Never mimd that, it seems youve gotten the answer already.

@marygracea.dap-og3774 Жыл бұрын

HI SCI 2B

@thinkers9931 Жыл бұрын

hi mary grace.

@barbarahamm7769 6 жыл бұрын

@elitssalta5805 Жыл бұрын

SHAWRAWT SCI 2A

@christiangomez921 4 жыл бұрын

they are cleaning dirty ass cars in dirty ass water, some back water countries will never progress

@mrbiscuits915 3 жыл бұрын

We are all savages you fool.

@Toomuchbullshitt 2 жыл бұрын

When you live in an underdeveloped rural area with little to no access to clean drinking water with periodic droughts and floods you’ll know the struggle.