TREATMENTS

AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS IS TREATED THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TWO STAGES OF THE DISEASE.

STAGE ONE:

Pentamidine

STAGE TWO:

Melarsoprol, Eflornithine(second line), or a mixture of Eflornithine and nifurtimox.

T.b. gambiense

T.b. rhodesiense

STAGE ONE:

Suramin

STAGE TWO:

Melarsoprol(first line),