7 Plague The Dangerous Disease

now type of antibiotics and drugs are widely available and easily obtained, but it could not hurt to remain ever vigilant against the diseases that can be endemic. There are 7-threatening disease that still plagues the world:

1. Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a deadly viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Giving this name because the infected patient may appear yellow.

There is no cure for this yellow fever. Treatment is done only aims at reducing the patient's symptoms, like fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, and bleeding from the mouth, nose and eyes.

There were 30,000 deaths from yellow fever each year, usually at most in the tropics. Currently, vaccination is the most important preventive measures against yellow fever.

2. Typhus
Typhoid is still prevalent in developing countries, so that foreign tourists should be vaccinated against it. The disease is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi which was brought into the blood stream and digestive tract.

Symptoms of typhoid include fever sustainable, weakness, abdominal pain, headache and loss of appetite. In some cases, there is a rash and red spots on the patients. Typhoid fever is usually treated with antibiotics that can disappear for 2-3 days of infection.

3. Spanish Flu
Between 1918 and 1919, Spanish flu killed 20 to 40 million people. This is truly a global disaster. This deadly flu strikes people ages 20 to 40 years, and infects 28 percent of Americans.

Spanish flu symptoms more severe than usual seasonal flu. Patients will experience chills and extreme fatigue, and there is fluid in his lungs. Patient's face looks brown and purple, and his legs will be black.

4. Smallpox
Smallpox variola virus emerged from thousands of years ago, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a certificate for the eradication of this disease in 1979, and successfully through vaccination campaigns.

However, smallpox has killed about 60 million people in Europe during the 18th century. And an estimated 300-500 million deaths worldwide in the 20th century caused by this disease.

Long-term effects are defects in the skin, infertility, and sometimes blindness. Other symptoms such as fever, headache, body aches and rash.

5. Malaria
Malaria has killed 2 million people per year and cause 400 to 900 million cases of fever each year. Malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes, and they multiply in red blood cells.

Symptoms such as anemia, fever, nausea, and in some extreme cases can cause coma until death. Malaria is the biggest problem in the tropics and subtropics in the world.

6. Cholera
Cholera caused eight outbreaks throughout history, beginning in 1817. This disease comes from the dirty water of the Ganges in India and exploded during the festival in Calcutta. The disease is moving into other parts of India, and eventually spread worldwide through contaminated water and also through the feces of victims. Recent outbreak in 1947 attacked the 20,500 people in Egypt.

7. Plague
Bubonic plague known as "Black Death", an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pesti, most often carried by rodents and fleas.

In medieval times, millions of people across Europe died from plague caused by a rat flea that is widely available in homes and offices.

Now there has been an efficient antibiotic treat this disease if detected early. But if someone has been infected and not treated immediately, tend to cause death. Bubonic plague is sometimes still occur in rural communities.