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Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is a parasitic infection spread by tiny sandflies. It is fatal if untreated but curable with the right medicines. Symptoms: Fever lasting weeks, weight loss, a swollen belly (enlarged spleen/liver), weakness and anaemia. See a health worker for any fever lasting more than two weeks with weight loss, especially in or after travel to the Tarai. generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Sources: World Health Organization · Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division
Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is a parasitic infection spread by tiny sandflies. It is fatal if untreated but curable with the right medicines.
Sources: World Health Organization
Fever lasting weeks, weight loss, a swollen belly (enlarged spleen/liver), weakness and anaemia.
Sources: World Health Organization
The bite of an infected female sandfly, which breeds in cracks in mud walls and around animal sheds.
Sources: World Health Organization
This needs a confirmed diagnosis and a full course of prescribed treatment at a health facility — it cannot be managed at home.
Sources: World Health Organization
See a health worker for any fever lasting more than two weeks with weight loss, especially in or after travel to the Tarai.
Sources: World Health Organization
Sleep under a net, use indoor spraying where offered, and reduce sandfly breeding sites by plastering wall cracks.
Sources: Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division
Nepal has driven kala-azar down toward elimination; free diagnosis and treatment are available in endemic Tarai districts.
Sources: Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division
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