There are many diseases in this world that can be very harmful to our health. Do we know what these diseases are?
Nowadays, we don't know how long can we survive over a certain illness. We can't give an exact time on how long it will stay in our body.
While chronic diseaseas like cancer, HIV, heart disease or even pneumonia can be fatal, these can't kill you right away in one day. There are some teriffying diseases though that can totally end someone's life in just ONE day.
These diseases don't even have any proper vaccination or don't have any known cure. Aside from that, they are also infectious as they are airborne and waterborne.
Let us take a look at of the 10 world's most fatal and deadly diseases.
1. NECROTISING FASCIITIS
Known as a 'FLESH EATING BUG', it can easily infect your body with the bacteria spreading in a minute. This type of disease is very serious as the symptoms are just like with an ordinary skin infection. But with this disease you get not only a scar out of the infection, you can even lose your limbs or worse die fom it in a short period of time.
2. MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE
This disease is also known as 'cerebrospinal meningitis'. The symptom of this disease is just like with pneumonia. It can easily spread from one person to another through the droplets of infected patients.
While experiencing the symptoms of this disease, it can kill you within hours.
While you can consider yourself very lucky if you survive this kind of disease, you may still experience certain neurological defects; including loss of hearing, speech problem or even mental retardation.
3. CHAGAS DISEASE
It is a disease that is triggered by a protozoan parasite. This kind of parasite is commonly seen in Latin America. The virus or the infections can be transmitted to humans through faeces of triatomine bugs or what we called kissing bugs.
4. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
This cerebrovascular disease is known by a lot of people as a STROKE. The cause of this is due to the interruption of the supply of the blood to our brain to which the reason is usually the blood vessels burst or got blocked due to a clot.
The blocking and bursting of the vessels could lead to the damage of the tissue.
5. MRSA
The complete name of this disease is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This bacteria can resist the antibiotics that we are taking in. You can catch this disease if the patient has an infected wound on his skin.
6. CHOLERA
It is an intestinal disease cause by eating foods and drinking water or any beverage that has been contaminated with the bacteria. Those infecte by the disease will experience diarrhea that can lead to sever dehydration and even death. This disease can be very dangerous for young kids and adults, too.
7. ENTEROVIRUS D68
Enterovirus common symptoms are coughing, sneezing and fever. Doctors advise that everyone should be more careful especially kids as children, teenagers and babies are the main target of this disease which causes your immune system to weaken.
8. BUBONIC PLAGUE
Widely known as 'Black Death', by the people in the past. This is a very common disease for which it is cause by the bite of an infected flea from different animals such as rat. Your lymph node will be affected if you have this ailment.
9. EBOLA
It was the most terrifying disease that hit many countries last year. It killed more 11,000 people in the world. It happens to start the virus in West of Africa. This disease is very fatal as it transmits the virus through blood, or any secretions of fluids of infected humans or animals. Severe symptoms of the diseas includes impaired kidney and liver function as well as internal bleeding.
10. DENGUE FEVER
This is widely known by kids and parents. It can be transmitted through bites from infected mosquitos. The symptoms that will be experienced are having a high fever, too much headache and even pain in the eyes. It includes also having rashes on your skin, bleeding of gums and nose.
Nobody wants to contract any of these diseases. The best way to protect you and you family from these diseases is to keep yourself healthy and be free from any unwanted environment.
