'The New AIDS' - The Silent Killer Bug That Can Doom The World?

ALERT: Silent Killer Bug Now In U.S. – It’s Being Called ‘The New AIDS’.

 This deadly bug creeps in the night and bites you on your face while you’re fast asleep, and you never know what happened until you become dangerously ill from the disease it spreads. This disease is being dubbed the “New AIDS of the Americas”  by researchers because it’s initial symptoms are hard to detect. Many call it the “kissing bug” due to its exclusive attack place being on one’s face. Doctors are calling it a silent killer – and are not completely prepared for it’s arrival.

The reduviid bug has recently made its way north onto US soil. Endemic to Latin America, it has already affected 17 residents in Houston, Texas, the Washington Post reported. The tiny insect feeds on human blood much like a mosquito, but it is specific to biting the victim’s face. Reduviid bugs carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease in its human hosts.
At the onset of the disease, the infected will experience fever, fatigue, body aches, rash, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. Its initial acute stage turns into a prolonged asymptomatic state for some bitten by the bug, at which time a few parasites are found in the blood. However, the disease can cause heart failure and intestinal complications over time.

“People don’t normally feel sick, so they don’t seek medical care, but it ultimately ends up causing heart disease in about 30% of those who are infected,” Nolan Garcia, an epidemiologist at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston whose research focused on Chagas disease in the US said. “We think of Chagas disease as a silent killer,” Garcia added.

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) released a report last week outlining the ramification of this bug infestation and claimed US healthcare workers lack awareness which prevents successful diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The report noted that the dearth of federally licensed drugs to combat the disease also limit patients access to treatment.

According to the CDC, Chagas disease is like the sister disease to Ebola, but much more stealthy.

      

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San Diego’s Coast Turning Black, It’s Not Oil Spil, But It’s Mind Blowing!

The clear waters of San Diego’s coastline were turning almost completely black as if a tarry, dark liquid have spread beneath the water. But that thing isn’t caused by an oil spill at all. It’s actually a huge swarm of anchovies which descended off the shallow waters of La Jolla on Tuesday, July 8.

In the video below, posted to YouTube by Scripps Oceanography, a massive school of oily fish were seen along the coast of San Diego. The number was estimated to be between 1 million to 100 million anchovies, that is according to Prof. David Checkley of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Divers and scientists (including David) have jumped in the surf and swam with anchovies, but they seemed unfazed by the swimmers.

It is believed that the change in temperature of the North Pacific may have caused the influx of anchovies. But it’s not only the scientists who were amazed by this army of anchovies because Checkley said that California sea lions which prey on small fish are “happy as a clam.” Surfers are also enjoying the rare sight of this unusual phenomenon.

It’s really incredible to see millions of anchovies. What more if you’re swimming with them? I’m sure it would really be such a wonderful experience.

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