American trypanosomiasis or better known as Chagas disease, in a pathology that can be fatal, it is produced by a parasite whose name is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. This parasite can be found especially in endemic areas of Latin America, where it is transmitted to humans through the feces of triatomine insects known as vinchucas, chinches, chipo or by other names, depending on the place. in which it is located. It should be noted that this condition also can be acquired through a transfusion bloodcontaminated, congenital transmission, that is, the infected mother to the fetus and through organ donation, however the most frequent cause around the world is through the feces of insects.
The Chagas disease was described for the first time in 1909 thanks to the Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas, he was responsible for identifying the parasites in blood-sucking insects called chipos, such animals acquired the parasite after biting their natural reservoirs that they are armadillos and possums, later transmitting them to humans. In the specific case of humans, when this insect bites to feed it has the habit of excreting its feces expelling the parasites along with it, then when the bitten person scratches in the area of the bite it displaces the fecal content of the animal to the wound or to the mucous membranes, such as the eyes, contaminating it and thus allowing the trypanosome to enter the body.
After the person is infected, the parasite reaches the blood and spreads to all the tissues of the body, but especially to the muscles, where it multiplies. In the first stage of the disease, it is possible that symptoms such as fever, pain in the muscles and inflammation of the lymph nodes may occur, however these symptoms are very nonspecific since they can simulate any other pathological picture, such as a virus, in some cases it is possible that the nervous system is affected, which will cause headaches.
