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HEALTH DURING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Malaria

Malaria disease is transmitted via a bite from an infected female mosquito, which its saliva introduces
into a person's circulatory system. The infection develops in two phases: one the liver and the other
involves red blood cells, Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in
severe cases can progress to coma or death. The disease is widespread in tropical and subtropical
regions. The World Health Organization has estimated there were 219 million documented cases of
malaria. It is commonly associated with poverty and may also be a major hindrance to economic
development. No effective vaccine exists, although efforts to develop one are ongoing. Several
medications are available to prevent malaria in travelers to malaria-endemic countries.

Snail Fever

Snail fever is another example of the diseases that can be
caused by the way we alter the environment. People don’t take
care of their actions and how they may affect the environment
as long as it helps their objective. The Diama Dam in Senegal
was made by people to make the irrigation of rice fields easier.
This method worked for the rice fields but it affected the
environment. The Dam blocked the salt water entering the
river and that way freshwater snails out competed the
saltwater snails. The freshwater snails have schistosomes that
cause snail fever. The disease rate increased. The disease is
introduced in human bodies by them bathing in the river and
doing their laundry in the contaminated water.

Lyme

Trends are not limited to developing countries. In 2003 The
Rutgers University, Bard College and the Cary Institute of
Ecosystem Studies make studies and they found and showed
that they were high incidences of Lyme disease in the suborns.
How do people can get to that? Well they get the disease from
blacklegged tick bites, and the ticks live in the fur of whitefooted mice. As the suborns move away and expand, the
predator population decrease, but the ticks multiply and so the
mice.
Many cases are not isolated. Every Environment delivers
ecosystems services. It is difficult to predict what would happen
to an ecosystem if we interact with it. We have already some
diseases from the past that can continue to coexist.

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