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Nine people from the same family were infected with Chagas disease after consuming contaminated juice at a party in Aparecida do Rio Negro, 70 km from Palmas. Four other suspected cases are currently under investigation in the city. The information has been confirmed by the Department of Health and patients are being treated at Palmas General Hospital and Araguaína Tropical Disease Hospital.
The juice was made from bacaba, a species of Amazonian palm. The main transmitter of the disease is the Barbeiro beetle. It is suspected that he was lodged in the tree and that his stool stopped in the juice.
The husband of one of the infected persons, who asked not to be identified, said that the party was held on the day of the second round of the October 28 general election. Most of the infected people do not live in Aparecida do Rio Negro and were gathered because they voted in the city.
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[1965] This palm reaches up to 20 meters in height and is typical of the Amazonian region – Photo: TG file
He informed that and the symptoms began to appear soon after, but the family believed that it was dengue fever and did not go to the Araguaína tropical disease hospital that the treatment had had no effect .
Tocantins had already registered two cases in 2018. In the past three years, at least 34 people have been diagnosed with Chagas disease throughout the state.
Chagas disease is silent and symptoms appear over the years, including heart failure and gastrointestinal problems. The treatment is palliative, but the disease has no cure.
Most cases occur by direct transmission and at night when the person is asleep. The insect bite does not hurt because it has an anesthetic component that prevents the victim from feeling. She will only notice it after a while, when she will notice an itchiness because of the irritation of the place.
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