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Top 10 Deadliest Diseases of the Third World
One of the cruelest ways for our population to be thinned is to die from disease. Millions upon millions of people perish each year as a result of a number of seemingly unstoppablediseases that were brought on by factors such as animals and single human hosts. This top ten list examine the ten most cruelest diseases that have decimated humankind at astonishing and detrimental rates.
10. Black Plague
Also referred to as the Black Death, the Black Plague was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. It most likely started in Central Asia and quickly spread throughout Europe and the Americas. The total number of fatalities worldwide from this pandemic is estimated at 75 million people. It is believed that one-thirds of the Europe’s population was lost to this disease.
In the east, the sign was a gush of blood coming from the nose. In the West, it began with certain swellings in the groin and under the armpits. The swelling grew too the size of apple and were referred to as tumours. In a short period of time, these tumours spread all over the body and changed colour to black or purple. These spots were certain that death was inevitable.
9. Ebola
Ebola is a virus that is a severe illness with a fatality rate of up to 90%. The infection is most often transmitted by direct contact with blood, fluids and tissues of infected animals or people. Those that are at high risk of infection are health care workers family members and other people who may have been in close contact with sick people.
The 2014 outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first one in West Africa. The outbreak has affected numerous countries in West Africa, with a small number of cases in Lagos and Nigeria. There have been 3,069 suspected cases that resulted in 1,552 deaths so far. No vaccine has been created.
8. HIV/AIDS
HIV is a condition that gradually destroys thee immune system, which makes it harder for the body to fight infection. Once the person has the virus, it stays inside the body for life. The virus is spread through sexual contact, through blood and from mother too child when the woman is pregnant. Symptoms related to HIV infection include Night sweats, muscle stiffness or aching, mouth sores, headaches, fever, and diarrhoea.
7. Spanish Flu
It is the deadliest flu pandemic to be recorded in history. It spread throughout the world at the end of WWI in 1918 infecting about a third of the world’s population. Unlike previous influenzas that killed the healthy, juvenile, elderly, weakened patients; the 1918 pandemic targeted healthy young adults. Thee swine flu in 2010 came from the same strain. Fortunately, it did not have such a black scenario.
6. Cholera
This bacterial disease is caused by contaminated water and is responsible for over 100,000 deaths per year. It has virtually disappeared in the developed world but it still remains common in underdeveloped countries where people don’t have access to clean water. It can be easily treated by dehydration and intravenous fluids and antibiotics.
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