The grain of Baghdad or also called the Aleppo grain, and sister, belongs to a form of leishmaniasis caused by a parasite of the genus Leishmania single cell, and despite the different names of the disease remains one disease with painful symptoms, which may be dangerous.
This animal disease is the source of the parasites infected by the person through the exposure of female mosquito bites called sand insect, which is characterized by small size, the soundless where they are silent when flying does not make any sound, fly during the evening, and is located in hot humid climate and here was More prevalent in the summer.
Also, if this insect absorbs the blood of a human being or an infected animal such as a fox or dog, this blood is loaded with the parasite of leishmania, which is then multiply inside the stomach of the insect to reach its saliva, and when it bites an animal or a healthy non-infected person inject parasites in his body To catch the disease.
This disease, also called Lishmania, is related to the species of the Lishmania organism, which affects the human person once in a lifetime, leaving a difference in size and deformity in one case and another, and it often takes a year to be cured.
These leishmanias are divided into many species based on the type of parasite that spreads in the region, and the presence of the skin in the form of a red bead, appear separately on the surface of the skin and covered by a layer of dry pus, or in the form of a red bead, Pus. While visceral leishmania is present and internal organs are exposed to infection such as lymph glands, liver and spleen.
The grain of Baghdad is also one or several grains that appear on the exposed areas of the skin, of which there are two types, the dry type in which the seed is incubated for a long period ranging from 2 – 8 months or more, and slowly slower than the second type.
The second type of grain of Baghdad is the wet type, in which the grain grows slowly in a few months, and this growth in the form of knots exposed to ulceration within weeks, until healed himself in six months, leaving a scar lasting reflect the shape of the grain of Baghdad, which is characterized by.
This pill in general is beginning to itch in the skin specifically in the place where the bite, and then show a little swelling and redness, in addition to the crust visible on the place, and sometimes accompanied by this pill inflation that affects the nearby lymph nodes. However, if exposed areas are cartilaginous areas such as the nose or ear, abnormalities will be left.
There are many topical treatments that should be used in consultation with a doctor. Antibiotics taken on top of a single pill are also taken, while multi-pill cases are taken orally through antibiotics under the supervision of a doctor. To reduce the itching, if it occurs, antihistamines such as zeretic are taken.