See Also: West African sleeping sickness(medicine)
African sleeping sickness(health)
african sleeping sickness(medicine)
acute African sleeping sickness(medicine)
chronic African sleeping sickness(medicine)
East African sleeping sickness(medicine)
medicine, african traditional(medicine)
West African trypanosomiasis(medicine)
West African fever(medicine)
West African Airlines flights(tourism)

West African sleeping sickness (medicine) and lekach (iou)


West African sleeping sickness (medicine)


West African sleeping sickness -->
Gambian trypanosomiasis


A chronic disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in northern and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and Uganda; characterised by splenomegaly, drowsiness, an uncontrollable urge to sleep, and the development of psychotic changes; basal ganglia and cerebellar involvement commonly lead to chorea and athetosis; the terminal phase of the disease is characterised by wasting, anorexia, and emaciation that gradually leads to coma and death, usually from intercurrent infection.

Synonym: chronic African sleeping sickness, chronic trypanosomiasis, West African sleeping sickness, West African trypanosomiasis.


lekach (iou)



lekach noun. M20.
[Yiddish.]
A Jewish cake traditionally made with honey.