Health+And+Diseases+In+Mediaval+Africa

=Health and Diseases in Medieval Africa= cited from: [] Africa contained alot of diseased people because, it was such a big continent. Around the midieval period, a lot of tropical diseases flourished. Some of the diesases that were spread were Malaria, Blackwater fever, Yellow fever, Sleeping sickness, Biharzia, Typhiod, and River blindness. However Africa incountered a large amount of people getting a numerous amount of parasites. Some Africans suffered from Malnioorishment, wich weakened their immune systems. That would cause a great vulnerability to diseases and infections. People who lived around the areas risked getting infected with melaria and yellow fever. Melaria and yellow fever would require a strong genetic defense system to stay healthy. They were also more likely inclined to have sickle-cell aniemia, a very painful genetic blood disorder. When the trade routes began though Afica, Europe, and Aisa it exposed the continents with numerous diseases.