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I Caught the Deadliest Disease in Human History

Get a free preview of my upcoming book: https://lexielimitless.com/newsletter/ There are hundreds of millions of cases of malaria every year and causes the death of more than 400,000 people every year. "The mosquito-borne disease halted the armies of Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun, and infected George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and John F Kennedy. Malaria may have also killed Alexander the Great, King Tut, and at least six Catholic popes. And according to some researchers, a significant percentage of all humans who ever lived died from malaria. Between 1900 and 1950 alone, the disease is estimated to have killed 100 million people, and many people don't realize that the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) was founded in 1946 primarily to fight malaria in the US." When I was 19 years old and traveling across West Africa I came face to face with one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. I had these cold sweats and hot flashes then my skin all over my body was hurting. I also had awful diarrhea and my mind felt like it was moving so slowly. For me, it felt very similar to the flu but the severity of malaria is known to range significantly. My muscles were weak, I was dehydrated and I just didn’t want to get out of bed. I ended up dragging myself to the hospital which was a challenge to say the least. It was so interesting to experience a hospital in Cote D’Ivoire vs. the US. In Abidjan, I walked in and without waiting or filling out a form and they were drawing my blood within 5 minutes. In the US, you need to do all this paperwork, wait and wait for a doctor to show up then the bill is huge for the most basic of procedures. I couldn’t communicate at all with the nurses but they tested me and gave me the package of treatment for malaria, thankfully they had it in stock. Physically I felt horrible and it was definitely one of the worst sicknesses of my life but thankfully I never felt like I was dying. Since most of my craziest travel stories weren’t caught on camera, I'm so excited to tell you that I am writing a book about my experiences traveling to every country by 21 years old! You can sign up for my newsletter at https://lexielimitless.com/newsletter/ for a free preview of 3 stories from my book which will be released later this year. To check out more of my adventures, follow me on Instagram:   / lexielimitless   Thank you so much to Drew Binksy for supplying some beautiful footage of Senegal and Côte D'Ivoire! Check out his channel for awesome travel stories from every country:    / thehungrypartier   To learn more about Malaria a good place to start is Doctors Without Borders:    • Killer Diseases - MALARIA