What is Yellow Fever?
We’ve all heard of the yellow fever, but few know what this dangerous disease. Others may learn a bit more about it when traveling, as is required yellow fever vaccination if you visit certain countries in Africa or Latin America. It happens that those who are not native to the places where this disease is common have a good chance of contracting it.
Yellow fever is an acute viral infection transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes in the tropics. Although it was has been the cause of fatal epidemics in the past, today the victims of yellow fever are still numerous: nearly 200 000 people contract the disease each year and about 30,000 die from it.
What are the symptoms of yellow fever? It is difficult to recognize if a person has the disease because their symptoms are quite confusing and similar to those of other diseases such as malaria, dengue, typhoid and hepatitis. Usually involve muscle aches, headaches, nausea, chills and loss of appetite.
However, a few days contracted, symptoms worsen and their victims are admitted to the hemorrhagic phase of the disease and toxic. At this time, the patient is bleeding from nose, mouth and eyes to bleed. Here also developed jaundice, or yellowing of your skin and eyes of this symptom appears the name “Yellow Fever.”
Yellow fever is a dangerous disease that can be fatal. In some cases, heal over time if your symptoms are kept under control. Since there is no particular treatment is best prevented through vaccination.
WHO recommends that people be vaccinated against a possible outbreak. However, those who must refrain from vaccination are infants under nine months, pregnant women who suffer severe allergies and victims of HIV / AIDS.
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