Published 01:11 IST, November 8th 2019
Yellow Fever: From Symptoms to Treatment all you need to know
Yellow Fever is a deadly fever, which is prominent in the endemic areas. Take a look at everything you need to know about it, signs, symptoms and treatment.
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Yellow fever is a of fever which is caused by mosquito bites. It is generally borne by individuals travelling in endemic countries, especially several parts of Africa and South America. It is a potentially life-threatening disease. Take a look at at what does it mean and some of its prominent symptoms. This article takes information from who.int and JJ medicine YouTube channel.
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What is Yellow Fever?
Yellow fever is a dely fever, which takes place due to a mosquito bite. Yellow Fever occurs due to transfer of Flavivirus virus to human beings from aeedes and haemogogus infected mosquitoes. re is a high chance of getting bitten by se virus-infected mosquitoes, especially in dense endemic regions, as mentioned above. In fact, in some cases in South America, this fever is also transmission from monkeys to human beings.
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Symptoms of Yellow Fever
yellow fever is t an instant fever which one gets within a few hours after mosquito bite. Yellow fever is divided into three sts based on infection. Let’s take a look a magnified look concerning symptoms in every st.
St 1:
It takes around 3-6 days for virus to incubate. Following symptoms may be exhibited by patient after that:
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- Slow heart rate
- Heache
- Febrile, Generalised malaise
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Epigastric tenderness
- Red conjunctivitis eyes
- Irritability
- Lumbosacral pain
St 2:
During remission period, for 48 hours, all se above symptoms vanish.
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St 3:
St 3 is an Intoxication period. This phase starts after sixth day of mosquito bite. During this st, all symptoms which were earlier experienced in infection st bounce back. Thus leing to-
- Fever
- Vomiting
- Nausea
- Jaundice
- Kidney and liver failure
- Oliguria
- Dark urine
- Haemorrh
- CNS Dysfunction
Treatment of Yellow Fever
Though re is an absence of a specific drug or live vaccine for Yellow fever, its impact can be reduced by
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- Dialysis
- Proper Nutrition
- Intensive care
- Treating bleeding, through FFP
- Antibiotics for viral infections
Disclaimer: This information is compiled by reports from several medical websites, youtube channels and health magazines. If you are suffering from any of above-mentioned symptoms, it is visable to first take counsel of your doctor before beginning with any Yellow Fever treatment.
10:45 IST, November 7th 2019