|
|
| *Home>>>West Nile Virus |
West nile virus symptoms? |
I lived in Salisbury, md in the year 1999. I moved to az in 1999 a month later I was in the hospital for 4 months with a brain infection. Would there be any corallation? West Nile Virus was first discovered in Uganda in 1937. In about 80% (ish) of people, infection causes no symptoms. In others, the virus causes mild flu-like symptoms known as West Nile fever, with symptoms including malaise, fever, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, eye pain, headache, myalgia (muscle aches), diarrhea, rash, and lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes). Symptoms develop 3鈥?5 days after infection, lasting 3-6 days (ish). It can particularly debilitating to the very young and the elderly. The most serious effects (less than 1% of cases) are encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord), So, your answer is yes. They can run a blood test to detect the WNV titer in your immune system to see if you actually had it. Please see the web pages for more details on West Nile Virus. |
| Related information |
If you don't have any other symptoms I don't think you have anything to worry about. Most persons who become infected with West Nile virus (WNV) develop no clinical illness or symptoms... ... I don't know if I'd call it an everyday virus as much as I'd say it's one of the more lethal ones. I think the results of using pesticides will come back to bite us in the butt ... I left Denver last year to come to Miami. I haven't heard of Lyme disease or WNV since I arrived. The local politicians have a bad case of hoof-in-mouth. ...Depends on where you live, the chances of WNV vary greatly by states. If it's just a headache and fatigue, I wouldn't run off to the ER. If you get serious muscle stiffness, or a very s... It's still around. We just didn't have the outbreaks that some predicted. I think that's been due to increased vigilance in public awareness (such as emptying containers of stagnan... It depends on what you look at. West Nile Virus (WNV) has killed more than avian flu. However, the death rate is higher with avian flu (so you are more likely to die of bird flu if you get it, ... dont know love ....couldnt down load image....shame as I have experiance in tropical medicine/illness ... |
Categories--Copyright/IP Policy--Contact Webmaster |