Aug
26
2010
Yellow Fever ? Symptoms of Yellow Fever
Author: tayanaYellow fever is a viral disease, major epidemics in Africa and America has led. It is of historical texts dates back 400 years to be recognized. Infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, mild symptoms of severe illness and death. The “yellow” in the name is from the jaundice that affects some patients explained. Although an effective vaccine is available for 60 years, has increased the number of people infected in the past two decades, and yellow fever is now a serious public health problem again.
In mild cases, yellow fever causes fever, headache, nausea and vomiting. But yellow fever can be serious, so bleeding (bleeding), heart, liver and kidneys. have up to 50 percent of those, the most severe form of yellow fever die from the disease. The symptoms of yellow fever Many yellow fever infections are mild, but the disease can cause serious, fatal disease. The symptoms of severe infection are high fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting and back pain. After a short recovery period, the infection can lead to shock, bleeding and kidney failure and liver. Liver failure causes jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), the yellow fever its name. Tightness in the chest develops in many patients, and abdominal pain and discomfort are common. Fever is constant. Improvement occurs in the third and fourth week of people without complications.







