Citrus Heights is a man for his life in hospital fighting for hantavirus hospital contracting.
His family suspected Spencer Fry, 22, called the rare disease while working in Bodie State Historic Park in the mountains in the east, although the health of workers circle Mono buildings allowed in the park continue to use.
Here are some facts about the disease:
1. There is more than one way. Hantavirus is a group of viruses of rodents, reports the Centers for Disease Control . Some hantaviruses cause a rare but serious disease Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome called.
In North America, hantavirus of deer mice can be carried out White-footed mice, rats, rice and cotton rats. Other rodents such as mice and rats of Norway shall never happen hantavirus known to man, CDC said. In addition, the disease can not be transmitted to humans by dogs or cats.
2. The most severe form is rare, but dangerous. The CDC says there have been 690 reported cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States in January 2016 with the most reported cases after 1993 men and women disease affects all races has occurred, and 36 percent of the patients died.
New Mexico has the highest record as in 2016 with 100, followed by Colorado, Arizona and California, reported 62 cases, reports the CDC. Hantavirus are almost unknown in South Louisiana outdoors in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, the handle has been reported.
3. Hantavirus in the air. The viruses are spread mainly when feces, urine or saliva of infected rodents in the air and breathed kicked as if to clean a room to mouse droppings scanned, says the Mayo Clinic . be inhaled by Field home hantavirus in the lungs and penetrate into small blood vessels, the capillaries called, causing it to break. The lungs fill with fluid, which can lead in some cases to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
People with the American strain of Hantavirus is not contagious to others, although outbreaks in South America showed evidence of being transmitted from person to person.
4. The first symptoms can be difficult to distinguish from the flu or pneumonia. They may include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal pain, according to the Mayo Clinic. After four to 10 days, more serious symptoms can be installed, including a cough, secretions, difficulty breathing, fluid in the lungs, low blood pressure and loss of efficiency of the heart generated.
The Mayo Clinic recommends consulting a doctor immediately if you have symptoms and have been Kot to rodents or rodent. The disease can suddenly and life-threatening deteriorate.
5. Maintain mice and rats away from home to avoid hantavirus. The CDC also advises careful cleaning mouse urine and rat droppings and nesting materials. Use to carrying a disinfectant or a mixture of bleach and water, rubber gloves or plastic and thoroughly after completion. The CDC has more tips on how to properly clean after rodents here .
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