The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture revealed factors that helped increase hemorrhagic fever infections to 162 cases, of which 27 died.
Hamid al-Nayef, a spokesman for the ministry, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “There are four factors that help increase the incidence of hemorrhagic fever: lack of veterinary staff, continued accidental killing of animals inside cities, and … Lack of attention to cleaning animal warehouses As well as reducing official working hours as part of measures to combat the coronavirus.
“The ministry is in contact with all animal breeders, and we have mobile teams across Iraq to fight diseases and prevent them from reaching humans,” al-Nayef said.
Hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease that can cause severe and life-threatening illnesses such as damage to the walls of small blood vessels and “leak” them, and can also impair the ability of blood to clot.
Signs and symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever vary depending on the disease. Early symptoms can include fever, fatigue, weakness or general malaise, dizziness, muscle aches, bones or joints, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Symptoms that may be life-threatening include bleeding under the skin, internal organs or from the mouth, eyes or ears, nervous system dysfunction, coma and delirium, and renal, respiratory, and hepatic failure.
Viral hemorrhagic fever is transmitted through contact with infected animals or insects, because you know that the viruses that cause viral hemorrhagic fever live in many families of animals and insects, and most often include mosquitoes, ticks, They become rodents or bats.
Some types of viral hemorrhagic fever are transmitted through mosquito or tick bites, and others through contact with contaminated fluids such as blood, saliva, or semen.
And several other types can be transmitted by inhaling the feces of infected mice.
If you travel to areas where a particular hemorrhagic fever is common, you may become infected without symptoms until you return home, and depending on the type of virus, it may take two to 21 days for symptoms to appear.
If you live, work, or travel to areas where these diseases are common, protect yourself from infection by taking appropriate precautions when handling blood or body fluids, such as wearing gloves and eye and face protection. .
Precautions also include the use of caution when handling, disinfecting, and disposing of laboratory samples and waste.
Although there is no specific treatment for most viral hemorrhagic fevers, ribavirin and virazole may help shorten the duration of some infections and prevent complications in some cases.
Source: Lebanon Debate
