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How do you know if you have yellow fever?
Symptoms
- Fever.
- Headache.
- Muscle aches, particularly in your back and knees.
- Sensitivity to light.
- Nausea, vomiting or both.
- Loss of appetite.
- Dizziness.
- Red eyes, face or tongue.
What is the best treatment for yellow fever?
No specific treatment exists for yellow fever, which is one reason that preventative measures such as vaccination are so important. Supportive treatment is aimed at controlling the symptoms, and includes rest, fluids, and use of medicines to help relieve fever and aching.
What happens to your body when you have yellow fever?
Yellow Fever is a viral infection that causes damage to the liver, kidney, heart and gastrointestinal tract. Major symptoms may include sudden onset of fever, yellowing of the skin (jaundice) and hemorrhage. It occurs predominately in South America, the Caribbean Islands and Africa.
What causes yellow fever?
The yellow fever virus is found in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and South America. The virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in U.S. travelers.
Who is most at risk for yellow fever?
infants aged less than 9 months; pregnant women – except during a yellow fever outbreak when the risk of infection is high; people with severe allergies to egg protein; and. people with severe immunodeficiency due to symptomatic HIV/AIDS or other causes, or who have a thymus disorder.
How long does yellow fever last?
Once contracted, the yellow fever virus incubates in the body for 3 to 6 days. Many people do not experience symptoms, but when these do occur, the most common are fever, muscle pain with prominent backache, headache, loss of appetite, and nausea or vomiting. In most cases, symptoms disappear after 3 to 4 days.
What is the prognosis of yellow fever?
Yellow Fever usually goes away within a couple of weeks of treatment after the acute phase of the condition is over. In cases where the patient enters the toxic phase of the condition then the prognosis of such patients is extremely poor and the survival rate is not more than 50% due to Yellow Fever.
What can cause fever symptoms?
Overview. A fever is a temporary increase in your body temperature,often due to an illness.
What does yellow fever come from?
Yellow fever is a hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus spread by certain mosquitoes.
What is the incubation period of yellow fever?
The incubation period between infection with yellow fever by a mosquito bite and initial symptoms may range from three to six days, followed by one or two stages of illness.