Symptoms as with COVID-19: in Colorado, a woman was diagnosed with a rare deadly virus

The woman assumed that she had COVID-19, since the symptoms were similar. But after visiting the hospital, she learned that she had an extremely rare and often fatal disease, hantavirus. The publication spoke about this in more detail. MyFox8.

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Sue Ryan thinks she is lucky to stay alive after several hospital visits in October.

“I had a high fever and headaches,” Ryan said.

Ryan said her symptoms began a few days after the Colorado trek. She was tested for COVID-19, which turned out to be negative, but her symptoms only worsened.

“I had little oxygen in my blood. I went to the hospital believing I had COVID-19, but the test was negative,” Ryan said.

After a second trip to the hospital, medical experts tested Ryan for multiple flu viruses before a pulmonologist determined Ryan's diagnosis was the rare hantavirus.

“I had fluid in my lungs and around my heart,” Ryan said. “Because this disease is so rare, I was simply shocked. “I actually got hantavirus and didn’t die.”

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According to the CDC, hantavirus spreads through the air through rodent droppings or rodent fluids.

Medical experts don't know where Ryan contracted the Hantavirus, but Ryan wants others to know the disease is circulating in Colorado.

“You may not have COVID-19,” Ryan said. “If you think you may be around rodents, tell your doctor.”

The CDC reports that symptoms of the hantavirus can include fatigue, fever, body aches, and stomach problems. Colorado has reported 1993 cases of hantavirus since 151, according to UCHealth.

“I’m very grateful to our doctors and medical system for identifying him,” Ryan said. “I was lucky to survive.”

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