Rare disease spreads in the USA

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American doctors are warning all US residents that with the onset of summer in the country, it is possible that cases of a rare tick-borne disease called Povassan will increase. This potentially life-threatening virus is transmitted and transmitted by three types of ticks, including deer ticks, which transmit Lyme disease, reports cnn.com.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 75 cases have been reported in the northeastern states and the Great Lakes region over the past decade. Although no one can tell how many people may be infected this year.

Who is at risk

Experts note that the risk group includes primarily newborns, young people up to 20 years old, middle-aged people, the elderly, and persons with weakened immunity.

“Anyone bitten by an infected tick can become infected with this rare disease,” says Jennifer Lyons, chief of neurological infections and inflammatory diseases at Boston Hospital.

According to the doctor, the spread of infection is most likely in late spring, early summer and mid-autumn, when ticks are most active. Doctors said that approximately 15% of patients do not cope with the infection and die. About 50% of people infected with the virus receive various complications for a lifetime. It is very important to consult a doctor in time. The most common symptoms of Povassana disease are fever and headache.

Treatment

Today, there are no vaccines to prevent this rare infection.

“There are some experimental treatments that we try when someone comes to us with this disease. We start therapy, but we don't fully understand how effective it is,” says Dr. Lyons.

Standard treatment includes the use of antiviral drugs.

Recall that in 2017, staff at the New York State Ecosystem Research Institute predict an unprecedented outbreak another infectious diseasewhose carrier are ticks. It's about Lyme disease.

Going to the forest, observe the measures of individual protection against tick attacks:

• wear special protective suits;
• Give preference to light-colored clothing in order to quickly detect crawling mites;
• process clothes with repellents (anti-mite sprays - Reftamid, Moskitol);
• conduct self-examination and examination of animals in order to detect ticks;
• when removing a tick, place it in a vial without destroying it, and take it to a laboratory for research;
• do not try to remove the tick from the clothes or from the body with your hands - use tweezers;
• consult an infectious disease physician on the same day.

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