India / Amidst the corona epidemic Lassa fever should not become a new challenge for the world know its symptoms

New Delhi : Lassa fever, which is spreading rapidly in Nigeria amid the Corona epidemic, can create a new challenge for the world. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 123 people have died of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year in 88 days. At the same time, the infection has been confirmed in 659 people so far.

Two patients have been found in Britain while one death has occurred. Deafness occurs in 25% of patients who overcome Lassa fever. Half of these patients regain hearing in one to three months.

root of lassa virus disease

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. Lassa belongs to the arenaviruses, a family of viruses. Humans are usually vulnerable to it from African multimammate rats. Household items or food items that are infected with the urine and dirt of rats spread the disease.

Lassa outbreak in Nigeria

People aged 21 to 30 were most infected.

45 health workers came under the grip of the disease this year.

Infection has been confirmed in 23 out of 36 states.

- The death rate is 18.7 percent between January and March.

No symptoms in 80 percent of patients

According to the WHO, 80 percent of people who are infected with Lassa fever do not show any symptoms of infection. One in five infected have severe pain. Evidence has been found that the major organs of the body, liver, spleen and kidney are badly affected by the virus. Organ failure is the cause of death in severe patients.

Fever effect for 21 days

The effect of Lassa fever on humans lasts for two to 21 days. According to the US health agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the disease was first confirmed in 1969 in the city of Lasa, Nigeria. After this it was named Lasa. On an average, one lakh to three lakh cases occur every year and five thousand deaths occur. Outbreaks are high in Benin, Ghana, Mali, Sierra Leone, Nigeria.

symptoms of corona like lasa

According to WHO, a person who is exposed to Lassa virus has high fever, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, diarrhoea, cough, abdominal pain and nausea. In severe patients, there is swelling of the face, water in the lungs, bleeding from the mouth and nose. The patient's blood pressure also starts falling rapidly.