Lassa fever is an acute and frequently fatal viral diseases, with lassa fever occuring in particular in West Africa. It is generally transmitted by infected rats. Or Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever brought on by Lassa fever and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa in Borno State Nigeria.Lassa virus is a memy of arenaviridea birus family.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
After and incumbent length of 6_21 days, an acute sickness with multi-organ involvement developes. The precise signs and symptoms consist of fever, facial swelling and muscle fatigue as well as conjunctivitis and mucosal bleeding. The other arising from the affected organs include:
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea
Vomiting (blood)
Diarrhea
Stomach ache
Constipation
Dysphoria (difficulty in swallowing)
Nervous system
Seizures
meningitis
Encephalitis
Respiratory tract
cough
chest pain
Dyspnea
pharyngitis
Cardiovascular system
pericarditis
hypertension
tachycardia
hypotension
CAUSES
Infections in human generally happens through exposure to animal'sexcrement via respiratory gastrointestinal tract. Inhalation of tiny particles (aerosol) is believed to be this most good sized skill of exposure. It is viable to be affected through the infection thru damaged skin or mucous membrane that are directly exposed to infectious material.
DIAGNOSIS
An Elisa take a look at for antigen and 19m antibodies 88% sensitivity and 90% specificity for the presence of infection. Other laboratory findings in Lassa fever includes: lymphopenia (low white blood telephone count), thrombocytopenia (low platelets) and increased aspartate aminotransferase level in the blood. Lasa fever virus can be discovered in cerebrospinal fluid.
PREVENTION
Providing community education material for Lassa fever control.
in practicalizing some measures are constrained to keeping rodents out of residences and food substances as well as preserving high quality private hygiene.
TREATMENT
There is no injection or vaccine to forestall Lassa fever. To stop Lassa fever we should forestall its spread by using rats.