Girl dies after 'bleeding from eyes' fever in Africa
A nine-year-old girl died with symptoms of a new 'bleeding from eyes' disease that has escalated fear of major health crisis in East Africa.
The disease is feared to be worse than the Black Death outbreak that claimed thousands of life in Africa last year.
The girl died after displaying the nightmarish symptoms of the extremely infectious virus that kills up to 40 per cent of those affected.
What is Bleeding Eye Fever?
Bleeding Eye Fever is caused by a virus. CCHF is one of the deadliest hemorrhagic fevers caused by the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Virus or CCHV.
What
are
the
symptoms?
Common
symptoms
include
headache,
high
fever,
nausea,
abdominal
pain,
muscle
pain
and
non
bloody
diarrhoea.
This
accompanied
by
hypotension,
relative
dradycardia,
conjuctivitis,
skin
flushing
and
rash.
Human-to-human
transmission:
The
disease
is
transmitted
to
humans
through
tick
bites,
or
through
contact
with
the
blood
of
infected
animals
especially
during
slaughter.
It
can
occur
resulting
from
close
contact
with
bodily
fluids.
What
is
the
treatment?
Treatment
for
CCHF
is
mostly
supportive.
Ribavirin
is
the
primary
treatment
drug
available.
Immunoglobulin
therapy
is
also
being
used
for
its
treatment
since
2011.
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