Hey friends, Lassa fever has returned after a
long break to its home country! The disease was first discovered here in
Nigeria in Borno state in 1969 and named after the town with which it was first
experienced. Earlier this week, a doctor in Delta state was
confirmed dead from
the disease; and a lot of people he associated with have been kept away from
the public for twenty-one days observation. I am not going to waste your time
by telling stories; I will only show you the face of the notorious specie of
rat causing it; in case you have it in your room, kitchen or compound…Lol!
The painful thing about this deadly disease
is that it can only be prevented but cannot be cured as we have it with siblings
like HIV and Ebola. It is extremely communicable through bodily conditions like
sweating, sneezing, saliva etc. (i.e. Inhalation and Ingestion) and sometimes through
food items like Garri and Grainy food which are often spread for sun drying. Hence,
prevention is by the way of keeping a good and personal hygiene plus clean
environment.
From comments, the sufferer of the fever can still
be healthy for about two weeks after which it gets to the chronic phase. And
once it graduates to the chronic phase, the next is death- meaning that it can
still be cured in the first few days of infection. Report also says that most
people who survive the disease have very high percentage of being deaf in substitute
for death!
This is a
note of warning to everyone to be sensitive and report any severe fever around
them; and halt self-medication especially this peculiar period.
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