Perednik Healthy Life Info

Rainy season is often identified with the flood, and the disease leptospirosis. The cause is a bacterium Leptospira, which usually attack the animals. Careful now, these bacteria “attack” humans.

These bacteria can live in fresh water for about a month. But in the ditch water, sea water and urine (urine), the bacteria die quickly instead. Leptospira bacteria usually enter the human body through the mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, skin injury (blisters), or eating food contaminated by urine (pee) leptospirosis-infected animals.

Incubation period: 4-19 days.

Symptoms:
Fever or high temperature, shivering.
Headache.
Lethargic, weak.
Vomiting.
Inflammation of the eye (look reddish).
Calf muscle aches and back.
Complications: In addition to the above symptoms, if complications occur in some parts of the body will appear following additional symptoms, including:
If there are complications in the liver, the skin looks yellow on day-to-4 to 6.
If the heart, the heart beating irregularly, the heart swells, and heart failure that can cause sudden death.
If in the lungs, so coughing up blood, chest pain, and shortness of breath.
If the pregnant women, can cause miscarriage, birth defects and death, or premature birth.
If there are complications in the blood vessels in the internal organs (eg kidney, respiratory, and genital tract), the bleeding can occur.
Handling: At an early symptom, treatment with antibiotics will help. However, if complications had occurred, the mortality rate can reach 20%. Therefore, if such symptoms appear at the top and there is a possibility your environment susceptible to the bacteria Leptospira, immediately to the doctor and explain the symptoms seen in the small.

Prevention:
Get used to behave clean and healthy living.
Keep food and drink well, to avoid the rats (which carry the bacteria).
Always clean the bottle or can of drink before contact with the mouth or suction, which allows bacteria enter the body.
Wash hands with soap before eating.
Wash hands, feet and other body parts with soap after the floods hit.
Keep the environment clean.
Provide and cover tightly trash.
Clean the water and swimming pool on a regular basis.
Avoid the rats in the house or building.
Clean the places that probably contaminated by rodents with disinfectant.