SARS Disease Is Very Powerful

Filed under: Uncategorized - 23 Aug 2011  | Spread the word !

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SARS is a difficult disease and the abbreviation comes from severe acute respiratory syndrome. SARS is a severe form of pneumonia and has effects that can really harm our health. SARS virus was identified in 2003. SARS causes sever breathing problems and, in some cases, death can appear. So it is important to be treated at time in order to avoid this.

SARS is caused by a very strong virus that killed both the business man that was identified with this problem, but also the doctor who consulted him, so imagine what can do from us. Then, in a very short time, SARS needed a very short time to spread in Asia, Australia, Europe, as well as North and South America. Schools were closed and many economic problems appeared as an effect of the SARS virus spreading.

In 2003 was a pandemic and is believed that the SARS began with the virus that were transmitted to humans through the small mammals from China. The bad thing is that SARS can be transmitted very easily when someone who is infected sneezes or coughs and the particles go in our body. This it is one of the causes why is spread in all the world. SARS virus lives on the skin, tissues or hands from 3 to 6 hours, so there are many chances to get sick with this disease. SARS symptoms appear at about 2 to 10 days after someone contacted the virus. The usual symptoms of the SARS are cough, fever, breathing problems, shaking, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and it is hard to identify the disease in a short time as the symptoms of SARS are the same with those of other diseases. The blood samples will be the one that will confirm or infirm the presence of SARS. Also, the lung strange sounds can be heard with the help of a telescope. The treatment for SARS is antibiotics, antiviral pills, breathing support and steroids to avoid the swelling of the lings. The death rate is bigger at old patients that the younger ones.

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Symptoms Of SARS Are Confusing

Filed under: Uncategorized - 16 Aug 2011  | Spread the word !

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SARS is a contagious disease and is very severe. SARS comes from severe acute respiratory syndrome and is a disease that put in danger the lives of many people around the world. In 2002 and 2003, SARS made many victims and everyone was afraid of not having this disease. At that time, SARS came from Hong Kong and then spread in 37 countries, so imagine how strong is the virus. In the same years, there have been about 916 deaths caused by SARS.

Unfortunately, SARS has not been eradicated and can appear anytime, so we need to have a very strong immune system, but the disease defeats it in many cases. The bad things about SARS is that its symptoms are similar with those that are found in influenza, so you cannot make a big difference only by this. Believing that you have influenza, you do not get the proper treatment, so the virus evolves and SARS takes control over your health and body.

The symptoms of SARS that look like that of influenza are gastrointestinal problems, lethargy, cough, fever, but the only symptom that appears at almost all the people is the fever that is above 38 degrees Celsius, usually followed by the problems regarding breathing. The virus that causes SARS is called Coronavirus (CoV) and develops inside the cytoplasm where takes place the replication of it. Besides the symptoms mentioned above, the causes of the SARS can be the sexual contact with a person who has it or traveling in the regions where were cases of SARS. More, X-ray is another proof that will confirm the doctor if the patient suffers from SARS and is not influenza or other health problem. There are many tests that will show the doctor if the patient suffers from SARS as the small number of white cells and the platelets. The treatment for SARS Consists of antibiotics, steroids or ribavirin, but other methods are studied now and in the future exists the possibility of more advanced methods of curing SARS. It is important to take your temperature and if the breathing problems appear, along with other problems, consult the doctor and see what health problem you have, if it is SARS or not.

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