SARS is the abbreviation for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. So, SARS is a respiratory syndrome, which almost became pandemic back in 2002. Actually, SARS managed to cause panic on a period of about one year, between 2002 and 2003. Nowadays, SARS is considered to be eradicated, as there were no new cases of patients diagnosed with the disease, but specialists claim that the condition is not gone forever, as there still is a potential for it to return. And SARS can be quite a cruel disease, as more than 900 people died due to this conditions, while more than 8000 SARS cases have been diagnosed back in 2002, when the disease was first traced in Hong Kong.

SARS spread from Hong Kong all over the whole world, and specialists still recommend visitors who arrive in this part of the world to be extra careful. So, if you are planning a trip to Hong Kong, get properly informed about the disease, but you should know that there are no major reasons for you to worry that the risks of developing SARS are high, as the condition, although not completely eradicated, is known to not be a threat any longer. The most common symptoms of SARS are similar to the ones of simple flue. So, SARS symptoms are going to include fever, sore throat and cough, but various gastrointestinal symptoms can also be experienced by patients. Although symptoms can vary from one case to another, meaning that if some individuals are going to experience all of them, others may only have one or two, the one symptom common to all patients is fever.

SARS will be diagnosed by doctors, basing on both the symptoms experienced by a patient and its history linked to a contact with an infested person or a trip to the area in which SARS pandemic was first caused, back in 2002, including here parts of China, Singapore, but also Canada. Well, to make sure that you will be able to avoid the development of this condition, even if you travel to these regions, try to avoid contact with potential SARS patients and keep a healthy diet, with a proper personal hygiene.