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.