Hemorrhagic fever Bolivian

Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is an acute viral disease that affects human capillaries and veins, occurring in the Latin American part of the world, mainly in Brazil, South America and the Caribbean. The specific name of the disease comes from the words “hemorrhoids”, which in Latin means “bloody veins”, “blueness”, and “pain”, since the fever is characterized by severe symptoms of high fever, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The causative agent The disease was discovered in 2005 thanks to a blood test of one of the patients in Bolivia. The virus was named Madako, in honor of the Inca ruler at the time of the founding of the Inca Empire - Pachamamako, who ruled the capital of the empire of Cusco and became the first ruler of the Inca state. Thus, it was named after Pachamama, the deity of the underworld of the Incan culture, and his name was added to the name of the virus.

The source of infection is only patients in a feverish state. The infection is transmitted through contact with infected blood, contaminated surfaces, or through airborne transmission. A person is only a carrier without clinical manifestations of infection, but can be dangerous to others due to an undetected form of the disease. The incubation period of the infection ranges from 3 to 6 days.

The main symptoms of fever Hemorrhages Patients are marked by severe pain of the skin, paroxysmal skin itching, chills, drowsiness, anxiety, slight tachycardia, swollen lymph nodes, weakness, slight swelling of the lower extremities. A distinctive feature of this disease is that it affects the vessels of the human circulatory system and leads to hemorrhages in the internal organs and on the skin. Also, in addition to the above symptoms, there are sharp spasms of the neck muscles, migrating pain, pain and cramps in large joints, hypotension, and shock.

A typical manifestation of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is an increase in body temperature above 40-41 degrees, which is accompanied by pain in the skin, muscle rigidity, and asthenia. The most typical changes are hemorrhages on the skin, mucous membranes, muscles, internal organs, which sometimes indicate damage to the cardiovascular system, kidneys or spleen. The febrile reaction lasts 1-3 days, after which a period of severe weakness sets in.

Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is caused by the Machupa virus. It occurs in areas of South America and has a severe course. At the moment, only 5 cases of LGB disease have been studied in the Russian Federation, however, when contacting sick animals, the risk of infection increases significantly. The main symptoms and signs occur in all forms of hemorrhage and include bleeding on the skin (hemorrhages), hemorrhagic headache, confusion, shortness of breath and loss of consciousness. In severe cases, pneumonia and liver problems may occur