Vilnius Public Health Center professionals draws attention to the preventive measures that will hel

Vilnius Public Health Centre this week received a notification of a case of leptospirosis. The disease is diagnosed in a person who suddenly began complaining of fever up to 40 C, runny nose, sore throat, headache, leg muscle pain, cough, and later suffered from nausea, abdominal pain, jaundice signs of kidney damage and the effects of meningitis. The patient lives in Vilnius, apartment house, but recently often visited the country farm, where, it is believed, could have been infected by this disease.
Leptospirosis is a disease of people and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. The disease is characterized by fever, intoxication, blood vessels, liver, kidney, huntsman heart, lung and other organ damage.
The main reservoir of infection huntsman is wild rodents and insectivores that infect larger animals. In epidemiological terms particularly dangerous chronic leptospirosis huntsman with domestic animals, pathogens contaminating the environment for a long time. They are infected with urine pollute the soil, water, food. Humans are infected when contaminated leptospirae eat unwashed fruit, vegetables and water. And can be infected huntsman through the skin or mucous membranes, especially if it is damaged. From person to person huntsman very rarely become infected.
Pathogenic Leptospira resistant to environmental factors: open water in the water lasts about a month, moist soil - a year, but they sensitive to sunlight, high temperatures (at 45 C - are killed within 45 min., 70 C - 10 s), disinfectants.
Vilnius Public Health Center professionals draws attention to the preventive measures that will help protect against leptospirosis: Use personal protective equipment in contact with infected animals, contaminated environment, eg .: wear waterproof boots, safety glasses, rubber gloves. Hand hygiene. Thoroughly wash raw vegetables, fruit under running water. Food not to use water from open water bodies. To taste markets, supermarkets offered green products. Store products so that they can not contaminate the animals rodents. Destroy rodents living huntsman and working spaces. Do not use for food in rats or mice gnawed round food. Proper care of skin wounds. huntsman
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