A new case of infection with the dangerous CCHF virus, also known as Crimean Congo fever, has been reported in Europe. The sick patient was a middle-aged man who was in Spain at the time of the onset of the symptoms. The infected person was immediately taken to the hospital after he developed a high fever, manifested by severe bleeding in his eyes.
Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever is a very rare disease that has so far had a limited distribution area. Its name comes from the place where the virus was first detected (in Crimea in 1944) and the region where it was first isolated (in Congo more than a decade later). CCHF infections typically occur in the Balkans, as well as in North Africa, Spain, Turkey and Our Country. So far, there have been very few cases of this virus in Western and Northern Europe.
CCHF virus infection symptoms
Although infections with Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever are not very common, the mortality rate among sick people is quite high. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is around 30%, and death usually occurs within two weeks of falling ill. The easiest way to catch the CCHF virus is from ticks, as well as from animals that have had direct contact with them. In turn, the disease spreads between people through contact with contaminated blood or body fluids. In addition to the fact that CCHF can be very dangerous to health, it also causes extremely unpleasant ailments.
Symptoms of infection are:
- high fever
- abdominal pain
- headache
- vomiting
- bleeding from the eyes
- muscle pain
- arthralgia
- jaundice
- Wahania Nastroju
- severe nosebleed
Check it out! Do a package of six blood tests to check the immune system – you will find it in the patient’s offer. The research can be done at home.
There is currently no cure for the CCHF virus
There is currently no medicine or vaccine available that can help treat Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever infection. Experts from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are constantly working to contain the spread of the CCHF virus. As reported, quoted by the British media, At the moment, the most important thing is early prevention through the rapid diagnosis and isolation of sick patients.