Yellow Fever:Fever,Nausea,Flushed Face,Constipation and Coffee Colored Vomit

Here is a picture of the Rascal that spreads it.
An Acute,and often Fatal virus of Tropical and subtropical areas

DID YOU KNOW:The Government killed almost every mosquito in Panama and Cuba in order to build the panama canal

Symtoms:The symtoms of yellow fever come on suddenly, three to six days after exposure.The first to appear are Headache,fever,nausea,vomiting,Eye irritation,back and joints aches,muscle pains,and malaise.In spite of the High Fever ,the pulse is unusually slow.During this phase ,which lasts about two days,viruses can almost invariably be found in the Blood.After this the patient often experiences a slight Remission,and then either goes into recovery (in mild cases),or undergoes another attack,with ressurection of the early symtoms,plus jaundice and signs of internal bleeding,especially the black vomit from stomach hemorrhage.In favourcases the patient begins ti recover after three or four days of this second round of attack.In fatal cases-which may include up to 40 percent of those who became clinically ill-there is usually evidence of Brain involvement,with delirium and coma preceding death

Treatment:Several Vaccines are available.

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