Shock warning: The disease bleeds in the eyes of a Ebola pandemic

Researchers have warned that the spreading disease in Uganda could infect doctors and spread across the African continent like the Ebola crisis.

The outbreak of two strains of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) has been confirmed by the Ugandan government and the World Health Organization (WHO). According to Uganda Ministry of Health, there are 4 cases of Crimean-Congo dengue fever (CCHF) and 5 cases of Rift Valley Fever fever (RVF), 4 of which died, confirmed from August 2017. The latest cases are reported on January 19, 2018.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by the most widespread RNA virus in Africa and the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia. CCHF virus is transmitted from animals to humans - mainly from livestock species - through the bite of parasitic ticks, or by direct contact with infected animals.

CCHF spreads through the beetle Hyalomma marginatum - living parasites on cattle. People with the disease caused by CCHF will experience symptoms of the common cold for 1-7 days. But then there will be signs of mental disorders and petechiae throat. The next symptoms will be bleeding of the eyes, nose, vomiting and black stools.

The mortality rate of the disease caused by CCHF virus is about 30%.

However, if not treated properly, usually the patient will die in 7-14 days. The mortality rate of the disease caused by CCHF virus is about 30%.

In early January 2018, Dr. Diana Atwine, Uganda Minister of Health, denied that there was an outbreak of a viral disease, and advised the public to ignore reports of cases.

However, Uganda's Ministry of Health was forced to confirm the outbreak after a 9-year-old girl from a village in Nakaseke district tested CCHF positive. WHO has launched an investigation into the outbreak of the disease in collaboration with Uganda's Ministry of Health.

At a news conference this week, Dr. Atwine reported more cases of serious viral infections, which could cause victims to bleed from their nostrils, eyes, and mouths.

Second Ebola pandemic?

Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said that isolating patients is very important to delineate more and more infectious viruses. This epidemic is causing experts to worry about widespread outbreaks such as Ebola virus.

Speaking to the Daily Star Online, William Schaffner said health officials are at risk if the patient is not quarantined within a few days after becoming infected . When asked if the outbreak could be the beginning of the next Ebola crisis, he illustrated how infectious disease spread across six countries, including Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, The United States and Mali in 2014. mainly recognized in urbanized areas in the affected countries, where the density of people is high, the risk of infection is higher.

Dr. Schaffner also said the same thing could happen in Uganda if measures are not taken to prevent the disease from spreading.

Meanwhile, spokesman for World Health Organization Tarik Jasarevic said WHO is working with Uganda's Ministry of Health to monitor the outbreak and technical support. Accordingly, 100 personal protective devices were sent to Ugandan government agencies to assist health facilities to resolve the outbreak problem.

Schaffner said: "The WHO is working with Ugandan agencies in responding to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever that confirms cases and in surveillance and investigation. Doctors of the Uganda Medical Association report. forced the Ministry of Health to not control the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Nakaseke district ".