How To Survive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

by Elizabeth Campbell

SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a new type of infection that emerged in Asia, North America, and Europe. The illness starts with a high fever (38 degrees Centigrade) accompanied by other symptoms such as headache and body malaise and pains. The symptoms can occur within 2 to seven days then respiratory problems such as whooping cough can develop.

The disease is generally transmitted through direct contact with the infected individual, particularly sexual contact. Ironically, most of the SARS cases happen to the persons who are taking care of SARS patients or those who are living or working together with a SARS suspect. Infection can also take place when coming in contact with contaminated materials or substance such as respiratory secretions from a sneeze of a SARS suspect.

The disease can also be contracted by direct contacts with the skin of an infected person or even just with the objects touched by an infected person. It can also be transmitted through the air or through other still unknown manner. Risk of infection is high for people who always travel, especially to those regions where SARS is prevalent.

The workplace is not spared from contamination as you will be constantly in touch with co-employees who could be SARS suspects. Not everything has been defined and understood regarding this new disease, specifically its manner of transmission. However, recent statistics show that the number of people infected is growing worldwide.

Owing to the high risks and rapid and bad evolution of the disease, a series of measures have been taken as preventions. In order to be able to specify the prevention ways of some contamination cases, very serious cases with bad evolution, first we have to present the cause of this syndrome occurrence.

Studies done of infected persons have shown that a certain type of unknown virus from the Coronavirus family causes SARS. Unfortunately, the first three prevention methods can just be mentioned.

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