According to The Paper reported that on May 27, Mr. Huang from Tianqiao Village, Shuangliu Town, Huangchuan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province reported that recently, three elderly people in Huangchuan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province suffered from "fever with platelet syndrome" (commonly known as tick disease) unfortunately died of the disease, and another person is being treated, and they all had to cleanse themselves of an infected person who had died before.
"Fever with platelet syndrome" is a natural focal disease caused by new bunya virus . It is usually transmitted through ticks, and can also be transmitted from person to person through direct contact with the patient's blood or bloody secretions. However, some virology experts pointed out that, overall, similar transmission incidents are "relatively rare."
"Last year, an old man was bitten to death by a tick in the village, but multiple-person infection has never happened in our village before." Secretary Xu, secretary of the Tianqiao Village Party branch, said that the village currently carries out disinfection work every day and takes corresponding protective measures. Personnel from the Xinyang City Disease Control and Prevention Department and Huangchuan county-level leaders have gone to the local area to understand the situation. A staff member of the Xinyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that after consulting the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Department of the Huangchuan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the other party said that they were aware of the situation and would investigate in the near future.
Tick bites occur frequently
In the past two years, a hospital in Hangzhou treated two patients in succession, both because of ticks.
54-year-old Ms. Zhang was bitten by an insect when she went out to pick tea leaves during the day. When she got home at night, she felt a little itchy on her stomach and felt like a foreign body. At first glance, it turned out to be a tick.
After inspection, Aunt Zhang was indeed bitten by a tick, but her overall condition was fine, all indicators were normal, and she had no other obvious symptoms. The doctor treated her wound and prepared the hospital's special preparation for treating snake and insect bites - Baidu Mixture and related external Chinese medicine deworming protocols. He also told her to come to her hospital in time if she had a fever within half a month. See a doctor.
Coincidentally, another 25-year-old female patient went hiking to enjoy flowers during the day and found a small insect on her left arm while taking a shower at night. It's not painful or itchy, but if you don't look carefully, it looks like a black mole . After the doctor treated his wound, the patient also left the hospital.
In addition, some media have reported incidents of ticks injuring people to death.
In July 2018, Shangyu 1-year-old Xiao Wang (pseudonym), his grandparents passed away within a month, his aunt suffered multiple organ failure, and he also had a high fever. They all had the same symptoms before the onset of the disease: fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, muscle aches, and sudden decreases in white blood cells and platelets.
Xiao Wang’s grandfather was a river mud cleaner. When he was cleaning the grass beside the mud, he may have been accidentally bitten by a tick and was not paying attention. He was infected with the new type of Bunya virus and was not diagnosed and treated in time. Unfortunately, he died. Xiao Wang’s grandmother was also infected with the virus because she had close contact with him while taking care of his grandfather.
Nurse is helping Ms. Shen take care of the information picture
Xiao Wang and Ms. Shen may have inadvertently come into contact with the patient's blood and secretions containing the virus when they were contacting and caring for the patient, causing viral infection.
Doctor: There is a risk of human-to-human transmission of this virus
"This virus is more common in wild animals, so insects in outdoor grass and bushes, such as ticks, mosquitoes, fleas, , etc., often become virus transmission vectors "Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Zhejiang University Experts explained that ticks parasitize on different animals for a long time. When ticks carry this virus, they bite pigs, cattle, sheep, cats, dogs, chickens and other hosts. These poultry also become intermediate hosts, but they usually They will not get sick. When other insects suck blood from these animals and then bite the human body, they will spread the virus to humans.
In addition to insect bites, human-to-human transmission of the new bunya virus has also been found in clinical cases. "The blood and bloody secretions of patients in the acute phase of this disease and corpses are contagious, and direct contact with the patient's blood or bloody secretions can lead to infection."
The Department of Infectious Diseases of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University also treated a family of six. An elder in the family died of the new type of bunya virus, and his family members who were caring for him were also unfortunately infected with the disease.
Protect yourself during outdoor activities during the high-incidence season.
Do not pull hard if you are bitten.
If you have a fever, you should go to the hospital immediately. Insects will grow and reproduce in large numbers during this season, which happens to be the time when people most like to participate in outdoor activities.
Doctors remind everyone to pay attention to protection when going out for outdoor activities in the near future: First, try to avoid sitting or lying for a long time in the main habitats of ticks, such as grasslands and woods. If you need to enter, it is recommended to wear long-sleeved clothes and not sandals. Tie your trouser legs tightly or tuck your trouser legs into socks or shoes, and wear light-colored clothes to make it easier to detect ticks;
After the day's outdoor activities, you should carefully check your body and clothing to see if there are any ticks that have bitten or climbed on you;
When you must stay in the wild or camping for a long time, clothing, tents and other camping equipment can be soaked with insecticides, such as Permethrin , repellents containing DEET, etc.
"If you find that you have been bitten by a tick, do not touch it directly with your hands, and do not pull it hard. The alcohol wipes and cigarette butt burns posted on the Internet are not reliable. The mouthparts of ticks are buried deep in the skin. As long as it does not actively let go, the mouthparts can only be completely removed by incision."
Source: Wenzhou Metropolis Daily Comprehensive News, Metropolis Express
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