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| {{Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome}} | | {{Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome}} |
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| | {{CMG}} {{AE}} {{MMF}} |
| | ==Overview== |
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| ==Symptoms== | | ==Symptoms== |
| '''Early symptoms'''
| | ===Common symptoms=== |
| | *Sudden fever |
| | *Prostation |
| | *Myalgia |
| | *Abdominal discomfort |
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| Early symptoms include [[fatigue]], [[fever]] and muscle aches, especially in the large muscle groups-thighs, hips, back, and sometimes shoulders. These symptoms are universal.
| | ===Less common symptoms=== |
| | | *Dry cough |
| There may also be [[headache]]s, [[dizziness]], [[chills]], and abdominal problems, such as [[nausea]],[[vomiting]], [[diarrhea], and [[abdominal pain]]. About half of all HPS patients experience these symptoms.
| | *Rapidly increasing dyspnea |
| | | *Petechiae |
| '''Late symptoms'''
| | *Inflammatory symptoms of the eye |
| | | *Acute myopia |
| Four to 10 days after the initial phase of illness, the late symptoms of HPS appear. These include [[cough]]ing and [[shortness of breath]], with the sensation of, as one survivor put it, a "...tight band around my chest and a pillow over my face" as the lungs fill with fluid.
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| '''Uncommon symptoms'''
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| [[Earache]], [[sore throat]], runny nose, and [[rash]] are very uncommon symptoms of HPS.
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| '''Incubation period'''
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| Due to the small number of HPS cases, the "incubation time" is not positively known. However, on the basis of limited information, it appears that symptoms may develop between 1 and 5 weeks after exposure to urine, droppings, or saliva of infected rodents.
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| Another important point to remember from the data that the CDC Special Pathogens Branch keeps on all reported cases of HPS, is that it appears many people who have become ill were in a situation where they did not see rodents or rodent droppings. Other people have had frequent contact with rodents and their droppings before becoming ill. This apparent inconsistency makes it very difficult to pin down the precise time when the virus was transmitted.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |