West Nile fever is dangerous!

West Nile fever is an acute viral natural focal disease that occurs in both mild and severe forms. The prevalence is almost universal, as the disease is registered on all continents, but with different intensity. Seasonality is caused by the activity of mosquito vectors and lasts until the first cold weather begins.

With a severe course of the disease, the characteristic clinical symptoms are manifested in the form of a sharp increase in temperature to 38-39 degrees, chills, headache (most often in the forehead), vomiting, pain in the muscles and joints (especially noticeable in the neck and lower back) and severe intoxication.

Diagnosis of West Nile Fever is based primarily on epidemic data-consider a person's stay in endemic areas and collect anamnesis about mosquito bites, trips to the country, the presence of housing near open reservoirs.

There is no specific antiviral drug or vaccine for LDL. Treatment is symptomatic. Complications are observed mainly from the central and peripheral nervous system.

The main preventive measures to prevent the disease of LZN are:

• implementation of measures aimed at reducing the number of mosquitoes (treatment of territories adjacent to suburban recreation centers);
• elimination of all unauthorized landfills, timely removal of solid household waste, mowing of weed vegetation;
• protection of residential and public premises from the arrival of mosquitoes by zasetchivaniya window and door openings, in the premises to use fumigators;
• elimination of leaks in the basements of residential buildings and carrying out disinsection treatments;
• elimination of holes and grooves on land plots where mosquitoes can hatch in stagnant water;
• at least 1 time a week replacement of water in containers for its storage in the country and in the private sector, preventing the reproduction of mosquitoes; 
• the use of personal protective equipment against mosquitoes (repellents) when traveling to recreation centers and suburban areas.

REMEMBER!
TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS WILL HELP KEEP YOU SAFE FROM WEST NILE FEVER!

Chief Specialist in Infectious Diseases,
health departments of the Lipetsk region,
Volodina Larisa Viktorovna