Yellow Fever

June  01, 2016

The origins and definitions

Yellow Fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease. It is called ‘yellow’ for the patients that are infected and the yellow color they become.  Nowadays Yellow Fever is mostly seen in South America and tropical areas of the African continent. In 1793, 10% of the Pennsylvanian and Philadelphian population were killed by the Yellow fever ; they gauged  the fever was brought by the refugees from Latin America.  In our modern world, yellow fever is mostly transmitted by mosquitos to people, mosquitos to monkeys then to humans , or it can be transmitted from people to people. Especially in urban areas we are not only contributing a higher risk for spreading the fever but we are also giving an environment for  other deadly diseases .

Preventions

The most efficient way of preventing yellow fever is avoiding going to South America , tropical areas in Africa, zoos where you can get infected by imported monkeys, or it’s recommended to take efficient vaccines which afterwards you will be given an International Certificate of Vaccination. You should be careful that the Yellow fever vaccine takes effect after 30 days.

Signs

Early signs include fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, and jaundice. Symptoms often go away after about 3 - 4 days.

Mid signs : Fever will start to go away with other symptoms , or some people would get worse with the symptoms .

Late signs : Problems with organ occurs, bleeding disorders, coma and seizures may also happen.

If you feel being infected by the virus, quickly make a test where they will take some of your blood. People also become yellow because of the virus ( except some Asian people who are genetically yellow skinned ).

Treatment of the disease

Once you get involved in a Yellow fever infection , it’s hard to cure since in our modern world we still have not found an efficient way to treat Yellow fever .The doctor will make sure you will be in a highly separated room from others , especially mosquitos for not infecting other people .They will also make sure your blood pressure is normal , replace plasma with proteins for improving blood clotting , and providing dialysis for kidney failure.