What is tsutsugamushi disease?
Tsutsutsugamushi disease, also known as tsutsugamushi disease, is an acute infectious disease caused by rickettsia orientia tsutsugamushi. It is a natural focus disease, with rodents as the main source of infection and chigger mite larvae as the transmission medium. Most patients have a history of field work, and the incubation period is 5 ~ 20 days. The clinical manifestations are diverse and complicated, and there are many complications, which often lead to multiple organ damage. The onset of the disease is urgent and has characteristic clinical manifestations, such as high fever, toxemia, rash, eschar and lymphadenopathy. Severe cases can be life-threatening due to cardiopulmonary renal failure.
Tsutsutsugamushi disease is an acute infectious disease caused by insect infection, which belongs to natural focus disease. It is spread by chigger mites. Ordinary patients suffer from tsutsugamushi disease because they play in the wild. Tsutsutsugamushi disease can make patients appear rash, high fever, swollen lymph nodes and other manifestations, and in severe cases, it will be life-threatening due to complications. For children with tsutsugamushi disease, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time, and pay attention to rest during the treatment, and pay attention to eating some high-protein and nutritious food in the diet.
What living habits are likely to lead to tsutsugamushi disease?
Let's first understand the cause of tsutsugamushi disease.
The main cause of tsutsugamushi disease is the bite of chigger mites infected in orientia tsutsugamushi. Chigger mites are the main vector of the disease, and people are generally susceptible, with a relatively high incidence rate among adolescents, and farmers, geological surveyors and jungle warriors are susceptible.
1, the main reason
Tsutsutsugamushi disease is an acute infectious disease. Small rodents, including many kinds of rodents, can carry orientia tsutsugamushi asymptomatic for a long time. Chigger mite larvae are infected with this pathogen by sucking the blood of animals infected by orientia tsutsugamushi. After being bitten by chigger mite larvae infected in orientia tsutsugamushi, people first reproduce locally, then enter the blood and reach different tissues and organs, resulting in corresponding toxic blood symptoms. The toxin released after orientia tsutsugamushi's death is the most important pathogenic factor of the disease.
2. Inducing factors
Long-term activities in the wild: the wild is the main living area of tsutsugamushi disease, because the probability of people being infected outdoors will greatly increase.
Then the woman in the news got tsutsugamushi disease, probably because the pet mouse got tsutsugamushi disease. Tsutsutsugamushi disease is a parasite of mice, which is not common in pet mice, but it does not rule out that pet mice are infected by making friends with wild mice.
Second, bad living habits.
1, there is no habit of washing hands in time.
If we don't wash our hands in time outdoors or after licking our pets, our hands can easily touch our mouths and noses when eating, and chigger mites eggs can easily enter our bodies with food. Besides, most infectious diseases can be prevented by correct and timely hand washing.
2. Don't cut your nails often.
Nails are easy to hide dirt and shelter evil people. Because the nail seam is the base camp for bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms to hide, when we touch the chigger mite eggs with our hands, it is easy to hide in the nail seam, and it is easier to touch the nose and mouth, so the eggs are easy to enter the human body. Therefore, keeping the habit of regular nail cutting can avoid the chance of chigger mites hiding under their nails.
3. Don't take a bath often.
Chigger mites will attach themselves to clothes because of contact, and adults will also lay eggs around the anus on their hands. Bathing is a whole body cleaning, which can remove most of the infectious sources (tsutsugamushi eggs) attached to the whole body and reduce the chance of infection. The winter climate in northern China is relatively dry. Some people don't take a bath every day. Therefore, the infection rate is usually higher in winter than in summer, but it is recommended to keep the habit of taking a bath every day.
How to prevent tsutsugamushi disease?
May-10 is a high-incidence season, especially after rain, when it is wet, tsutsugamushi disease will appear frequently. The prevention method is:
1, protect it:
Avoid sitting, lying, drying clothes and quilts on the grass, and wear long trousers for outdoor activities, which can tighten cuffs and trousers, especially for children. It is easy to be ignored after biting, thus increasing the risk of developing into a serious disease. Parents must take protective measures for their babies. For example, in addition to the above protection, the exposed parts of the body should be coated with insect repellent.
2, eliminate the source of infection:
The most fundamental measure to prevent tsutsugamushi disease is rodent control. Chigger mites are more common in grass in rural areas and parks and lawns in cities. However, tsutsugamushi disease is an opportunistic infection. Not all grass has tsutsugamushi disease, and not all tsutsugamushi disease carries pathogens, so, oh, there is no need to talk about tsutsugamushi disease, but necessary protective measures should be taken.
3. Early diagnosis and treatment:
If you have the following conditions, you should go to a regular hospital for medical treatment immediately. If there is unexplained high fever after grass or bush activities, you should carefully check whether there is eschar after insect bite, especially some hidden parts such as perineum, armpit and groin. Once found, you should seek medical attention immediately. If chigger bites or outdoor activities are confirmed, those who have repeated fever and are ineffective after treatment should seek medical treatment as soon as possible and inform the doctor of the history of outdoor activities.
The above are some knowledge points and prevention methods about tsutsugamushi disease. When summer comes, their bugs are also active. Everyone should pay more attention to prevention and treatment in daily life ~