BRUCELOSIS

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BRUCELOSIS

Brucelosis

A bacterial infection transmitted to the humans by cows, pigs, infected ewes or goats. She is not contagious between people.

It affects the producing organs of blood, including bony marrow, lymphatic glands, liver and bazo.

Although it affects to both sexes any age, most frequent it is to men between 20 and 60 years of age.

Prognosis

In general, it is cured with treatment in 3 to 4 weeks.

Complications

Infections of:

heart,

bones,

brain or

liver (very little it frequents).

Chronic disease and incapacity after an inadequate treatment.

Diagnosis and treatment

Diagnosis

Clinical file and recognition by its doctor.

Analysis of blood.

X-rays of column.

All the members of the family susceptible to have contacted the disease by infected milky product ingestion such, must be put under medical controls and tests of diagnosis.

General Measures

They are not necessary.

The disease is not infected between people.

Medication

The treatment is made by means of antibiotics for the infection, like tetraciclinas, during at least 3 weeks.

Also medication with cortisone can prescribe him to reduce the inflammation in the serious cases. Tranquilizers for the muscular pain.

Activity

Rest in bed until they send to the fever and other symptoms.

Return gradually to its normal activities.

Diet

There is no special diet.

To increase the calories in case of significant loss of weight.

Call to its doctor if it presents/displays:

Symptoms of ondulante fever (fever that increases and diminishes throughout weeks).

The fever or other symptoms reappear after the treatment.

Prevention

It does not drink milk without pasteurizar.

Use gloves and aprons when it works with animals.

Factors of risk

Pernicious anemia or after surgery of the stomach.

These conditions are in the reduction of acids of the stomach; these acids diminish the infection possibilities.

People who work with animals, like farmers, butchers or veterinarians (professional Disease).

Causes

Infection by the bacterium brucela that are transmitted to the humans through milk without pasteurizar, milky products (mantequilla, cheese), or meat products.

Signs and symptoms

This disease has an acute form and a chronicle.

In the acute form, they appear, suddenly, the following symptoms:

Chills,

Intermittent fever,

Sweating,

Pronounced fatigue,

Sensitivity in the column,

Headache and

Inflamed lymphatic glands.

In the chronic form, the following symptoms appear gradually:

Fatigue,

Muscular pain,

Backache,

Constipation,

Loss of weight,

Depression,

Sexual impotence,

Abscesses in the ovaries, kidney and brain (infrequent).

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