What is viral hemorrhagic fever?
Viral hemorrhagic fevers are infectious diseases that can cause severe, life-threatening illness.
They can damage the walls of tiny blood vessels, making them leak, and can hamper the blood's ability to clot.
Some viral hemorrhagic fevers include:
- Dengue
- Ebola
- Lassa
- Marburg
- Yellow fever
These diseases most commonly occur in tropical areas.
There's no cure for viral hemorrhagic fevers. Vaccinations exist for only a few types. The best approach is prevention. Supportive care is the mainstay of treatment.
Symptoms include:
- Fever
- Fatigue, weakness or general feeling of being unwell
- Dizziness
- Muscle, bone or joint aches
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea
Symptoms that can become life-threatening
More-severe symptoms include:
- Bleeding under the skin, in internal organs, or from the mouth, eyes or ears
- Nervous system malfunctions
- Coma
- Delirium
- Kidney failure
- Respiratory failure
- Liver failure
Viral hemorrhagic fever is spread by contact with an infected animal or insect. In some forms, the disease is transmitted from person to person.
Source:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/symptoms-
causes/syc-20351260
