Brucella

Brucella's disease overview

What is

brucella?

Brucella bacillus is a bacterium that has a rod -shaped bacteria that causes Brucella or a fever. This is an infection infection from animals to humans.

Brucella disease is a disease if not treated actively will lead to dangerous complications, easy to recur, so patients with the disease need to be tested and treated to avoid future complications. .

Causes of Brucella's disease

Brucella disease is a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans for many causes such as:

Brucella bacillus appears in infected animal milk. If this milk source is not sterilized or not guaranteed, when processed into products such as fresh milk, butter, cheese, cream will become a source of infection. Users will be infected when using these products.

Brucella bacillus also appears in organs, tissue of infected animals. The use of foods such as meat and organs of animals when cooked is not cooked or unprocessed also increases the risk of disease.

Brucella bacillus can penetrate the human body through the skin wounds when the wounds are open, wounds are scratched in contact with urine, blood, secretions, tissue of Animals are carrying pathogens. In some cases, patients suffer from inhalation of bacteria circulating in the air.

Brucella disease is not transmitted from person to person, the disease is seen in some cases of infection from mother to child in case of childbirth or breast milk when breastfeeding ..

Symptoms of Brucella's disease

Symptoms of Brucella may be sudden or dull onset. Common symptoms such as:

Starting with symptoms of fever, chills, tremor, sweating.

After the disease, if the patient does not go to the doctor and the treatment will appear symptoms such as tired body, weight loss, weakness, fast tired when working. P>

In addition, the patient also shows signs of headache, joint pain, muscle pain, back pain, abdominal pain. Some cases in men appear testicular inflammation. If the disease becomes chronic, there will be wave fevers alternating with no fever in the long run. Common complications of the disease such as bone damage, joint damage such as disc inflammation, arthritis, endocarditis, meningitis.

In fact, the symptoms of the disease often appear poorly, not typical. Therefore, patients need to monitor symptoms and take a timely medical examination for effective treatment.

People at risk for Brucella's disease

Brucella disease is a disease that is common in all subjects and all ages. Some people are susceptible to diseases such as subjects or exposure to animals such as veterinarians, farmers, cattle farmers, farm owners, cattle slaughterers, poultry traders. , people often hunt ...

Brucella disease is a disease that is only transmitted from animals or sources to humans and people to humans. The disease is also common in people who travel or go to epidemic areas. Biologists are one of the high -risk objects in the community.

Prevention of Brucella's disease

Preventive treatment of Brucella disease for diseases: For poultry and animals that are at risk of disease, they need adequate vaccination to prevent disease. When pets show signs of disease need to be isolated and destroyed, disinfected when infected.

For contacters: It is necessary to take protective measures when exposed to livestock, clearing and taking measures to handle and isolate when the object is sick.

In addition, people should also improve their body's resistance by exercising regularly, eating nutritious and scientific nutrients. When detecting symptoms, it is necessary to go to the doctor to identify the disease and take the best treatment to avoid dangerous complications later.

Diagnostic measures for Brucella's disease

Diagnosis of Brucella disease combines clinical examination along with diagnostic tests.

Clinical examination identifies symptoms of Brucella. The doctor will identify the symptoms that the patient suffered to distinguish with other acute fever diseases such as influenza, bacterial infections, intestinal bacteria.

Blood test to find the cause of the disease helps determine the cause and evaluate the evolution of the disease such as infection, damage to special organs in the case of the disease that has appeared variables. Acute evidence for appropriate treatment.

Making PCR techniques, blood isolated culture, cerebrospinal fluid and patient secretions to find the cause of the disease and support the doctor's diagnosis and give the direction France appropriate and timely treatment for patients.

X -ray, ultrasound, performing imaging techniques to find damage and complications to assess the right situation, thereby helping to orient the appropriate treatment for patients .

Brucella's disease treatments

The treatment of Brucella should absolutely follow the doctor's prescription, not arbitrarily taking the drug will cause unfortunate consequences.

Use 1 or combine 2-3 antibiotics depending on the degree of the patient. After treatment, the disease may recur and become chronic.

Treatment of disease symptoms such as endocarditis, meningitis to limit damage to patients.

When the illness progresses, the patient needs to monitor and treat it actively to avoid the case of disease and danger. After treatment, patients need to monitor the effectiveness of treatment and rest, take care and supplement nutrients to recover quickly. Need to monitor patients actively after treating the disease is likely to recur and become chronic.

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