Not a new crown!A family of 5 burst into high fever and weak whole body, and the "culprit" behind it turned out to be ...

Recently, a 40 -year -old Ms. Li, a 40 -year -old Ms. Li in Xi'an, Shaanxi, suddenly had symptoms such as high fever and whole body muscle soreness. Conventional antibiotic therapy has not eased. After CT examination of her bilateral lungs, the thoracic effusion, and more serious, her father, her father, Mother and two daughters also have the same clinical symptoms.

After inspection by the hospital, a family of five was infected with the heat of parrots because Ms. Li's father raised an unknown parrot. The parrot died 1 week later.

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Earlier, a woman in Zhejiang stayed in a small meeting when watching people slaughtering ducks, and then symptoms such as weakness and high fever in the whole body.

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Both cases are caused by parrot heat, so what is parrot heat?

What is a parrot heat?

Parrot heat is a disease caused by the raw body of parrot hot clothes. This pathogen is mainly popular among birds. In 1894, it was spread in Paris, France. Due to most of the patients at that time, most of the patients had contact parrots, and this disease began to call this disease as parrot fever.

After that, some non -parrot birds spread related reports of pneumonia spread, which was called "bird pneumonia" or "bird epidemic" at the time. In 1930, the original body of the parrot hot clothing was separated by scientists. Since then, pneumonia caused by parrot hot jackets is called parrot heat.

What are the symptoms of infected parrot fever?

The initial symptoms are relatively hidden and are not easy to be recognized. Mainly manifested as normal cold symptoms such as fever, chills, headaches, muscle soreness, etc. The muscle soreness is mainly sore in the neck and back, and joint pain can also occur.

After that, ordinary pneumonia symptoms, such as cough, most of them are dry cough, and a little mucus sputum can also occur. Occasionally, bloodshot cases, and part of the chest pain and thoracic effusion.

In severe cases, severe discomfort such as suffering, purple lips, and dyspnea, and thoracic CT examination may occur in large -sized inflammatory pneumonia images; at the same time, it will be combined with systemic discomfort , Jaundice, renal failure, etc., partially affecting the heart.

What are the ways of parrot fever?

Parrot fever is mainly popular in bird animals, but can also infect humans. Mainly communicate or spread through contact with the respiratory tract.

Parrot who is in contact with the illness or birds and poultry with pathogenic bacteria

Inhale environmental air contaminated by the secretions of these birds and excrement

Inhale feathers and dust with pathogenic bacteria

All ages and gender are generally susceptible to the diseases of parrot fever. The poultry breeding, pet shop staff, veterinarians, turkey operators, and slaughterhouse workers are all high -risk people.

At this time, many friends who raise pets may be more worried. Is it very risky to raise cats and poultry animals in our family and can easily infect parrot heat?

In fact, there is no need to worry too much. There are relatively few infection of the original body of the parrot. If symptoms occur, the history of contact with animals such as poultry and birds in time when the symptoms occur. Parrot fever is a disease that can be treated.

How to prevent parrot heat?

Blocking all possible contagious sources is the main prevention method of this disease. It is difficult for the human body to produce lasting immunity after the thermal infection of the parrot, and the vaccine prevention effect is not good. Therefore, it does not use vaccine to prevent this disease.

Parrot heat is mainly transmitted by birds, so the following points need to be paid attention to bird farmers:

① Buy birds from regular pet shops, and do not adopt unknown birds;

② Wash the bird cage and bird dung every day. When cleaning, wear a surgical protective mask. Before cleaning, use the disinfectant wet bird cage and the surface of the bird manure to avoid inhalation of the sun. It

③ When birds such as pigeons died suddenly, they could not kill them without permission.

④ When exposed to bird animals, you need to go to time when heating symptoms, and actively provide doctors with the history of contact with bird animals so that doctors can conduct parrot heat -related examinations in time and make early diagnosis and treatment.

In addition, for other people who usually raise pets, chickens, ducks and other poultry, pay attention to using flowing water and soap to wash their hands after contacting these animals. Provide doctors with the history of animal contact.

Experts in this article ｜ Wang Qian, the attending physician of the Department of Respiratory and Cympapture Medical Medicine in Hebei Province

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