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Most of those hospitalized are residents of Stryi district
Health — Oleksandra Balandyukh, 3:00 p.m., August 21, 2023
Patients with leptospirosis will continue to be hospitalized at the Lviv Regional Infectious Disease Hospital. Currently, eight patients are being treated, most of whom are residents of Stryi district. One of the patients is in intensive care, Tamila Aleksanyan, head of the 4th diagnostic department of the hospital, informed ZAXID.NET on August 21.
This summer, according to Tamila Aleksanyan, the number of patients diagnosed with leptospirosis increased significantly. In the hospital, there are also those in whom this diagnosis has not yet been confirmed, but there is a suspicion of leptospirosis. Most of the patients are residents of Stryi district, Drohobych, Morshyn.
"Of the eight patients who are currently being treated in the infectious disease hospital, most are from Stryi district, Drohobych, Morshyn. Over the past month, six patients from this district were hospitalized with leptospirosis," says Tamila Aleksanyan.
Last week, a resident of Lviv, who played football in this area and then bathed in the Stryi River, was admitted to the infectious disease hospital. Before that, he had not swam in any other water bodies. He was diagnosed with leptospirosis.
Other patients who entered the hospital from this direction either bathed in water bodies or settled in basements without protective equipment.
How can you get leptospirosis?
Leptospirosis in humans is caused by a bacterium that enters the water with the urine of infected animals, most often rodents, it can also be cattle, dogs, and wild animals. The bacterium enters the human body through cracks, cuts or wounds on the skin or mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth). Eating contaminated food can also cause illness.
Therefore, doctors advise, despite the heat, not to bathe in bodies of water that are prohibited for swimming, but when cleaning basements, stables, and other utility rooms, wear gloves, wash your hands more often, thoroughly wash vegetables and fruits brought from basements, and fight rodents in the house and economy.
Symptoms of the disease
A person can get sick between two days and four weeks after being infected. Symptoms vary from mild: headache, nausea, calf pain, red eyes, diarrhea, rash, temperature can rise to 39-40 degrees to serious: kidney damage, liver damage, meningitis and even death. Recently, a 30-year-old resident of Lviv Oblast died of leptospirosis. Therefore, when similar symptoms appear, you should not engage in self-medication, but immediately consult a doctor.
До інфекційної лікарні Львова поступило ще восьмеро пацієнтів з лептоспірозом
Більшість госпіталізованих є мешканцями Стрийського району
Здоров'я— Олександра Баландюх, 15:00, 21 серпня 2023
https://zaxid.net/do_infektsiyniy_l..._vosmero_patsiyentiv_z_leptospirozom_n1569455
Most of those hospitalized are residents of Stryi district
Health — Oleksandra Balandyukh, 3:00 p.m., August 21, 2023
Patients with leptospirosis will continue to be hospitalized at the Lviv Regional Infectious Disease Hospital. Currently, eight patients are being treated, most of whom are residents of Stryi district. One of the patients is in intensive care, Tamila Aleksanyan, head of the 4th diagnostic department of the hospital, informed ZAXID.NET on August 21.
This summer, according to Tamila Aleksanyan, the number of patients diagnosed with leptospirosis increased significantly. In the hospital, there are also those in whom this diagnosis has not yet been confirmed, but there is a suspicion of leptospirosis. Most of the patients are residents of Stryi district, Drohobych, Morshyn.
"Of the eight patients who are currently being treated in the infectious disease hospital, most are from Stryi district, Drohobych, Morshyn. Over the past month, six patients from this district were hospitalized with leptospirosis," says Tamila Aleksanyan.
Last week, a resident of Lviv, who played football in this area and then bathed in the Stryi River, was admitted to the infectious disease hospital. Before that, he had not swam in any other water bodies. He was diagnosed with leptospirosis.
Other patients who entered the hospital from this direction either bathed in water bodies or settled in basements without protective equipment.
How can you get leptospirosis?
Leptospirosis in humans is caused by a bacterium that enters the water with the urine of infected animals, most often rodents, it can also be cattle, dogs, and wild animals. The bacterium enters the human body through cracks, cuts or wounds on the skin or mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth). Eating contaminated food can also cause illness.
Therefore, doctors advise, despite the heat, not to bathe in bodies of water that are prohibited for swimming, but when cleaning basements, stables, and other utility rooms, wear gloves, wash your hands more often, thoroughly wash vegetables and fruits brought from basements, and fight rodents in the house and economy.
Symptoms of the disease
A person can get sick between two days and four weeks after being infected. Symptoms vary from mild: headache, nausea, calf pain, red eyes, diarrhea, rash, temperature can rise to 39-40 degrees to serious: kidney damage, liver damage, meningitis and even death. Recently, a 30-year-old resident of Lviv Oblast died of leptospirosis. Therefore, when similar symptoms appear, you should not engage in self-medication, but immediately consult a doctor.
До інфекційної лікарні Львова поступило ще восьмеро пацієнтів з лептоспірозом
Більшість госпіталізованих є мешканцями Стрийського району
Здоров'я— Олександра Баландюх, 15:00, 21 серпня 2023
https://zaxid.net/do_infektsiyniy_l..._vosmero_patsiyentiv_z_leptospirozom_n1569455