Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS - What you should know
This is a brief overview on the link provided by the Staten Island University Hospital on the illness that has been reported to having terrifying outbreak in Southeast Asia, particularly in People’s Republic of China, like in Hong Kong and also in Vietnam killing people contaminated by the said outbreak.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first recognized in the year 2003 from the said continent and has spread to other countries since then. As the phenomenon outbreaks during that time, everyone that have traveled to an affected place or country are suspected of having SARS too, especially if the common symptoms- fever of more than 100.4oF, cough, hypoxia and findings of pneumonia are seen in that person. Since SARS is a very new kind of disease, a studying it proves to have caused by a new virus, an unknown type of corona virus. Although this was the evidence that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had identified, studies and research on its cause are still being done for the exact determination of the virus causing SARS.
The corona virus is practically explained here as a group that appears like a crown if viewed under the clinical microscope (that is why it is being called as a corona). The common cause of moderate respiratory in humans is from the family of these viruses, known to have survival for three hours in an environment. The disease SARS spreads to one another if close contact with the SARS patient was made such as acquiring droplets of patients’ cough, sneeze and breathe. Wearing a mask is advised to SARS patients as well as to everyone near in contact with them to prevent from contamination since they are considered to be at most risk. If contaminated by a patient with SARS, it has been explained here to start having common symptoms as enumerated earlier and may suffer such illness from 2 to 7 days, or up to 10 maximum days of survival. Although the report on having SARS kills less than 5% of the patients, this new disease is still considered as serious and can be fatal as well, especially for the elders and those with poor medical background. If you have concern about being infected you can always have your blood tested using a clinical Microscope.
Reports have been gathered from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in New York City that a few of their residents are suspected to have SARS, acquiring symptoms from their travel to countries like China, known to have outbreak of the disease in the said place. Although New York City had a little contamination of SARS, There has been no evidence of spreading the disease in the community of New York City. Advice from this article are also given on what to do if someone in the family has traveled at the most at risk country of SARS, particularly in the places that have been mentioned in Southeast Asia. For now, going to such countries that has this outbreaks are not restricted, but it has been recommended not to do unessential transactions in going there to avoid the widespread of the disease. That is also the most effective way according to this article to prevent you from acquiring SARS. Prevention of SARS patients in stepping into the United States are done in the airports by screening the symptoms of the travelers from the Southeast Asia so as to prevent and monitor the source of the disease to enter in the US. Links on how to get updates on SARS are also provided by this article for more information.
Treatment for SARS is not yet known, while the disease is still under investigation, so treatment regimens for it in the hospitals are of different types: giving medications for patients like antibiotics, anti-virus and steroids, as well as pain relievers and intravenous fluids and medicines. According to this article, bioterrorism has nothing to do with the outbreak of this disease, and yet, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are always responsive to cases of SARS. More and more topics are discussed in this article on how the New York City has reacted to the phenomenal outbreak of this disease. read more...
