Nipah virus
The Nipah virus is a member of the paramyxoviridae family of the genus Henipa virus. This is an RNA. Is a virus. Nipah is a virus that is transmitted from animal to animal. It can be transmitted to humans from infected bats or pigs. It can be passed from human to human. It is also possible to transmit the disease to those caring for the sick. Similarly, the hospital staff should be very careful.
Symptoms
The incubation period is 4 to 14 days after the virus enters the body and causes symptoms. This can sometimes take up to 21 days. It may take several days for the symptoms to clear up, even if there is an infection. Symptoms include fever, headache, dizziness, and lightheadedness. Symptoms include cough, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and blurred vision. It is possible to go into a coma within a day or two of the onset of symptoms. There is also a high risk of developing encephalitis, which affects the brain. It can also affect the lungs.
Confirmation of the disease
RTPCR samples are taken from throat and nose secretions, blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid from the brain. The disease is confirmed by examination.
Precautions to be taken
Post-mortem treatment is often very complicated for most people. That is why prevention is so important.
Precautions to be taken to prevent transmission of the disease from infected bats
Do not go to bat habitats if possible. Do not touch or eat bat-bitten fruits or anything else.
Precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease
Use the mask correctly
Maintain social distance
Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds. If this is not available, clean your hands with an alcohol-based sanitizer.
Keep a distance of at least one meter with the patient and away from the patient’s bed
Keep and use materials separately for the patient’s personal needs.
Things that hospitals need to take care of to prevent the spread of the disease
Admit all patients with symptoms to the isolation ward
Wear gloves and a mask when talking to, examining, and engaging in other activities with people suspected of having the disease.
Take all precautionary measures against such patients and inform the authorities if the suspected patient is admitted.
Safety practices to be adopted
Wash your hands with alcohol-based hand rubs
Safely handle the patient’s clothing, diapers, etc.
Nippa patients should be segregated and shifted to separate wards to avoid interaction with other patients.
Limit the number of health workers in such wards.
Make sure there is a distance of at least one meter between the beds of two patients
It is extremely important to take precautionary measures when caring for the sick or suspected.
Use of self-defense equipment
The PPE kit, which includes a mask, gloves and gown, should be used throughout contact with the patient. N-95 masks, which can block up to 95% of the airborne particles in the air, should be defined during blood and secretion tests and during tube-like interventions.
Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
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