Characteristics of Leptospirosis Pain, Recognize the Symptoms and Causes Before It’s Too Late

JAKARTA – Characteristic leptospirosis In fact, it is very easy to avoid if the symptoms and causes are recognized early.

Leptospirosis disease is closely related to animals or pets. Therefore, for those of you who have pets, it is important to take care and maintain cleanliness.

Because, in fact, for humans, animal waste can cause leptospirosis. Disease caused by infection with leptospira bacteria. The virus comes from animal waste (urine).

A person can become infected if they consume or come into contact with contaminated water or soil. Leptospirosis is found most commonly in temperate or tropical regions which include South and Southeast Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean, parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Latin America.

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Launching Medline Plus, the following symptoms can be known to someone with leptospirosis:

1. Symptoms can take 2 to 30 days (average 10 days) to develop, and may include:
Dry Cough, Fever, Headache, Muscle aches, Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, chills.
2. Rare symptoms include:
Abdominal pain, Abnormal lung sounds, Bone pain, Conjunctival redness without fluid, Enlarged lymph nodes, Enlarged spleen or liver, Joint pain, Muscle stiffness, Muscle tenderness, Skin rash, Sore throat.

Meanwhile, the following factors cause leptospirosis, among others;
1. Job description
For a farmer, rancher, slaughterhouse worker, trapper, veterinarian, logger, sewer worker, field worker, and military personnel.
2. Recreational activities
Fresh water swimming, canoeing, kayaking and cycling in warm areas.
3. Household display.
Derived from domesticated dogs, domesticated livestock, rainwater catchment systems, and infected rodents.

It should be noted, not only those who like to keep animals can be infected with leptospirosis. According to the CDC, travelers are more likely to develop leptospirosis if they, among other things, visit a flooded area or have recently flooded.

Then swim, wade, kayak, or raft in potentially contaminated fresh water such as lakes and rivers. They can also visit urban areas with poor sanitation or touch animals/body fluids (cows, sheep/goats, pigs, horses, dogs, and wildlife).

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