THE VIRAL MENACE NIPAH OR NOT NIPAH!!!


 IT IS THE HOTTEST AND MOST FRIGHTENING TOPIC NOW.THE DEATH DANCE OF THE NIPAH VIRUS. MORE THAN 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN KERALA. AND SCATTERED PARTS ELSEWHERE.

 IT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED  AT KAMPUNG SUNGAI NIPAH VILLAGE IN MALAYSIA IN 1998.THE VIRUS GETS IT'S NAME FROM THIS VILLAGE. THE INFECTION HAS BEEN KNOWN TO OCCUR IN 2001,2007 ALSO.
TRANSMISSION CAN OCCUR FROM FRUIT EATING  BATS AND ALSO FROM PIGS.EITHER FROM DIRECT CONTACT OR THROUGH THE EXCRETIONS LIKE SALIVA,URINE AND FAECES WHICH REMAIN ON THE FRUITS THE BATS HAVE EATEN. AND FROM EATING BATS AS THEY DO IN AFRICA AND SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD!!RAW DATE PALM SAP ALSO IS A SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION.

IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE, IT APPEARS HUMANS WERE INFECTED FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH INFECTED PIGS. THE TRANSMISSION OCCURRED PROBABLY FROM BATS TO PIGS.IN MY NATIVE VILLAGE I HAVE SEEN PIGS EATING HUMAN FAECES.SO PROBABLY THEY EAT BAT FAECES TOO!!!
.IN BANGLADESH CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THAT THE INFECTION OCCURS FROM HUMANS TO HUMANS.MAYBE IN INDIA TOO.REMEMBER THE NURSE WHO CONTRACTED THE DISEASE WHILE NURSING AN INFECTED PATIENT.SADLY SHE DIED.THE DOCTORS AND NURSING STAFF TREATING THESE PATIENTS DO SO FULLY KNOWING THAT THEIR LIVES MAY BE AT RISK. WHAT A TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD NOBLE PROFESSION.I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS PROFESSION.I HAVE OPERATED ON SEVERAL HIV POSITIVE CASES BY THE WAY.

COMMONLY A TYPICAL PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SYMPTOMS SIMILAR TO INFLUENZA .....FEVER,MUSCULAR PAIN,AND BREATHING PROBLEMS.THE BRAIN ALSO BECOMES INFECTED AND THE PATIENTS SUFFER FROM HIGH FEVER,AND DISORIENTATION AND ULTIMATELY DEATH.

RIBAVARINE IS THE ONLY ANTI VIRAL TABLET AVAILABLE AND IT ONLY CONTROLS THE SYMPTOMS.THE INFECTED PATIENT NEEDS ABSOLUTE ISOLATION.

 THE SERUM AND BODY FLUIDS  OF INFECTED PATIENTS ARE TESTED IN PUNE AND ONE OR TWO OTHER LABORATORIES.IF THEY TEST POSITIVE THEN NIPAH IS CONFIRMED. AND MANY CASES WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE TOO.

 MY FRIEND REMARKED JOKINGLY THAT WE CANNOT EAT MEAT,VEGETABLES AND NOW FRUITS,HOW TO SURVIVE!!!AND THE TRADERS ARE SO UNSCRUPULOUS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HESITATE TO BRING INFECTED VEGGIES AND FRUIT INTO THE MARKET.THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY ALTOGETHER.

 LOSS OF HABITAT  MAY PLAY AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. THE  ENCROACHMENT OF LAND BY MULTI STORIED BUILDINGS AND COMPLEXES MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS BATS ARE DRIVEN OUT OF THEIR NATURAL HABITATS AND THAT FLARES UP THE VIRAL INFECTION IN THEM.

 AND THE KERALA HEALTH MINISTRY NOW SAYS THAT SERUM AND BODY FLUIDS TAKEN FROM BATS HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE.THAT POSES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION "NIPAH" OR "NOT NIPAH"!!!OR MAYBE THIS IS THE CLOSE OR DISTANT RELATION OF THE BATS TESTED!!!

 I FOR ONE HAVE STOPPED EATING FRUITS FOR THE MOMENT.BUT I AM A VEGETARIAN AND I CANNOT STOP EATING VEGGIES!!!GOD SAVE ME AND THOUSAND OF OTHERS LIKE ME!!!

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