A man with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever has died in western Congo, leading authorities to suspect a still-unknown virus may be involved. malaria More than 100 people have died in a mysterious outbreak, according to health officials.

Last week, officials in Congo said they suspected malaria was causing the disease, whose symptoms are similar to flu, because more than four in five patients have been tested for it. vector borne diseasesHowever, the new deaths caused by hemorrhagic fever, which is not linked to parasite-borne malaria, may indicate another virus as well.

Hemorrhagic fevers are a group of diseases caused by viruses that damage your blood vessels and can cause severe bleeding. Some fever viruses also cause symptoms such as body aches and fatigue – such as Ebola, dengue, Marburg and yellow fever. According to experts, these viruses are most common in Africa, Asia and parts of South America.

Hemorrhagic fever victim died in the same place where malaria outbreak was reported

The man died in the remote Panzi region of Kwango province, where the outbreak has been recorded, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sagashi Ngongo, an ACDCP official, told reporters that this led to a working hypothesis that the outbreak was either “severe malaria on a background of malnutrition” or “a viral infection occurring on a background of malaria.”

Officials said that based on the first diagnosis, they think it is a respiratory disease, pending further laboratory results.

Even though hemorrhagic fever was reported for the first time, malaria is endemic in the Panji region, officials say, complicating diagnosis of the latest outbreak due to high levels of malnutrition.

Is hemorrhagic fever dangerous?

According to experts, the severity of this group of viruses varies. Many of them cause mild illness. But all of these can damage your blood vessels and interfere with your blood’s ability to clot, leading to life-threatening complications.

Some signs and symptoms of hemorrhagic fever include:

• Fever
• body pain
• Dizziness
• tiredness and extreme fatigue
• Headache
• rashes all over the body
• bleeding from your nose, eyes, gums, or vagina
• severe vomiting – sometimes bloody
• breathlessness
• low blood pressure
• recovery
• Coma

What causes hemorrhagic fever?

Although it is not completely understood how hemorrhagic fever viruses cause severe bleeding, studies show that the viruses damage your blood vessels, causing them to leak and also interfere with blood clotting. She comes. Several types of viruses can cause viral hemorrhagic fever, including:

• arenavirus
• filovirus
• bunyavirus
• flavivirus

Experts say the viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever spread in different ways — and you could get infected.

• mosquito bites
• tick bite
• coming into contact with body fluids such as blood, urine, stool, or saliva
• coming into contact with body fluids of an infected animal

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