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 Zika

The Zika was a couple of months in the relatively unknown American ontinente c ago, and is currently attracting the interest to warnings of their presence in different countries. Latin Americans. And today found many cases in more than 23 countries in America, which are on alert for this disease
In the same way that the dengue virus and chikungunya virus, Zika is transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, who possess or be infected serves as a vector for spreading through d their bite, but nevertheless this virus can be spread through sexual via reportedly so far, on the other hand, there is the possibility that spread from mother to fetus during pregnancy but is still under study.
Symptoms of virus infection Zika

Symptoms do not appear immediately because the virus has an incubation period that occur between 2-12 days. Meanwhile one in five infected courses Zika infection, asymptomatic, largely from most develop symptoms such as general malaise, joint pain, conjunctivitis, muscle aches, Head and Neck, skin rash, conjunctivitis.

Other symptoms that occur are also the Head and Neck pain, skin rashes, some people with low pollution and other more internsidad, lack of appetite, as well as vomiting.
And the symptoms are often similar to those of dengue or chikungunya, it is very necessary chemical tests to diagnose properly, even though the treatment is also very similiar
In research on the Zika, and that has concerned the spread of this disease, microcephaly, a malformation that apparently is linked to virus Zika when a woman contracts it, even it is a relationship of infection Zika that even it is being studied, but without Invergo, some localities have included certain recommendations to prevent pregnancy during this time of Zika outbreak, because there is the risk of the fetus developing this this malformation.

Treatment

It is very important to mention that there is not and there is no treatment or vaccine to combat the virus or infection, so treatment focuses only fought alongside and treat symptoms such as fever, headaches and muscle aches, etc.
The only usual treatment is consisting of: acetaminophen, which is administered for pain and fever also doctors advise suplementacio of folic acid and vitamin C, but nevertheless, the dosage should be recommended by your doctor, and that the patient should not self-medicate.
In all cases it is recommended to drink a lot of liquid in the case of infection with the virus Zika, like dengue virus may reduce platelets, so the infection if it is poorly treated can get very complicated,

How Prevention of infection?

There are several ways to prevent the spread Zika virus, all of which focus on most to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.

Avoid continuous playback of this mosquito, so you have to clear puddles of water tanks that hold water within them, such as weatherproof containers, water tanks, swimming pools, tires or waste is important to seal up the trash bags, because in most times these retain liquids it is advisable to maintain always keep doors and windows closed in order to avoid introducing mosquitoes into our home, in order to avoid intruduccion the mosquito to our home, another recommendation is that you should try to sleep with mosquito nets around our bed

If you have a person infected with Zika person is advised that this person use fly, because it is a center for spreading the virus to travez of a mosquito, which then transmit it to someone else, and finally and not least, recommends suo ointments and sprays (repellents, and if possible, spraying, especially to mosquito infestations.