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A viral hemorrhagic fever is a possible cause of the Plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. [13] A viral hemorrhagic fever is an alternate theory of the cause of the Black Death and the Plague of Justinian [14] The initial, and currently only, outbreak of Lujo virus in September–October 2008 left four of five patients dead. [15]
It is especially common among those who have an underlying cardiovascular disease such as rheumatic heart disease. Secondary pneumonia typically has a period of improvement in symptoms for one to three weeks [17] followed by recurrent fever, sputum production, and fluid buildup in the lungs, [1] but can also occur just a few days after ...
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), also called hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), is a severe respiratory disease caused by hantaviruses. The main features of illness are microvascular leakage and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Symptoms occur anywhere from 1 to 8 weeks after exposure to the virus and come in three distinct phases.
[5] [6] Other heart-related risk factors include heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, and congenital heart disease. [5] In low- and middle-income countries, valvular heart disease is often attributable to rheumatic fever. [19] Lung-related risk factors include COPD, obesity, and sleep apnea. [3]
Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner surface of the heart (endocardium), usually the valves. [1] Signs and symptoms may include fever, small areas of bleeding into the skin, heart murmur, feeling tired, and low red blood cell count.
The Faget sign is named after Louisiana physician Jean Charles Faget, who studied yellow fever in Louisiana. [1] [2] Faget sign is often seen in: Yellow fever; Typhoid fever; Brain abscess; Tularaemia; Brucellosis; Colorado tick fever; Some pneumonias - Legionella pneumonia and Mycoplasma pneumonia; Drug fever (e.g. beta-blockers, [3] known as ...
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The severity of hemorrhagic shock can be graded on a 1–4 scale on the physical signs. The shock index (heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure) is a stronger predictor of the impact of blood loss than heart rate and blood pressure alone. [11] This relationship has not been well established in pregnancy-related bleeding. [12]