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Weil's disease (/ ˈ v aɪ l z / VILES), [12] the acute, severe form of leptospirosis, causes the infected individual to become jaundiced (skin and eyes become yellow), develop kidney failure, and bleed. [6] Bleeding from the lungs associated with leptospirosis is known as severe pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome. [5]
In humans, symptoms caused by L. interrogans are biphasic, icteric, or anicteric. The icteric form is also known as Weil's disease. [29] It has been shown in studies that L. interrogans may damage the endothelial cell lining of various vessels and organs, allowing them to leak and further spread the bacteria to other parts of the body. [30]
Weil's disease, Hantavirus Conjunctival suffusion is an eye finding occurring early in leptospirosis , which is caused by Leptospira interrogans . Conjunctival suffusion is characterized by redness of the conjunctiva that resembles conjunctivitis , but it does not involve inflammatory exudates. [ 1 ]
Leptospira noguchii is another pathogenic bacteria that causes Leptospirosis. Leptospirosis can be transferred in a multitude of ways. Leptospirosis can transfer from animals to humans , humans to humans, or animals to animals via intake of contaminated body fluids, such as urine and blood. [7]
The disease can cause “flu-like symptoms that can worsen into Weil’s syndrome, a life-threatening illness, in a small number of people.” ... “I had Weil’s disease, which is leptospirosis ...
Weil's disease. Leptospirosis infection (Weil's disease) is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water that has been contaminated by animal urine to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin, the eyes, or with the mucous membranes.
The disease Leptospirosis may be transmitted to humans upon exposure to water contaminated with the urine of infected animals (such as cattle, pigs, horses, dogs, rodents, and other wild animals). Meyer’s many investigations contributed greatly to the understanding of the disease. He developed a diagnostic test as well as methods of vaccination.
The disease was first reported in the town of O'Higgins in Buenos Aires province, Argentina in 1958, giving it one of the names by which it is known. [2] Theories about its nature included: Weil's disease, leptospirosis, chemical pollution. [2] It was associated with fields containing stubble after the harvest, giving it another of its names.