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Bird flu: symptoms in humans, cause and treatment

  1. Bird flu symptoms in humans. Bird flu symptoms can vary from very mild to very severe in every person. Avian flu, avian influenza or avian influenza is caused by a cocktail of different flu viruses that may be related to the human flu virus. Bird flu as it manifests itself in different parts of the world is mainly caused by the virus H5N1. The outbreak of the avian influenza virus in the Netherlands in 2003, in which a veterinarian died, was caused by avian influenza of the H7N7 type. People infected with avian flu are prescribed antiviral drugs and additional treatments are provided as needed.

What is bird flu?

  1. Bird flu is also called avian influenza or avian influenza

Bird flu infection

  1. Wild ducks as well as many other migratory birds carry the virus without becoming ill themselves. Via the faeces, the virus reaches poultry on a farm, which then becomes infected. The virus can then multiply. The virus can also be transmitted from animals to humans, although this does not happen very often. This often concerns people who have intensive contact with infected poultry, such as poultry farmers and veterinarians. The infection mainly takes place via the faeces of poultry that is infected

Symptoms of bird flu in humans

  1. The symptoms in humans can vary from very mild to very severe in each person. There are avian flu viruses that cause only very mild flu symptoms or a mild eye infection, as was also the case in the Netherlands during the bird flu outbreak in 2003. Other complaints, signals, signs, features or symptoms may be

How dangerous is bird flu to humans?

  1. The bird influenza is not very dangerous for humans at the moment. Yet it is possible that the avian virus exchanges hereditary information with a human virus - which mutates the virus, so to speak - to create a new variant that can be passed from person to person and be fatal to humans. Such a new variant

Examination and diagnosis

  1. The doctor asks questions about your symptoms and your medical history. He then informs you whether you live or have been present in a risky area, or work with risky birds. After that, blood test will

Which animals can get avian influenza?

  1. All birds can get avian influenza, although turkeys, ducks and chickens are especially susceptible to it. The Ministry of Agriculture also uses the following list of high-risk animals

What does avian influenza do to birds?

  1. Infected poultry usually gets sick after two to seven days, but sometimes also later. The following features and symptoms then appear in the animals

Is there a vaccine for poultry?

  1. Yes, there is a vaccine for poultry. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, keepers of hobby poultry and outdoor free range chickens can have their animals vaccinated against bird flu.



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