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"Eating strawberries makes you get a blood fever"?

Recently, related rumors have spread in the circle of friends, and many netizens have both panicked and wondered whether they are reliable.

The reason is that since the beginning of winter, major hospitals in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, have successively received many cases of hemorrhagic fever patients. Subsequently, the saying that "eating strawberries will cause bleeding fever" came out, and "advised" everyone not to eat.

For hemorrhagic fever, some people may not understand what the disease is, but the name of the disease sounds scary. Because they don't understand, there will be panic, and some people "prefer to believe that they have", not only do they not eat strawberries, but also forward them in the circle of friends or relatives and friends.

Such a fuss has caused heavy losses to strawberry growers in Xi'an. It is now the season when the first strawberries in the local area are on the market, and consumers dare not buy them.

So, will eating strawberries cause blood fever? How do strawberries and hemorrhagic fever "hook up"?

According to medical experts, hemorrhagic fever is caused by hantavirus and is a natural epidemic disease with rodents as the main source of infection. In short, being bitten by a rat, or eating food and water that the rat has crawled on, and being exposed to the blood, urine, feces, etc. of the rat with the virus, may be infected, and seriously can lead to death.

Although hemorrhagic fever is dangerous, people do not catch it for no reason, and contact with mice is key. Professionals clearly point out: "The prevention of hemorrhagic fever is first and foremost about not touching mice." As for whether hemorrhagic fever is directly related to eating strawberries, the authoritative answer is "there is no scientific basis"!

To put it bluntly, "associating" strawberry eating with hemorrhagic fever is pure nonsense and an outright rumor. The so-called "strawberry greenhouse is full of rats" is even more blind. The local agricultural department has done a full body "physical examination" of strawberries and found no problems. To put it more thoroughly, if there are really rats "rampant", strawberry growers will be the "first among them" infected, not to mention the hands of consumers, and the disease control department will have already intervened.

Whether the person who made up this rumor is he intentional, whether it is to attract attention and earn traffic, or whether it is a prank that is nonsense, we do not know for the time being. However, angry strawberry growers have already called the police, and their rights and interests cannot be infringed on. Such rumors are made out of thin air, confuse the public, fool the public, and cause a bad impact on society. In this regard, the authoritative departments must correct the situation, and the law enforcement organs must also make the rumor-mongers bear the due price according to law.

Panic often stems from ignorance. It is also necessary for individuals to understand the relevant knowledge. It is reported that hemorrhagic fever is a common infectious disease in the north. When it comes to prevention, no contact with rats is the point, and the most effective way is to get vaccinated. The early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever are similar to those of the common flu, and timely medical treatment after illness is the best choice. In the face of disease, we should look at and deal with it in a scientific manner. When encountering problems that you do not understand, avoid hearsay, consult professionals, and listen to authoritative statements, which is the right way.

Eat strawberries without bleeding fever! To refuse "three people to become a tiger", it is even more necessary to remember that "do not believe in rumors, do not spread rumors.".

Source People's Daily News

Edit: Kang Qixue

Process Editor Wu Yue