Recently, Ms. Li, 60 years old in Nanjing, developed a fever symptom, and she thought it was a cold and did not care. Unexpectedly, the more serious the delay, she began to have general weakness and hearing loss, and was urgently sent to the emergency department of the Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University. The doctor's examination found that Ms. Li's condition was caused by the birds raised at home.
Xu Changsheng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Emergency Medicine, CuHK Hospital affiliated to Southeast University, said: "Hearing has decreased significantly, and the amount of urination has decreased significantly. The level of creatinine in the blood, which is a very important indicator of kidney function, has risen very significantly, more than ten times the normal value. ”
The patient, Ms. Li, had a fever for 11 days and had a serious abnormality in kidney function. The doctor learned that Ms. Li had 5 parrots, 2 birds, 2 thrushes and 2 hibiscus birds in her home, and suspected that Ms. Li had a disease similar to parrot fever.
Subsequently, after genetic testing of the source of the disease, Ms. Li suffered from parrot fever. After symptomatic treatment, Ms. Li's condition is stable, and the indicators have returned to normal.
Doctors remind that most patients will have a pronounced high fever, body temperature above 39 ° C and accompanied by extreme general fatigue.
【Contact with birds should do a good job of personal protection, fever in time to seek medical treatment】
According to the doctor, psittacosis, also known as bird fever, is caused by Chlamydia psittaci. This chlamydia is mainly transmitted between a variety of birds and is occasionally transmitted to humans by carriers. Common symptoms include fever, headache, general weakness, difficulty breathing, etc., which can cause multi-organ failure and lead to death.
Contact with parrots with pathogens or diseases, secretions from other birds or poultry, or environments contaminated with excreta, feathers and dust, slaughter of live poultry, etc., can be infected with psittacosis. Doctors remind people who raise birds and other animals to pay attention to personal protection, and wear gloves and medical surgical masks when in contact.
Xu Changsheng said: "First, keep the surroundings of the aviary clean, and clean up the bird's feces and feathers in time; second, the aviary should maintain ventilation, do not let people and birds be in the same environment, and avoid very close contact with birds; third, if the bird keeper has fever and fatigue, go to the hospital in time and inform the doctor of the situation of raising birds in the house to avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment." ”
(Reporting by Wang Leping and Xu Zhike)
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