When you encounter a bird on the road, can you rescue and maintain it yourself?
Recently, a family of five in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, had high fever, chills, headaches, coughs and lung lesions, conventional antibiotic treatment has not been alleviated, after CT examination of his lungs have shadows, pleural effusion, in Xi'an People's Hospital doctors ultrasound intervention after the detection of infection with parrot fever, the application of special drugs after rehabilitation.
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According to the doctor, the cause of the illness was a parrot of unknown origin, which the children loved. However, the parrot died about ten days a week after arriving home, and the family also fell ill one after another.
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What is parrot fever? It's not just about touching parrots!
Patients develop Chlamydia psittacosis pneumonia after infection with Chlamydia psittacosis pneumonia, referred to as psittacosis for short.
However, parrot fever is not a disease that only parrots can transmit. Also known as bird disease, bird disease or bird feeding disease, it has been found that more than 140 species of birds in 26 families can be infected with this disease, and parrots are the most susceptible.
What happens after the disease? In recent years, some patients think that they have new crown, but it is actually parrot fever. Indeed, the symptoms of the two are more similar, Bao Xiulan, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, explained that patients with parrot fever have acute onset after infection, with high fever as the mainstay, and most of the body temperature is higher than 38.5 ° C. With chills, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, cough and sputum, dyspnea, drowsiness, and invasive lesions of the lungs. In severe cases, symptoms of multi-organ failure such as severe pneumonia and respiratory failure may occur.
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Notably, psittacosis has been endemic in more than 20 countries around the world, especially in Europe and the United States. In recent years, there have been relevant reports in Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong and other places on the mainland.
Just this year, a citizen in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, almost died of parrot fever, possibly due to the purchase of irregular quarantine chickens and ducks; Someone in Shenzhen bought a pair of parrots in the flower market, but the parrots soon did not eat or drink, diarrhea and died, and the whole family also developed fever, cough, fatigue symptoms, and the family was admitted to the isolation ward of the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital for treatment; Two elderly people in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, have been diagnosed with parrot fever in the First Hospital of Nanjing, one has ten parrots at home, and one often visits neighbors who have a lot of pigeons and "starlings".
Earlier, the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Zhengzhou Central Hospital affiliated to Zhengzhou University admitted three patients with parrot fever in a row. Lishui, Zhejiang Province, reported 7 cases of parrot fever, of which 1 case died of ineffective treatment, which aroused widespread concern in society.
How to prevent parrot fever? Scientific aid and hygienic bird rearing are indispensable
Although Psittacosis is not an "incurable disease", the symptoms can be severe, and the best thing to do is to prevent it before it occurs.
The pathogen of psittacosis is Chlamydia psittaci (Cps), an obligate eukaryotic intracellular parasitic bacterium with a unique two-phase reproductive cycle, which is not very contagious and has a specific pathogenicidal drug; The source of infection is birds such as poultry and pet birds; Transmission routes are respiratory infections or infections through damaged skin and mucous membranes into air contaminated by birds, with the possibility of human-to-human transmission.
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Therefore, to prevent parrot fever, the first principle is not to pick up wild birds on the side of the road, do not raise animals with unknown paths, and buy pet birds through formal channels. Popular science blogger "Cat Demon in the Bird's Nest" said in Weibo that rescue should be cautious, if necessary, it is necessary to do a good job of isolation, do a good job of protection, and send it to a professional rescue agency as soon as possible.
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Not to mention, many times the birds on the side of the road don't need our help. Shen Zhijun, the director of Nanjing Hongshan Zoo, once told everyone in the live broadcast: "Don't pick up wild birds on the side of the road", this is because many birds accidentally fall out of the nest, and parents will come to find them. If humans had sent them to rescue centers before then, the bird family would have been separated forever.
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The second is that attention should be paid to maintaining hygiene when keeping birds. Bao Xiulan, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, reminded everyone that bird cages should be hung in outdoor ventilation places and washed hands in time after contact; It is best to wear a mask and gloves when cleaning up feces; Enhance their own physique and improve immunity.
Finally, if the bird has symptoms such as fatigue, fatigue, fever, etc., it should pay attention to self-protection.