Symptoms of anthrax

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Patients suffering from anthrax is a very painful thing. They have to suffer from both mental and physical torture. When I was doing nursing work, I had contact with such patients, which made me realize that it is a very important thing to take care of patients with anthrax. Let me share the symptoms of anthrax.

Symptoms of anthrax

First, there was hemorrhagic necrosis in the center of the diseased area, surrounded by a group of small blisters; on the 5th to 7th day, the necrotic area burst into ulcer, and the bloody exudate gradually formed charcoal black dry scab.

Second: patients have fever, physical discomfort, or abdominal pain, headache, a few patients showed severe toxemia and loose tissue of large skin edema.

Third: the patient has symptoms of dry cough, accompanied by low fever, fatigue and a sense of pressure on the heart. After 2 to 4 days, the symptoms worsen, with chills or high fever, cough aggravation, bloody sputum, chest pain and dyspnea.

matters needing attention

Inhalation of dust, aerosol, dust particles and droplets with anthrax spores through respiratory tract can cause disease. With the protection of its capsule, pathogenic bacteria first propagate locally and produce a large number of toxins, leading to hemorrhagic infiltration, necrosis and severe edema of the lung, forming primary pulmonary anthrax. Secondary: skin anthrax caused by contact with anthrax contaminated fur, soil, etc., or eating milk, meat and other food contaminated by anthrax, causing intestinal anthrax through digestive tract infection.