Is tsutsugamushi itchy
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Tsutsugamushi disease is an acute infectious disease. Generally, people who suffer from this kind of disease are working in the field. Of course, this kind of disease can also lead to rashes and allergies. Let's popularize the science of tsutsugamushi itching.
Is tsutsugamushi itchy
First, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was round, oval or short rod-shaped, the size of (0. 3～0。 6）μm×（0。 5～1。 5) Gram staining was negative and Giemsa staining was purplish red. In smear staining microscopy, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was often seen in the cytoplasm, especially in monocytes and macrophages. Because this kind of situation will be infected, so there will certainly be itching, patients do not use their hands.
Second: tsutsugamushi disease is acute, with chills or chills, high fever, body aches, fatigue, loss of appetite and other acute infection symptoms. Facial flushing, conjunctival congestion, eschar or ulcer, lymphadenopathy, rash, hepatosplenomegaly, etc. In the second week of the course of disease, the condition often worsens, including apathy, hard of hearing, delirium, even convulsion or coma, meningeal irritation or myocarditis, cough, chest pain, shortness of breath and other pneumonia symptoms.
Third, the total number of white blood cells is decreased, the lowest is 2 × 10 / L, it can also be normal or increased; the classification often has left shift of nucleus. It has the characteristics of high sensitivity and specificity, and can be used for the diagnosis and serotype identification of this disease. This time, if there is itching, do not use your hands to grasp, it will be more serious, but also lead to infection.
matters needing attention
Patients with tsutsugamushi disease will have itching, I hope patients do not use their hands to grasp, because there will be infection. Moreover, this disease mostly occurs in people working in the field. If there is organ damage, it will improve with the treatment of tsutsugamushi disease. But if the treatment is not timely, it will cause death.
