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Trench fever was common during World War I.
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The disease gave a complication to the heart. The patient had to have his heart valve replaced. He also received antibiotic treatment.
In Canada, one of the former homeless people was diagnosed with a rare disease – trench fever. This disease was widespread during the First World War, and now this disease has become a rarity. The Guardian Monday, December 7th.
It is indicated that the 48-year-old man was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed, and also found that the disease gave a complication to the heart. He had to replace his heart valve. The man also underwent antibiotic treatment.
This is the fourth case of trench fever this year, the hospital said. In one of the patients, she provoked a cerebral hemorrhage, resulting in paralysis.
Trench (five-day) fever is an acute infectious disease occurring in the form of either continuous fever, or its attacks with a temperature of up to 40 degrees and a rash. The carrier is a body louse – infection occurs when an insect bites.
During the world wars, it was widespread in the trenches among the soldiers because of the unsanitary conditions prevailing there. During the First World War, about 1 million people fell ill with this disease. As a rule, trench fever is not fatal, but is fraught with serious complications.
It was previously reported that in India about 300 people are hospitalized due to an unknown disease. People who fall ill in the city of Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, have a variety of symptoms, from nausea to seizures and loss of consciousness.
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