What are hemorrhagic fevers?
Hemorrhagic fevers are serious viral infections that cause fever and bleeding from your mouth, nose, or organs inside your body. These infections can be deadly.
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You can get these infections by touching infected people, animals, or insects, or their body fluids, such as their saliva, urine, droppings, or blood
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Doctors can tell if you have hemorrhagic fever by doing blood tests
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No medicine can cure hemorrhagic fevers, so doctors treat your symptoms, give you fluids, and make sure your organs are working well
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Sometimes, they'll try antiviral medicines
What causes hemorrhagic fevers?
Hemorrhagic fevers are caused by viruses. Hemorrhagic fevers are a group of viral infections including:
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Ebola, in parts of Africa
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Lassa fever, in West Africa
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Dengue fever, in Asia and South America
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Hantavirus, in the United States, Central and South America, Europe, and Korea
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Yellow fever, in tropical areas of Africa and South America
What are the symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers?
These viruses make the blood vessels in your body leak, causing:
In addition to bleeding, other symptoms include:
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Fever
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Muscle and body aches
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Fatigue and weakness
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When severe, coma, shock, and failure of the lungs, liver and kidneys
