Plague is a severe infectious disease mainly spread by rats and fleas. This disease mainly presents fever, lymphadenopathy, pneumonia and other symptoms. The spread speed of plague is very fast, and there are many ways of transmission. So what happens to catch plague? How should we prevent it?
What kind of situation will catch plague
1. There is primary pneumonic plague in some places, which is caused by the plague bacteria entering the lungs through aerosols when feeding infected animals.
2. The premise of human infection with plague is that the place where you live or have been is the plague focus, and there is an animal plague epidemic.
3. Rats infected with plague mainly bite people through fleas on rats, making people infected. People infected with bubonic plague have high fever and swollen lymph nodes.
How to prevent plague
1. Monitor the rodent epidemic situation and the change of rodent quantity. In case of rodent plague, the local residents shall actively cooperate with the epidemic prevention personnel to take measures to eliminate the rodent infestation, deal with the epidemic area, put out the epidemic situation and protect the population.
2. To monitor the epidemic situation of natural foci and control the plague among rats. The patriotic campaign of deratization was widely carried out. Marmots are important sources of infection in some areas and should also be hunted vigorously.
3. If suspected or confirmed patients are found, they shall be immediately reported as an emergency epidemic situation, and the patients shall be strictly isolated. Visiting and mutual communication between patients are prohibited. The excrement of the patient should be thoroughly disinfected, and the death of the patient should be cremated or deeply buried. The contact shall be quarantined for 9 days, and for those who have received vaccination, the quarantine period shall be extended to 12 days.
4. Strengthen personal protection. It is better to wear socks or boots for those who graze, cultivate and engage in other operations in the field. When resting, they should choose places where there is no rat or hole. If they live in a shed in the field, they must choose places where there is no rat or hole, and they should also carry out anti Sao treatment.
5. Avoid close contact with patients suffering from plague. When contacting with patients who may be infected with pneumonic plague, try to keep a contact distance of more than 1 meter with patients, wear masks and wash hands frequently.
What will catch plague and how to prevent it will be introduced here. The spread of plague is very fast, and the harm of this disease is also very big. It may cause a certain threat to people's lives in a short time. Therefore, we must not ignore it. We should pay more attention to the health of our homes in ordinary times, and try to eat less raw meat.
