Posted on 07/06/2024 7:28:39 PM PDT by bitt
The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment (PDPHE), in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), is currently investigating a human case of plague based on preliminary test results.
The plague bacterium, known as Yersinia pestis, can be transmitted by fleas and wild rodents, such as prairie dogs, squirrels, rats, and rabbits.
According to the CDC, “Humans usually become infected through the bite of an infected rodent flea or by handling an infected animal. Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious illness or death.”
Symptoms of plague include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and a general feeling of illness. Swollen lymph nodes with pain are also a common symptom.
Plague can manifest in three forms: Bubonic plague infects your lymph nodes, septicemic plague is in your blood and pneumonic plague affects your lungs. Health officials did not specify which form the case in Pueblo County was.
Alicia Solis, program manager of the Office of Communicable Disease and Emergency Preparedness at PDPHE, advises individuals to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from plague.
Solis advised the public on how to protect themselves and their pets from the plague:
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
FACTS ABOUT PLAGUE
IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/docs/Facts%20Plague.pdf
Open borders have catastrophic results.
Thanks to all the idiots who voted for the moronic and dangerous Biden.
Same here.
Lyme disease is another one to be of concern. My sister was bitten by a tick when on a hike. She thought nothing of it until the ring appeared around the bite. Six months later, she suffers a stroke. She did not know that if left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system. Her heart developed an atrial fibrillation caused by cardiac inflammation. That was the cause of the blood clot in her brain. People are unaware of the dangers flees and ticks pose.
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