West Nile Fever Symptoms
Welcome to West Nile Fever Symptoms, our site to help inform and educate you about West Nile Virus and
West Nile Fever. The site is loaded with articles covering all areas of this rare but potentially fatal disease. In the first of our articles
here, we will discuss the symptoms of West Nile Fever.
West Nile Fever Symptoms:
West Nile Fever is one of the effects on humans of the West Nile Virus. Around 27% of people who become infected by the West
Nile Virus experience West Nile Fever. Further, only 1% go on to be effected by the neuroinvasive disease, West Nile Encephalitis. So what are
the main symptoms of West Nile Fever. This second stage of West Nile Fever has an incubation period of between 3 and 8 days. What this means is
that it will be between 3 and 8 from when the patient contracts West Nile Fever to when they begin to display symptoms of West Nile Fever. After
this they can expect to experience some of the following West Nile Fever symptoms:
These West Nile Fever symptoms above are all very likely to occur in the patient. In addition some sufferers may have a rash
over the trunk of their body. Many sufferers have also reported upset stomach symptoms such as diarrhea, throwing up, feeling nauseous and lack
of appetite for food.
Usually within a maximum of 10 days, the majority of these symptoms of West Nile Fever will have gone although most will feel
drowsy and tiredness for several weeks after.
It goes without saying that if you feel any of the West Nile Fever symptoms discussed then consultation with a doctor is
strongly advisable.
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