Disease of mice has also reached our country. Two cases have so far been filed with the TUHC, where the first victim was recorded. It is a 32-year-old man from Erseka who could not cope with the disease. Head of Infectious Diseases Service at TUHC, Najada Como, explained to Report Tv that "mice fever" or as it is called in medical language, hemorrhagic fever, is caused by red hamster and transmitted through food. Como adds that young people aged 18-40 are the most at risk of the virus.

"The infection that comes directly or indirectly from mice makes it possible to actually produce two types of infections, the Hantavirus virus infection, which is a haemorrhagic fever that has specificities for the time we are in, which is an obvious disease now, with a small number," he said. cases, not a large number of cases, but which is a very high mortality disease. The age of about 18 or 35, 40 is what most often affects the disease, mostly in males, �said Como.

The disease is most prevalent in mountainous areas, where there are wild rodents. The distinguishing symptoms are fever, fever and muscle aches. It also affects the vital organs, and therefore has high mortality. The doctor urges citizens to see the first symptoms and see the regional hospital where they live and then the case is officially referred to TUHC.

"The first sign that the sufferer has is high fever, fever, headache, abdominal pain, muscle pain and the second most notable thing is that the disease is highly problematic because it affects the kidneys, giving insufficient nutrition. kidney function, affects the liver giving inadequate liver function, affects the lungs by damaging them. The only measure that can be taken is that the food you consume is controlled, non-contaminated, not left in the fields and passed through different rodents. In this case you are fully protected from being endangered by Hantavirus, �said Najada Como

Citizens living in Tirana are not at risk, as there is no hearth in the capital. Heat and drought are favorable for the disease, but although cases are few, mortality is over 60%.

Source: Albanian.Com