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do I know whether I got SARS? |
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Check
out if you have any of these SARS symptoms:
- high
fever (greater than 38.0癈 or 100.4 F)
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dry
cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, or
breathing difficulties.
- headache,
an overall feeling of discomfort, body aches,
muscular stiffness, loss of appetite, malaise,
confusion, rash
and diarrhea.
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have
you been in contact within the last 10 days
with someone who has those symptoms with SARS
or a history of travel
to affected areas, including
Toronto, Vancouver, Guangdong province in China,
Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan?
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have
you travelled to SARS affected countries including
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada,
and
etc?
The
symptoms of SARS will appear within two to seven
days after exposure.
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| What
to do if I have the above SARS symptoms?
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- Wear
a surgical mask.
- Go
to hospital and identify to the doctors that
you have SARS symptoms
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How
to treat SARS?
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- SARS
treatment is required to be done in hospital.
- People
who are suspected of having SARS are placed
in isolation to protect other patients
and health care workers.
- No
medication has been proven to cure SARS at the
moment. Treatment has been made with antivirals,
intravenous
(into a vein) fluids and steroids
with some success.
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| How
does SARS spread?
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- By
close person-to-person contact which involve
exposure to infectious droplets from a person
who has SARS.
- By
direct contact with infected body fluids like,
respiratory secretions from a person who has
SARS.
- Via
droplets by sneezing, touching the skin of other
people or objects that are diseased with infectious
droplets and
then touching your eye(s), nose,
or mouth. This is because the virus can live
for weeks outside the human body. - The
virus may be spread through the air, water or
even other ways that are currently not known
(not verified at the
moment).
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