{"id":128160,"date":"2024-11-20T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128160"},"modified":"2024-11-20T21:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:15:31","slug":"fresh-warning-over-terrifying-sloth-fever-as-deadly-virus-is-passed-to-unborn-baby-with-devastating-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128160","title":{"rendered":"Fresh warning over terrifying &#8216;sloth fever&#8217; as deadly virus is passed to unborn baby &#8211; with devastating consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts have issued a new warning about the dangers of terrifying &#8216;sloth fever&#8217; after the virus passed from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby, resulting in a stillbirth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oropouche virus, nicknamed &#8216;sloth fever&#8217;, caused alarm earlier this year after it spread outside of its usual South American range to\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/spain\/index.html\" id=\"mol-fd63b530-595f-11ef-958c-a765034a3bec\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/italy\/index.html\" id=\"mol-fd616b40-595f-11ef-958c-a765034a3bec\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a>, <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/germany\/index.html\" id=\"mol-fd60f610-595f-11ef-958c-a765034a3bec\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a>\u00a0and the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The virus \u2014 named after the animal it was initially spotted in \u2014 has no vaccine or specific treatment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is known to cause\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">a headache, muscle aches, stiff joints, nausea, chills, sensitivity to light and vomiting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">However, it can quickly cross the blood-brain barrier and enter the central nervous system, where it can cause meningitis and, in extreme cases, kill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">It is mostly spread by biting insects but there is limited evidence it can pass through<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/30\/12\/24-1470_article#suggestedcitation\"> sex<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Until now, experts thought only two cases of the virus passing between mother and child had been confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now, in further alarming evidence of the virus&#8217;s potential to cause catastrophic consequences, medics have reported another case resulting in stillbirth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-246015f5aed735fb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/88476397-14101505-There_is_no_vaccine_for_the_disease_which_originates_in_pale_thr-a-7_1732032693676.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Oropouche virus, nicknamed 'sloth fever', caused alarm earlier this year after spreading from its usual South American range with cases being reported as far afield as Spain , Italy, Germany and the US\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-246015f5aed735fb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/88476397-14101505-There_is_no_vaccine_for_the_disease_which_originates_in_pale_thr-a-7_1732032693676.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Oropouche virus, nicknamed 'sloth fever', caused alarm earlier this year after spreading from its usual South American range with cases being reported as far afield as Spain , Italy, Germany and the US\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Oropouche virus, nicknamed &#8216;sloth fever&#8217;, caused alarm earlier this year after spreading from its usual South American range with cases being reported as far afield as Spain , Italy, Germany and the US\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Medics documented the case in the northeastern Brazilian state of\u00a0Cear\u00e1, where a 40-year-old woman who at 30 weeks pregnant was infected with the oropouche virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The unnamed woman developed fever, chills, muscle aches, and a severe headache in July this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Just three days later she started to experience light vaginal bleeding as well as dark discharge from the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her symptoms would continue for the next nine days and while signs initially suggested the foetus was fine subsequent scans confirmed that her baby had died during this period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Molecular testing of samples taken from her confirmed she had been infected with the oropouche virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tests of the stillborn child, a boy, found no developmental disorders but analysis revealed the presence of the virus in his brain, spinal fluid, lungs, liver, umbilical cord as well as the placenta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Writing in the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/10.1056\/NEJMc2412812\">New England Journal of Medicine<\/a>, the authors said: &#8216;These findings emphasise the risks of oropouche virus infection in pregnancy and the need to consider this infection in pregnant women with fever or other suggestive symptoms who live in or visit regions in which the virus is endemic or emerging.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It comes just months after over a dozen cases of\u00a0oropouche virus were detected <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-13804473\/Warning-British-holidaymakers-deadly-sloth-fever-spain.html\" rel=\"noopener\">across Europe<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bc5b4637c10e5e61\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/92246277-14101505-image-a-8_1732032721795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A new warning about the potential deadly consequence of 'sloth fever' has been issued after the death of an unborn child\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bc5b4637c10e5e61\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/92246277-14101505-image-a-8_1732032721795.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A new warning about the potential deadly consequence of 'sloth fever' has been issued after the death of an unborn child\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A new warning about the potential deadly consequence of &#8216;sloth fever&#8217; has been issued after the death of an unborn child<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While nicknamed &#8216;sloth fever&#8217;, oropouche isn&#8217;t spread directly by the animals themselves but instead by small biting insects like midges that can carry the disease from the sloths to other animals, including people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oropouche symptoms typically start four to eight days after being bitten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although potentially deadly, the fatal outcomes are extremely rare and recovery from the disease is common. In most cases symptoms subside within four days of onset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oropouche&#8217;s exact impact on pregnancy is still being studied by experts. However, cases of miscarriage and increased risk of a birth defect called\u00a0microcephaly \u2014which results in babies having a very small head \u2014 have been documented before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The virus belongs to the same family of pathogens as Zika, which is known to increase the risk of miscarriage and birth defects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cases of\u00a0oropouche remain low in Europe, with all cases believed to be linked to people travelling to affected areas and falling ill upon their return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, between January and mid-July this year\u00a0more than 8,000 cases have been recorded in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia and Cuba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Due to a high number of cases European health officials warned citizens travelling\u00a0to or residing in epidemic areas about a moderate risk of infection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-846d93e1953c33db\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/88516185-14101505-Pattern_of_spots_on_the_insect_s_wings_is_a_characteristic_natur-a-10_1732032879565.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pattern of spots on the insect's wings is a characteristic nature of midges and mosquitos that carry 'sloth virus'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-846d93e1953c33db\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/11\/19\/16\/88516185-14101505-Pattern_of_spots_on_the_insect_s_wings_is_a_characteristic_natur-a-10_1732032879565.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pattern of spots on the insect's wings is a characteristic nature of midges and mosquitos that carry 'sloth virus'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pattern of spots on the insect&#8217;s wings is a characteristic nature of midges and mosquitos that carry &#8216;sloth virus&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They advised those in affected areas to wear insect repellent, long-sleeved shirts and long trousers\u00a0to reduce the risk of bites.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts say the oropouche is unlikely to &#8216;take hold&#8217; in nations with cooler climates like Britain, but it could become a problem for those travelling abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Analysis of the current oropouche strain suggests it has grown to become more efficient at infecting people and this could be behind the rise in cases and in areas it hasn&#8217;t been seen in before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Climate change is thought to contribute to the rise, as\u00a0 habitat destruction has increased the interaction between humans and the animals that potentially carry the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oropouche was first spotted in an area of the same name in Trinidad and Tobago, back in 1955.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Five years later, during the construction of a highway, a sloth was tested and found to carrying the oropouche giving rise to its nickname.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, multiple animals, not just sloths, are thought to be potential carriers of the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most previous outbreaks of the virus, of which there have been over 30 have been centred in the\u00a0Amazon basin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-14101505\/sloth-fever-virus-unborn-baby-devastating-consequences.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts have issued a new warning about the dangers of terrifying &#8216;sloth fever&#8217; 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