Nipah virus treatment and Symptoms.

 Nipah virus treatment

 It is a deadly viral disease spread by bats is infecting humans, but in this case, it isn’t Ebola. As on June 1, an outbreak of the Nipah virus has infected about 18 people and killed 17 in Kerala, India, as reported by World Health Organization (WHO) . The outbreak, which is the first to hit South India, raises fears of the disease becoming more far-reaching.

Nipah was discovered in 1998, when it infected nearly about 350 people and killed 110 in Malaysia (its name was taken from one of the villages where it first struck). Many of the victims was farmers who are infected by virus through close contact with their pigs, which led to the euthanization of millions of pigs. But not only the pigs actually got the virus  another animals too. It’s now known that fruit bats also called flying foxes are the native carriers of Nipah.

Besides Malaysia, Nipah cases have been reported in Singapore, Bangladesh, and India. These outbreaks have been scattered and small so far, with around only 600 cases recorded between 1999 and 2015, according to the WHO. But it’s possible that Nipah could someday spark a much larger wave of infections

Nipah virus outbreak in India  . Most cases are reported from southern part of India mainly kerela.

Symptoms of nipah virus

Spreading of virus and it's various sign and symptoms.

Most symptoms are either neurological and can result in high fever, nausea,severe headaches, or seizures.

The virus can also affect people’s respiratory systems as they may suffer from a cough or have difficulty in breathing.

Infection withNipah infection is related with encephalitis (aggravation of the cerebrum). After presentation and a brooding time of 5 to 14 days,illness presents with 3-14 days of fever and cerebral pain, trailed by languor, bewilderment and mental perplexity. These signs and side effects can advance to trance state inside 24-48 hours. A few patients have a respiratory disease amid the early phase of their contaminations, and half of the patients appearing neurological signs gave additionally pneumonic hints.

Diagnosis of nipah virus

Lab diagnosis of a patient with clinical history of NiV can be made during the acute and convalescent phases of the disease by combination of tests.Virus isolation attempts and real time polymerase (RT-PCR) from throat and nasal swabs. cerebrospinal fluids, urine and blood tests should be performed in early stages of diseases. Antibody detection by ELISA(IgG and IgM)can be used later on. In fatal cases,immunohistochemistry on tissues collected during autopsy may be the only way to confirm a diagnosis. 

Treatment of nipah virus

There is no vaccine and the treatment available and limited to supportive care only.

• Treatment is constrained to strong consideration. Since Nipah infection encephalitis can be transmitted individual to-individual, standard contamination control rehearses and appropriate obstruction nursing strategies are significant in forestalling medical clinic obtained diseases (nosocomial transmission).
• The medication ribavirin has been demonstrated to be powerful against the infections in vitro, however human examinations to date have been uncertain and the clinical convenience of ribavirin stays questionable.
• Latent vaccination utilizing a human monoclonal neutralizer focusing on the Nipah G glycoprotein has been assessed in the post-introduction treatment in the ferret model and observed to be of advantage.

Prevention of nipah virus

If you live in a region which is on alert due to the Nipah Virus, there are ways you can prevent yourself from catching the infection.

1) Do not consume date palm sap as there is a  very high chance that it could be contaminated.

Fruits bats are likely to lick the sap from the date palm trees.

2) Domestic animals such as dogs or cats may also be carriers as they could eat fruits which have been dropped by fruits bats after they have partially eaten them.

3)Try to keep your pets indoors and feed them yourselves to lower the risk of being infected.

4) Avoid climbing trees where bats may have left their saliva or secretions.

5) Human-to-human transmission of Nipah is still possible if people are in contact with the secretions of infected people.If you are near someone who has the infection than maintain the possible distance otherwise, you could get infected too.

Coughing and sneezing may also spread the infection, as well as sharing food with someone who has the virus.

So I u are living in such region where nipah virus is outraging that takes various preventive measure . As prevention is better than cure and specially in virus which have no cure available right now.