Anthrax is a gram-positive, elongat bacterium that is commonly in soil and can cause infection in domestic and wild animals. It is worldwide. There are 3 types of symptoms that can occur:
Cutaneous Anthrax: Symptoms are red bumps at the site of infection, which are mostly outside the clothing. Such as hands, arms, and legs, but can also be on the torso or middle of the back. In cases where the shirt is remove during an animal necropsy. The bumps at first will turn into clear blisters, then gradually darken until they become pustules and burst into raised wounds with black dented centers (Black Eschar), which is a characteristic of this disease.
At the same time, if left untreated, new bumps will form around the original wound, gradually expanding. Sometimes the area around the wound will be swoll and red. But the patient will not feel pain, except for nearby lymph nodes เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง. Normally, wounds cause by anthrax are difficult to heal if treated slowly, because they are necrotic wounds. Which are believe to be caused by the toxin of the germ. The mortality rate in cases where treatment is not receive is not high, only between 5-20 percent.
Inhalational anthrax begins with symptoms similar to mild upper respiratory tract infection, such as fever, mild aches and cough, or chest pain, which are nonspecific. Later, acute respiratory distress occurs, including stridor, severe dyspnea, hypoxemia, diaphoresis, shock, and cyanosis. X-rays show an enlarged mediastinum (Figure 46), followed by rapid death within 3–4 days. Pleural effusion is detect, and sometimes infiltrate is on X-ray films.
Gastrointestinal anthrax: is usually caused by eating raw or undercooked food or milk that has not been properly pasteurized, especially in countries where anthrax vaccination of livestock is not routinely carried out, or where testing is not carried out before meat is cut up for sale or consumption. Infected people often have fever, chills, sore throat when swallowing, hoarseness, swollen neck, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, nausea and vomiting. Sometimes they may vomit blood, red face, red eyes, stomach pain, headache, loose or bloody stools, swollen abdomen, or faint.