West Nile Virus? Help please?!
Question:
West Nile Virus? Help please?
I got this mosquito bite on my elbow like 2-3 days ago and it's left a big red mark, it's swollen and it hurts to move/bend my elbow... I'm really worried, should I go to the doctor or is it just nothing?
Answers:
If you don't have any other symptoms I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Most persons who become infected with West Nile virus (WNV) develop no clinical illness or symptoms. In previous outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere, an estimated 80% of people who became infected with WNV never developed symptoms attributable to the infection.
Of the approximately 20% of infected people who do develop symptoms, most develop what has been termed West Nile fever.
The incubation period for WNV infection is thought to range from about 2 to 14 days, although longer incubation periods have been documented in immunosuppressed persons.
Clinical Features of West Nile Fever include: Fever, Headache, Fatigue, Skin rash on the trunk of the body (occasionally), Swollen lymph glands (occasionally), Eye pain (occasionally)