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【medical-news】神经损伤、记忆力衰退－西尼罗河
Keith Baldi
created: 10/13/2006 4:56:53 PM
Updated: 10/13/2006 9:02:09 PM
The cold weather is killing off mosquitos, but the pests had an impact this spring and summer on people in Michigan.
37 people contracted the West Nile Virus, which is spread by mosquitos. 12 of those people live in Kent County.
A Grand Rapids area woman is one of the most recent cases, and may not fully recover for quite a while.
Gardening, golfing and walking are some of Janine Karamol's favorite activities.
She's an outdoors person, but never thought that would ruin her health.
"The pain was so severe I almost passed out," Janine says from a couch in her home where she's spending a lot of time these days.
On Labor Day weekend, Janine suffered terrible pain in her legs.
Doctors checked for blood clots, a slipped disk in her back, but found nothing.
A few days later, the pain immobilized her.
"They literally had to carry me out of the house I couldn't stand alone."
Doctors ran tests, and as the pain continued and her fever spiked to 104 degrees, her daughter watched in horror.
"She was just in so much pain, it didn't look like her and it was so hard to look at her. We had no idea what was wrong," says Jennifer Karamol, who is at her mom's house a lot lately taking care of her.
With no answers, Janine's daughter asked doctor's if her mom might have the West Nile Virus. She did.
Because it attacks the nervous system, Janine lost the use of her right leg.
"There is no feeling in this leg, I can't feel it from here up, I have no muscle and that's the major damage."
The virus also affected her short term memory. She's just now getting some back, but will never remember being in the hospital. That is probably a good thing.
More than a month after first getting symptoms, she now counts on her family and friends to take care of her.
And get her in shape for her daughter's wedding next may.
"My biggest incentive is walking normally down the aisle and dancing at her wedding," Janine says.
A goal to work towards, as she thinks how remarkable it is that a little insect can have this big an impact.
"When they finally said it's West Nile, I said no it can't be one mosquito, it can't do this to a person. But, I'm here to believe them now."
Doctors give Janine a three week window of when they think she contracted West Nile.
She may not be fully recovered for a year, even more.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=63146 神经损害、记忆力丢失――西尼罗河病毒惹的祸
The cold weather is killing off mosquitos, but the pests had an impact this spring and summer on people in Michigan.
密西根州的蚊子正在寒冷的天气下渐渐死去，但这个春夏它们給这儿的人们带来了不小的影响。
37 people contracted the West Nile Virus, which is spread by mosquitos. 12 of those people live in Kent County.
37人感染上了西尼罗河病毒，其中有12人住在肯特郡。其传播媒介正是蚊子。
A Grand Rapids area woman is one of the most recent cases, and may not fully recover for quite a while.
一位来自Grand Rapids地区的妇女是新近感染的病例之一，她可能短期内不会完全康复。
Gardening, golfing and walking are some of Janine Karamol's favorite activities.
园艺、高尔夫和散步都是Janine Karamol最喜爱的运动方式。
She's an outdoors person, but never thought that would ruin her health.
她是一位户外活动爱好者，她怎么也想不到西尼罗河病毒能破坏她的健康。
"The pain was so severe I almost passed out," Janine says from a couch in her home where she's spending a lot of time these days.
“疼痛是如此的剧烈，我几乎要晕过去了。”Janine躺在家里的一张睡椅上讲到。这一段日子里她的绝大部分时间都将在这张睡椅上度过。
On Labor Day weekend, Janine suffered terrible pain in her legs.
在劳动节的周末，Janine的双腿遭遇到了巨大的疼痛。
Doctors checked for blood clots, a slipped disk in her back, but found nothing.
医生检查了她是否有血栓形成以及腰椎间盘突出，但是他们一无所获。
A few days later, the pain immobilized her.
几天过后，这种疼痛变得固定。
"They literally had to carry me out of the house 神经损害、记忆力丢失――西尼罗河病毒惹的祸
密西根州的蚊子正在寒冷的天气下渐渐死去，但这无法抹去这个春夏它们給这儿的人们带来的影响。一共有37人感染上了西尼罗河病毒，其中有12人住在肯特郡。其传播媒介正是蚊子。Janine Karamol是一位来自Grand Rapids地区的妇女，她是新近感染的病例之一，短期内她可能不会完全康复。Janine Karamol是一位户外活动爱好者，园艺、高尔夫和散步都是她最喜爱的运动方式。她怎么也想不到西尼罗河病毒能破坏她的健康。
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作者:admin@医学,生命科学 2011-03-27 11:48
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