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Jaundice is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae (whites of the eyes), and other mucous membrances caused by hyperbilirubinemia (increased levels of bilirubin in the blood). The term jaundice comes from the French word jaune, meaning yellow.
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The yellow fever virus is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes. The origin of the disease is most likely to be Africa, from where it was introduced to South America through the slave trade in the 16th century. In the 19th century, yellow fever was deemed one of the most dangerous Infectious Diseases.
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Is yellow fever also called jaundice?
No, jaundice is one of the complications that some people get with yellow fever. Not everybody who gets yellow fiver gets jaundice.
How did they name yellow fever?
They named it yellow fever because one of the symptoms is liver failure that causes jaundice of the skin and eyes. Jaundice causes a yellow tint.
What does yellow fever damage?
Transmitted by mosquitoes, yellow fever is a tropical viral disease that damages the liver and kidneys by causing fever and jaundice. Yellow fever is often fatal.
What part of your body does yellow fever damage?
yellow fever is characterized by high fever, jaundice, and often gastrointestinal hemorrhaging...
Why is yellow fever called yellow fever?
Yellow fever has that name because about 15% of the cases progress to a toxic phase including liver damage and jaundice. Jaundice causes the skin to turn yellow, hence the name.
Why do people's eyes turn yellow when they have Yellow Fever?
Yellow fever is associated with toxic hepatic necrosis, which means that liver damage occurs. This causes a build up of bilirubin in a patients body, which gives skin/eyes a yellow appearance, known as jaundice or icterus.
Which types of jaundice can be prevented by vaccination?
Vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and yellow fever can prevent jaundice due to viral infection.
What is the prognosis for patients of yellow fever?
Five to ten percent of all diagnosed cases of yellow fever are fatal. Jaundice occurring during a yellow fever infection is an extremely grave predictor. Twenty to fifty percent of these patients die of the infection
What type of cells does yellow fever attack?
Yellow fever is called this because the virus attacks the cells of the liver causing jaundice or yellowing of the skin and the "whites" of the eyes. It also causes severe bleeding. This disease is called a hemorrhagic fever.
Can dengue fever result in jaundice?
no
Why are dengue fever dangerous?
Fever is the body's way of fighting off a bacteria or a virus. The fever seems to slow it down and even inhibit it.
What is the impact of yellow fever?
vomiting and slso vomiting blood fever jaundice headace coma delliruim red eyes face and tounge seziures Arrhythmias, bleeding hemmrouge decreased urination
