Aphids: “Sluggers” in the grass

In the arms of nature, there are unknown health threats, among them disease. It’s like a ghost that’s lurking in the grass, and it’s silently causing human suffering.

Infection, also known as typhus in the jungle, is an acute natural infectious disease caused by the infection of the eastern organ of the disease (the lektea). The pathogens are mainly transmitted in rodents such as rats, and the larvae are their vectors. Aphids usually live in wet, dark and vegetation-rich grass, bushes, etc., which are small in size and difficult to detect. When humans enter the habitat of these mites, they can be bitten and infected with insects.

Symptoms of disease are diverse and complex. Patients usually have an incubation period, usually 10 – 14 days, after being bitten by the mites. In the early stages of the disease, symptoms are similar to colds, with heat, headaches, whole-body acid problems, inefficiency, etc. These non-specific manifestations are often neglected or misdiagnosed as common upper respiratory infections. As the condition evolves, the temperature rises rapidly to over 39°C – 40°C and continues unabated, and may be accompanied by severe headaches, eye awakenings and muscle pains, which cause the patient to suffer. In 4-6 days after the fever, the majority of patients are exposed to dark red rashes or corrosions in armpits, groin, vaginal areas, which is one of the characteristic manifestations of the disease. Acoustics are usually rounded or elliptical, of varying sizes, with red faintness, painless and easily ignored by patients. If examined carefully, it is also possible to find swollen lymphorate knots in the vicinity of the tarmac. Some of the patients also suffer from cough, cough, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and hepatic spleen, which can cause serious failure of multiple organs, such as heart failure, kidney failure, respiratory failure, etc., and even endanger life.

The diagnosis of the disease requires a combination of multiple factors. The doctor first asked for details about the patient ‘ s medical history, particularly whether he had been to the grass, the field, etc., before the disease had occurred. Typical clinical performances, such as caramel, rashes and lymphoma swollenness, are important indicators for diagnosis. In terms of laboratory tests, blood routines often show that white cell counts are normal or decreasing, and acidic particle cells are decreasing or disappearing; serophysics tests, such as those in Fiji, can detect specific antibodies in a patient’s serum, which are more useful for diagnosis, but may be negative at an early stage of the disease and require dynamic observation. In addition, the detection of the nucleic acid of the eastern body of the disease can be done by molecular biology, such as PCR, for a clear diagnosis.

Timely treatment is critical once an insect is diagnosed. At present, the special effects of the disease are tetracyclic antibiotics (e.g., Dossicycline) and chloracin. In general, after the patient has been treated with effective antibiotics, the temperature can gradually decrease within 1-3 days, and the symptoms can be mitigated. However, the use of antibiotics is sufficient and usually takes 7 – 10 days to ensure that the pathogens in the body are completely removed and that the recurrence is prevented. In the course of treatment, there is also a need to support the treatment of patients, such as deheating drugs in case of high heat, rehydration and electrolytics, maintaining the balance of acid alkaline, etc., and to support the treatment of persons who have suffered damage to the functioning of the organs.

The prevention of insect disease is essential. Due to the fact that the mites are mainly found in the grasslands, access to these high-risk environments is minimized. If necessary for work, life, etc., personal protection measures such as wearing long-sleeved trousers, placing their legs in their socks to reduce skin exposure; deworming of exposed skins that contain, inter alia, mosquito-proof meds can be effectively removed. At the end of the field activities, clothes are replaced in a timely manner and the body is carefully checked for presence of the mites, with particular attention to armpits, groin, waist, etc. In addition, improved environmental health, regular cleaning of weeds and garbage around the living environment and reduction of the breeding grounds of the aphids, and the conduct of rat eradication campaigns to reduce rat densities and cut the chain of transmission of the disease can also be effective in preventing the occurrence of the disease.

Although it is a relatively small epidemic, it must not be taken lightly. Understanding its symptoms, symptoms, diagnostic methods and preventive measures will enable us to better protect ourselves from this grass-roots “stalker” and to protect our health and safety.