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Most of this diseases are the result of poverty, unsanitary (overcrowded) conditions, lack of food and clean water, personal hygiene, animal infestation, lack of medication and vaccines that are currently at our disposal and they prevent so many diseases and viruses. So let’s go again through our list with the 10 most common diseases following a collapse and explain them better.

1.Typhus: Typhus is caused by one of two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia prowazekii.

Rickettsia typhi causes murine or endemic typhus.

Rickettsia prowazekii causes epidemic typhus. It is spread by lice. Brill-Zinsser disease is a mild form of epidemic typhus.  It occurs when the bacteria re-activates in a person who was previously infected. It is more common in the elderly.

Symptoms: 

Symptoms of murine or endemic typhus may include:

• Abdominal pain
• Backache
• Dull red rash that begins on the middle of the body and spreads
• Extremely high fever (105 – 106 degrees Fahrenheit), which may last up to 2 weeks
• Hacking, dry cough
• Headache
• Joint and muscle pain
• Nausea
• Vomiting

Symptoms of epidemic typhus may include:

• Chills
• Confusion
• Cough
• Delirium
• High fever (104 degrees Fahrenheit)
• Joint pain (arthralgia)
• Lights that appear very bright; light may hurt the eyes
• Low blood pressure
• Rash that begins on the chest and spreads to the rest of the body (except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet)
• Severe headache
• Severe muscle pain (myalgia)
• Stupor

The early rash is a light rose color and fades when you press on it. Later, the rash becomes dull and red and does not fade. People with severe typhus may also develop small areas of bleeding into the skin (petechiae).

Treatment

Treatment includes antibiotics such as:

• Doxycycline
• Tetracycline
• Chloramphenicol (less common)

Tetracycline taken by mouth can permanently stain teeth that are still forming. It is usually not prescribed for children until after all of their permanent teeth have grown in.

Patients with epidemic typhus may need intravenous fluids and oxygen.

Without treatment, death may occur in 10 – 60% of patients with epidemic typhus. Patients over age 60 have the highest risk of death. Patients who receive treatment quickly should completely recover.

Less than 2% of untreated patients with murine typhus may die. Prompt antibiotic treatment will cure nearly all patients.

Prevention

Avoid areas where you might encounter rat fleas or lice. Good sanitation and public health measures reduce the rat population.

Measures to get rid of lice when an infection has been found include:

• Bathing
• Boiling clothes or avoiding infested clothing for at least 5 days (lice will die without feeding on blood)
• Using insecticides (10% DDT, 1% malathion, or 1% permethrin)

<EXCERPT:  see website for additional information on: Typhoid, Pellagra, Hantavirus, Bubonic Plague, Leptospirosis, Chagas Disease, Food Poisoning, Heart Attacks/Strokes, Emerging Diseases i.e. MERSA/H1N1/H7N9/H5N1 

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