27Aug/090
Weil’s Disease
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Weil's Disease also known as Leplosprosis or Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caught from water contaminated by rats or rodent urine. It takes about 10 days to incubate.
Symptoms and Signs of Weil's Diseases (Leplosprosis)
- Sudden onset of high fever with rigors
- Headache and aching muscles
- Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
- Occasionally sore joints, sore bones and abdominal pain
- Reddened eyes
- May have spontaneous bleeding from the nose or mouth
- May be irritation of the lining of the brain
- In some cases, may be heart and kidney failure