Question 1

what is the earliest signs of leptospirosis?

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: The earliest sign of leptospirosis is usually a high fever, often accompanied by chills, headache, muscle aches, and sometimes vomiting or diarrhea. These symptoms can appear anywhere from 2 days to 4 weeks after exposure to the bacteria.  Others: red eyes, rash, fatigue, nausea, cough, chest discomfort, trouble breathing, yellowing of skin (jaundice)

Question 2

do people with leptospirosis have a lot of pain?

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They certainly can!: Leptospirosis can cause significant flu-like body pains.  That seems to get better after 1-2 weeks then more serious problems set in including severe organ damage.  Leptospirosis must be diagnosed and treated promptly and appropriately to avoid serious problems!

Question 3

can you get leptospirosis from a pet bunny rabbit?

Accepted Answer

Highly unlikely-: Other infections such as franciscella tularensis (tularemia) potentially, yes- but not leptospirosis from petting a bunny. However, if you are the one responsible for cleaning up rodent feces and urine, you could get it if the bunny is infected and one were to inhale dtried particles of its feces or urine.

Question 4

can i get leptospirosis from being near someone who is infected?

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No: Mostly infected by contact with cuts, scrapes, or nose or mouth contact with infected animal urine or water or soil contaminated with infected animal urine.  There are cases of person to person spread with sexual contact and breast feeding, but not just from being near someone.

Question 5

what are the tests for leptospirosis?

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See below: Clinical features and lab testing are not specific, a high index of suspicion must be maintained for the diagnosis.  Cultures can be done growing the bacteria.  Serologic test:  labs and include the microscopic agglutination test (mat), macroscopic agglutination test, indirect hemagglutination, and elisa.  Mat is considered the gold standard.  Molecular techniques (pcr) are being developed.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of leptospirosis?

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Flu-like symptoms: The disease starts with a fever, headache, and other flu-like symptoms.  After recovering from those symptoms, you can then go on to develop meningitis, kidney failure, and liver damage with jaundice.

Question 7

what is the life cycle of leptospirosis ?

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See answer below: The following link provides a fairly detailed description:

http://www.leptospirosis.org/life-cycle-of-pathogenic-leptospires/

Question 8

how is leptospirosis transmitted and how is it treated?

Accepted Answer

Surroundings: Humans most often become infected after exposure to environmental sources, such as animal urine, contaminated water or soil, or infected animal tissue. Portals of entry include cuts or abraded skin, mucous membranes or conjunctiva. The vast majority of infections with leptospira are self-limiting. Although penicillins, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, and Erythromycin have antileptospiral activity.

Question 9

how do i know if i have leptospirosis (weil's disease)?

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Weil' s Disease is: actually the second phase of the illness when one could develop renal or hepatic failure as well as meningitis. However, many only have one phase.  Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, chills, muscle pain, chills, headache and rash in the first phase. See your doctor if you believe you may have Leptospirosis.

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: leptospirosis?

Accepted Answer

Leptospirosis: Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that can infect both   humans &amp; animals.

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