Texas reports the first human case of highly dangerous avian flu; the CDC guarantees dairy products are safe.
The United States has confirmed a second human case of Avian Flu, better known as bird flu, which is rapidly spreading. According to Texas officials, one of the state’s citizens got the flu after having close contact with cows that were contaminated. The announcement was made one week after the USDA identified cases of avian flu in mammals in Washington, Kentucky, and Montana.
The Texas Department of State Health Services declared on April 1st that a patient who had contact with dairy cows thought to be infected with the virus was diagnosed with avian influenza. Conjunctivitis, sometimes known as “pink eye,” was the patient’s main complaint. The possibility for the general public, which is still low, is unaffected by the current case, which entailed direct contact with probable infected livestock, according to TDSHS.
Second Avian Flu case in US
The Texas official stated that this was the first reported case of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in humans in the state and the second in the U.S. after an individual in Colorado was reported to be infected with H5N1 after direct contact with infected poultry.
Concern is raised by animal cases of avian flu.
On March 29, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a joint statement. They claimed that there is no need for concern about dairy products’ safety in the US. The organizations clarified that pasteurization—which takes place before to these items being sold—is adequate to guarantee their safety. In the past, American officials had alerted the public about the possibility of a surge in the highly virulent avian influenza (H5N1) cases that are currently spreading among marine animals.
Can humans get the bird flu?
Although there have been two confirmed instances of bird flu in people thus far, there is still little risk that the illness will spread widely. The Asian branch of the bird flu virus (H7N9) and the highly deadly avian influenza A(H5N1) virus are responsible for the majority of human infections caused by avian influenza viruses worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Symptoms of Avian Flu in humans
Symptoms of Avian Flu in humans include mild fever, conjunctivitis, cough, sore throat, muscle or body aches, headaches, and in some cases, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.
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