Who knows the SARS incident in 2003?

SARS refers to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that first broke out in Shunde, China in 2002. It spread to Southeast Asia and even the whole world, and it was not until mid-2003 that the epidemic was gradually eliminated.

During this period, a series of events occurred: causing social panic, many patients including medical staff died, the treatment of the disease in various countries around the world, the naming of the disease, the discovery and naming of pathogenic microorganisms, and the attention of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the media.

It is believed that the disease first broke out in Shunde, Guangdong Province in 2002 at 165438+ 10/6. The first patient who reported the case was Huang Xingchu, who was found sick in Heyuan City on June 5, 2002+February 6+May.

On June 5438+1October 10, 2003, Huang Xingchu recovered and was discharged from hospital, and was later confirmed as the first reported case of atypical pneumonia in China. From the end of June, 5438 to February, 2002, there was a rumor of a fatal strange disease in Guangdong, and it was even said that a large number of patients died in some hospitals because of this strange disease.

Because it is said that boiling vinegar and drinking Radix Isatidis can prevent strange diseases, there is a wave of buying rice vinegar and Radix Isatidis in the market. Because many people can't buy rice vinegar and Radix Isatidis, they turn to their relatives and friends in Hong Kong for help and let their illness be known to the outside world.

On the other hand, because Hong Kong is close to Guangdong Province, many workers with relatives and friends in Guangdong Province require their employers to cook rice vinegar in the workplace to sterilize the steam of rice vinegar. Some employers rejected this seemingly absurd method, but others followed it for the sake of employees' peace of mind.

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The harm of SARS to human body;

Patients are an important source of infection, mainly in the acute phase. At this time, the virus content in the respiratory secretions and blood of patients is very high, and obvious symptoms, such as sneezing, are easy to spread the virus. SARS coronavirus is a new type of virus, which is mainly transmitted through close droplets, contact with patients' secretions and close contact. People have no immunity and are generally susceptible.

The mortality of this disease is close to 1 1%, which mainly occurs in winter and spring. Its pathogenesis is related to the damage of immune system. After the virus invades the body, it can cause abnormal immune response. Because the immune system of the body is destroyed, the patient's immune deficiency is caused. At the same time, SARS virus can directly damage the immune system, especially lymphocytes.

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