What can be infected from mice

The proximity to small rodents such as mice and rats is very dangerous for human health. Therefore, it is necessary to know in advance what diseases the mice suffer, how the symptoms of these diseases manifest themselves and what to do.

Methods of transmission

Like many wild animals, mice are carriers of various infections and diseases.How dangerous are the mice in the house, settled in the kitchen or in the basement, whether a person can become infected with diseases from them - the answers to these questions will make many people think. After all, from rodents a person can become infected in various ways:

• eating water or food that may be contaminated with the feces of a sick mouse;
• inhalation of dust with wool or mouse droppings;
• contact with the corpse of a rodent;
• when a person bites a mouse;
• through parasites that live in the fur of mice;
• infection through the respiratory tract when in a room where there is a cluster of rodents.

What can be infected from mice

Diseases transmitted to humans from mice can be very dangerous and even cause death. Many centuries in a row mouse and rats were carriers of dangerous diseases plague and typhus. However, in the 21st century, these terrible infectious diseases almost never occur. But a list of what can be infected from mice, i.e. infectious and parasitic diseases, still quite long.

Diseases derived from mice

Salmonellosis

Disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella. A person can become infected through mouse droppings or by eating contaminated food.Mice are carriers of salmonella, they can transmit it to their pets, and an infected person can spread this bacterium to healthy people.

Symptoms of the disease are similar to signs of intestinal disorders:

• within 6-48 hours after infection appear dizziness and fever;
• vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea;
• liver and heart failure, urinary tract infection and even toxic shock can develop very quickly.

Salmonellosis is now successfully treated with antibiotics, but there are forms that require long-term treatment and recovery from the disease.

Leptospirosis

The causative agent of the disease is the bacterium Leptospira, which is transmitted through the urine of sick animals into the ground, water. This type of infection is tolerated. different types of mice, wild rats, cats, dogs, livestock and some wild animals. A person can become infected after direct contact with the mouse - the carrier of the disease, while bathing through water or dirty products.

Leptospirosis is deadly to humans, most often it is found in countries with tropical and temperate climates.

Important!

In the territory of Russia annually in the summer time several dozen cases of infection with leptospirosis are recorded. The leptospira bacterium can maintain its vitality for several weeks in water and soil under favorable conditions: high humidity and heat.

Clinical symptoms of the disease usually appear 2 weeks after infection:

• feverish state;
• pains in the joints and muscles;
• yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, redness of the eyes;
• nausea and vomiting;
• inflammation in the kidneys, sometimes in the brain.

Treatment of leptospirosis is possible only in a hospital under the constant supervision of specialists, otherwise there may be a serious complication - Weyl's disease, which manifests itself in kidney and liver failure, possible bleeding and brain edema, which can lead to death.

Tularemia

This disease is transmitted from mice to humans through blood-sucking pests: ticks and fleas that live in their fur. Having bitten a person, the tick gives him an infection that is caused by bacteria Francisella tularensis. In rare cases, tularemia can be transmitted through raw meat, causing ulcers in the mouth.

Symptoms of the disease: an ulcer on the site of the bite by insects, fever, swollen lymph nodes, in severe cases - chest pain, cough and breathing problems.

Rodent Diseases

Hemorrhagic fever

This disease is one of the most severe types, 5% of people who are sick, according to statistics, die. The foci of infection in natural conditions are found in the Far Eastern regions of Russia, China. Fever is transmitted to a person by inhalation of dust, in which there is an infection from a large amount of field mice and rats, while working in the fields or at a construction site. Sometimes infection can occur through food contaminated with mice.

Distinctive symptoms of the disease: headaches, fever, digestive disorders, insomnia, great thirst, redness and swelling of the face, possible hemorrhages on the skin, kidneys are severely affected.

On a note!

Nearly half of people who have had mouse fever, are subsequently forced to treat severe complications of the heart, lungs and brain.

Yersiniosis

Another name for the disease is pseudotuberculosis, which is widespread,in Russia it is found in areas of the Far East. Yersiniosis is very difficult to diagnose due to the wide variety of clinical manifestations.

The causative agent is eirsiniya - a bacterium that settles on fruits and vegetables, perfectly withstands frosts, dies only when boiled. The disease can be picked up from wild and domestic rodents through urine, mouse and rat droppings.

Important!

Outbreaks of pseudotuberculosis are regularly recorded in the period from late winter to early spring, most often the bacteria multiply well in warehouses and vegetable stores with high humidity.

Symptoms of yersiniosis can appear after 20 days: weakness and fever, pain in muscles, stomach and joints, sore throat, loss of appetite, problems with digestion, skin in the upper part of the body covered with pimples.

Tapeworms

These parasites live in the body of mice and rats, can be transmitted through food or water that has come into contact with mouse feces. Eggs and larvae of worms penetrate the human digestive system, become adults and begin to multiply, which negatively affects human health.

Rabies

This disease is deadly to humans and animals. Rabies in mice, rats are extremely rare due to the fact that the bite of another animal ends in his death. Most often rabid animals are found in the wild: foxes, raccoons, dogs, wild cats. However, bats are quite capable of becoming carriers of such a disease. If after a bite of an animal, a person develops symptoms of inflammation of the brain, then we can talk about infection with rabies.

Prevention of infection from mice

Disease prevention

With the appearance of even one mouse in an apartment or house, each person must understand the danger he faces. After all, mice not only spoil foodstuffs, furniture, but also carry various infections: bacteria, viruses, infections.

Therefore, the observance of preventive measures in order to reduce the risk of infection of the landlord is very important:

• it is better for a person not to contact rodents and their feces;
• work in rooms where mice can be located is carried out only in protective clothing; later it should be burned or disinfected;
• It is strictly forbidden to eat foods that have traces of the presence of rodents;
• products should be stored indoors or in a container inaccessible to pests;
• be sure to wash your hands before eating;
• carry out wet cleaning using disinfectant solutions;
• prevent the accumulation of debris and waste in the territory of the cottage, at home and in the apartment;
• carry out the destruction of rodents;
• do not swim in natural waters, especially not very clean;
• monitor the purity of the room and in the storage of food.