Corona virus is a mysterious and rare virus, and it is from the family of coronaviruses, and it is similar to the SARS virus that spread in 2003 in East Asia. The difference between them is that the SARS virus infects the respiratory system and causes gastroenteritis, while it (Corona virus), a respiratory infection with acute pneumonia, as well as it causes kidney failure, and differs from the SARS virus by increasing the mortality rate for those infected with the Corona virus, from the SARS virus, and several studies have linked the cause of the emergence of the Corona virus Camel, and other studies say that the reason for the emergence of this virus is due to (modified) High Alttefar) in this virus, but there is no convincing reason and uncertain so far. A new type of coronavirus, known as the New Corona 2019 or Wuhan virus, was introduced at the end of 2019, and it was called the Wuhan virus because it first appeared in Wuhan in China.
Geographical patch of the virus. Corona virus was not confined to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or to the continent of Asia only when it first appeared, but there are some cases that have appeared in the (United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, the Philippines and the Sultanate of Oman And Malaysia) in the Asian continent, and there are other cases that appeared in (Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria) on the continent of Africa, and there are other cases that appeared in (Britain, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands), this at the European level.
Symptoms of infection with the Corona virus The symptoms of this virus are somewhat similar to the symptoms of the flu that we have known, which are (coughing, high body temperature, colds, and sore throat), and infection may also lead to sore throat,
In the upper respiratory system, infection with this virus also leads to kidney failure, and serious complications may result, and may lead to death, especially in the elderly, and those with chronic diseases, such as (diabetes, blood pressure), and this is a detail of the most important symptoms resulting from infection With this virus:
1) A person with a sore throat.
2) frequent and severe coughing.
3) An increase in body temperature, which may reach (39 °).
4) Feeling a severe headache.
5) Shortness of breath, and thus difficulty breathing.
6) Vomiting and diarrhea,
This is not common. Symptoms then develop, and the lung becomes infected with acute inflammation. In advanced stages of infection, the virus prevents oxygen from reaching the blood, causing impairment in the functions of the body's organs, thereby causing death.
Corona virus transmission
Corona virus is transmitted from one case to another, like most viruses that infect the respiratory system, and the possibility of transmission of the virus does not occur only in the event of contact with the patient, as there are many cases of this virus are for health care professionals, who are examining the cases and dealing With her, or those of the injured and their families, he is transmitted through the following:
_Contamination of the hands with the patient's fluid and secretions.
_Using patient tools.
_Inhaling the patient's spray, because it is inserted through the membranes of the nose and throat; it is transmitted through molecules Small air.
Methods of prevention
To ensure that you are not infected with Corona virus, we do the following:
_ Isolating the patient in a room designated for him.
_ Avoid touching the patient's tools.
_ Always wash your hands.
_ Using masks in crowded and infected places.
How is corona virus treated?
Science has not yet reached a special treatment against this virus, as the body expels this virus with autoimmunity, and symptoms are treated with its own medicines, so cough is treated with a medicine for cough and so on, and also the person is given medicine to reduce the temperature, and also uses a means to support breathing.
Methods of prevention
To ensure that you are not infected with Corona virus, we do the following:
_ Isolating the patient in a room designated for him.
_ Avoid touching the patient's tools.
_ Always wash your hands.
_ Using masks in crowded and infected places.
How is corona virus treated?
Science has not yet reached a special treatment against this virus, as the body expels this virus with autoimmunity, and symptoms are treated with its own medicines, so cough is treated with a medicine for cough and so on, and also the person is given medicine to reduce the temperature, and also uses a means to support breathing.