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Bookmark or Share- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo ClinicDiagnosis. Blood tests can reveal if your body has made antibodies to a hantavirus. Your doctor may order other laboratory tests to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms. Treatment. Specific treatment options for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome are limited.
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland ClinicHantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a viral disease that spreads through infected mice and rats. It can damage your organs and be deadly. Early symptoms include fever, fatigue and aches. Later symptoms include trouble breathing and a rapid heartbeat. Treatment may include oxygen therapy, medications, ventilation and dialysis.
- CDC - Hantavirus - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionInfection with any hantavirus can produce hantavirus disease in people. Hantaviruses in the Americas are known as “New World” hantaviruses and may cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Other hantaviruses, known as “Old World” hantaviruses, are found mostly in Europe and Asia and may cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - Symptoms & causes - Mayo ClinicHantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare infectious disease that begins with flu-like symptoms and progresses rapidly to more severe disease. It can lead to life-threatening lung and heart problems. The disease is also called hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome.
- CDC - Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - HantavirusHantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by infection with hantaviruses. Anyone who comes into contact with rodents that carry hantaviruses is at risk of HPS. Rodent infestation in and around the home remains the primary risk for hantavirus exposure.
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