Deadly 'nose bleed' disease which kills up to a third of patients reaches Europe
dailyrecord.co.ukA man has been hospitalised after catching a deadly fever with grim symptoms such as bleeding from the eyes.Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a rare but unpleasant disease not native to the UK or Europe with mortality rates at around 30% The middle-aged man was initially treated in a hospital in the Castile and Leon region of Spain, before being airlifted elsewhere.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), death occurs within two weeks of the illness with a range of symptoms known to include bleeding from the eyes, stomach pain, headache and vomiting.
A patient may also experience joint pain, jaundice, mood swings and red eyes in the early phases. As the virus progresses, symptoms can worsen to encompass "large areas of severe bruising" and "severe nosebleeds".
In 2012, a man died in Scotland from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever after returning to the UK from Afghanistan. At the time, it was the first laboratory-confirmed case of CCHF in the UK, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).The 38-year-old was diagnosed with the deadly disease when he flew into Glasgow Airport on a connecting flight from Dubai.
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