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Provided her symptoms did not get worse, the physician r Marge OTC pain medications to manage her head- lar fluids and electrolytes, use aches, get plenty of rest, and resume normal diet and activity as her enables her to do so. 6.Given her age (62 years old), what is her prognosis? 7. What signs and symptoms would Marge experience that nie to heine-t… to eder pesn ? could indicate significant progression of this disease? Although Steve was relieved his wife did not need to be hospitalized, he still had several concerns 8. How long will it be before the disease resolves? 9 How can this disease be prevented? 10. Is Marge contagious? Figure 2. Electron micrograph of West Nile

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6.Marge has had some symptoms of headache which may last for a week and she may feel weak and fatigue.OTC medication followed by fluid intake make help her reduce the headache. Age and overall health conditions prior to infection predicts the individual's recovery time. People over 65 years of age need to be hospitalized as they show severe symptoms that continues for some days/weeks but those under 65 years of age have a full recovery soon and since Marge is below 62 years of age with no such severe symptoms, she is likely to recover soon.

7.Progression of the disease would show sympoms such as fever ,headaches followed by stiff neck, sleepiness, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions ,inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and even paralysis.

8.Since Marge had mild symptoms, it would take some weeks /months to recover completely though she may feel weak and fatigue.If she had severe symptoms , it would taken a year for her to recover.

9.This disease can be prevented by taking precautions that avoid people from getting bitten up by mosquitoes.No vaccine is available to prevent from this disease.Prevention measures would include:

10.No, Marge is not contagious as there are no chances of transmission of the disease from person to person via touching an infected person.

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