(Nexstar) – Three people have died and at least 67 have been infected as a cluster Cases of Leginers in New York City Spreads continue to spread.
The case count has blown the balloon since bacteria, which begins to make the people of Legonaires sick in late July.
City health officers add outbreak to Central Harlem Cooling towersWater -rich structures and a fan that is used to cool buildings. He said that 11 of these towers initially conducted a positive test for a type of bacteria, which causes legionaires, but the problem has been fixed.
Legonaires disease is a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that increases in warm water. It can spread through water systems, such as cooling towers for showerheads, hot tubs or central ACs. People often get disease by breathing haze from contaminated water, but it does not spread from person to another.
What are the symptoms of Legonaires’s disease?
Once you are exposed to bacteria, you can take anywhere from two days to two weeks to show symptoms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Symptoms of Legonaires overlap with other pneumonia symptoms: cough, fever, headache, muscle pain and shortness of breath. In the most severe cases, Legonaires can cause ‘lung failure or death.
Pneumonia can be confirmed with chest X-rays, but a laboratory test of a patient’s urine or phlegm will be able to confirm whether pneumonia is caused by legionia legionela bacteria.
Most people who come in contact with bacteria are not ill, CDC note, but people with pre -existing conditions can withstand serious symptoms or death. The CDC says that about 10 out of 10 people who receive the disease will die due to complications.
What is the treatment for legionaires disease?
In the neighborhood of New York City, they are affected by the outbreak (zip code 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037, 10039 and surrounding areas) should contact their doctor if they have any symptoms described above. This is especially true for people aged 50 and older, people who smoke and are people with chronic lung conditions, as they are more susceptible to serious consequences.
Once identified, the disease can be treated with antibiotics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
