I NEED WATER!!!

     Ugh it is SO hot! I don't know WHY I ever chose to walk in the desert! Hey, look its the Nile River! YAY WATER! Oh god, I hope it's not a hallucination...



please be real!














     Ah, better. Well, I learned something when I was there. I learned about this new virus. It's called the West Nile Virus. Well I bet you guys are thinking, "How do you get it?" You get it from mosquitoes. Ugh I hate mosquitoes. But basically, they come and bite you, however that mosquito needs to have the virus. So, you're talking a hike or something, and then this mosquito comes and bites you. At first you think, it's just a normal mosquito bite. But the reality is, it's much more than that.



EWWWWWWWWWWW! I HATE MOSQUITOES!














     A mosquito bite from regular mosquito is no fun. But a bite from one that has the West Nile Virus? Absolutely no fun. Symptoms from West Nile start appearing 5 to 15 days after being bitten. You usually have these:
-severe headaches
-fever
-nausea and vomiting
-disorientation
-chills
-muscle aches, pain, stiffness
(If you have any of these symptoms after getting bit by a mosquito, call a doctor!

this is what you should do

    Before you start freaking out, let me tell you how to prevent it. STAY AWAY FROM MOSQUITOES! As in, when you go outside, make sure to wear bug spray. Also, try to have DEET in the spray. Try not to let mosquitoes breed. They can breed in any place that has still water. Cover pools when you're not using it. Stay away from water at dusk and dawn, that's when mosquitoes are most active. But sadly, they are still active during the day. Lucky us...



yeah, I don't think that's gonna get rid of him...





















     Here's some more good news. This virus rarely affects people. It mainly affects birds. You may have seen a bird randomly fall out of the sky. Scientists usually take the bird and test it for West Nile. But, even if a human does get it, there really isn't anything you can do. It just goes away by time. They do have a vaccine, though. Yay for humans! We can prevent it! We can stay healthy! Woohoo!



her name is Suzy














        There still is a lot I didn't cover about this topic. So, I'm gonna give you a link. Click Here!!!!  There are four different sections. There's also a comic! Be sure to look at all of them! Alrighty then, that's my blog on West Nile! Bye!!! Science Fun:)



PEACE OUT!!!!!



Idk why this posted! haha it was on accident!

     Ugh it is SO hot! I don't know WHY I ever chose to walk in the desert! Hey, look its the Nile River! YAY WATER! Oh god, I hope it's not a hallucination...





please be real!



























     Ah, better. Well, I learned something when I was there. I learned about this new virus. It's called the West Nile Virus. Well I bet you guys are thinking, "How do you get it?" You get it from mosquitoes. Ugh I hate mosquitoes. But basically, they come and bite you, however that mosquito needs to have the virus. So, you're talking a hike or something, and then this mosquito comes and bites you. At first you think, it's just a normal mosquito bite. But the reality is, it's much more than that.





EWWWWWWWWWWW! I HATE MOSQUITOES!



























     A mosquito bite from regular mosquito is no fun. But a bite from one that has the west nile virus? Absolutely no fun. Symptoms from West Nile start appearing 5 to 15 days after being bitten. You usually have these:

-severe headaches

-fever

-nausea and vomiting

-disorientation

-chills

-muscle aches, pain, stiffness

(If you have any of these symptoms after getting bit by a mosquito, call a doctor!

this is what you should do

    Before you start freiking out, let me tell you how to prevent it. STAY AWAY FROM MOSQUITOES! As in, when you go outside, make sure to wear bug spray. Also, try to have DEET in the spray. Try not to let mosquitoes breed. They can breed in any place that has still water. Cover pools when you're not using it. Stay away from water at dusk and dawn, that's when mosquitoes are most active. But sadly, they are still active during the day. Lucky us...

I'm in the mood for some chciken...

   Hm I am really in the mood for some chicken. Maybe I should stop by Chick-Fil-A. Ooh Ooh I know! I should go to--- oh sorry! I never noticed you guys there! Well since I'm in the mood for something chicken related, let's talk about the chicken pox! Now, does anyone know anything about it? (IT COMES FROM A CHICKEN!) No, Brittney, chicken pox does not come from a chicken. Chicken pox is a viral disease. This means that the actual chicken pox comes from a virus. The virus has a weirdly-cool name, it's called the varicella-zoster virus, or VZV.

it kinda looks like eggs sunny side up...

   So when you heard of chicken pox, what do you think of? (A BEAVER) OK Brittney, I don't see how you got beaver out of chicken pox but ok. Anyways, when you hear "chicken pox" you usually think of red dots all of your body and and they're really itchy. All of that is true, but there's more than just that. First, you're in the incubation period. This is where you have the virus, but you don't know. When you're in the incubation period, you feel completely fine. It go on for 10-21 days!



this is how you feel















   Now let's talk more about the symptoms. After the incubation period, you start to feel a bit sick. Kinda like you have the flu. Then the famous rash begins. You start having red blotches on your body. The worst part is the itch!!! It itches like itchy red blotches! But to make it even worse, you can't itch. If you do, it'll leave a scar. So imagine you have a million mosquito bites all over you and you can't itch! Eventually after a couple days, your blotches start falling off. Yuck.



that is really gross


















   I know it may seem like you're doomed and you must get it. But you actually don't. They do have vaccines to help prevent you from getting it. Also, you usuallly get it when you're a kid, but some adults do get it. One more thing, when you finish with your horrible time with the chiken pox, your not actually done forever. That virus doesn't just "go away." It just stays there and doesn't do anything until ur about 60 or 70. Then you have something called shingles. But that's a different topic for a different day. Well that's all for today. Here's a cool pic for ya! Bye everyone!!! Science Fun:)



hahaha