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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – A second case of West Nile virus was detected in southern Nevada in 2019, the health district of Southern Nevada announced on Monday.
Officials said that a woman under 50 years old had severe neuroinvasive form of the virus and had been hospitalized. It is unclear how and where the woman contracted the virus.
"With a second case of West Nile virus, it's important to remind everyone that it's a preventable disease," said the NHSH's health officer. Dr. Joe Iser. "By taking a few simple steps, you can protect yourself from mosquito bites at home and when traveling this summer. It is also important to eliminate the multiplication of mosquitoes around your home to protect yourself and your family. "
Diana Mitchell, a woman recently diagnosed with West Nile virus, said she could not walk for weeks. At first, doctors could not figure out what was wrong with her home. In June, she had several symptoms, including fever, nausea, fatigue, headaches, diarrhea and chills.
She said that she thought she had food poisoning, so she went to the hospital.
"They did blood and urine tests and said we did not see anything, so they sent me home. I could hardly walk, "Mitchell said.
She returned a few days later.
"X-rays, MRI and ECG … and they did a lumbar puncture. They said everything was negative, so I said I wanted to go home, "Mitchell said.
Mitchell was able to fly to Arlington, Virginia, for his grandfather's funeral.
"It was atrocious."
Besides the pain of losing a family member, Mitchell said that she had begun to feel better. Until his return to Las Vegas early July.
"On Thursday, my speech started like this and the tremors shook my mind. Friday, I felt like I had a heart attack, "Mitchell said.
She returned to the hospital and the doctors diagnosed her with West Nile virus.
Mitchell said that she had started having symptoms about two weeks after her trip to Lake Havasu, Arizona.
"I texted my friends – we were five. I guess I had the best blood, "Mitchell said. "I knew there were midges."
She said that she was not thinking about mosquitoes in Arizona.
The health district can not say for sure where Mitchell contracted West Nile virus, but they were testing mosquitoes around her home.
There is no treatment or treatment for the virus.
"It's only a game of waiting, they said."
She said that she could not work until the doctors told her. Two of her four children and two grandchildren live with her. She usually supports them, but for now, they are taking care of her.
"We are going to get there and I have good children and good parents to give me positive thoughts … one day at a time, is not it?
The first case of West Nile virus was reported in April in a woman over 50 with the neuroinvasive version of the virus, but has since recovered.
Neither woman was identified directly by the health district.
The SNHD said that no human case of West Nile virus had been reported in Clark County last year.
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