Effects of the Zika virus

The number of people that have been infected with the Zika virus in the United States have frenzied over the last 12 months. According to the World Health Organization, another official estimated 3 million to 4 million infections in America. The rapid increase of the infection has raised high concerns in the medical fields. The ailment can be easily transmitted because regular mosquitoes also hold the virus. The majority of those who have been infected with the virus say that they do not feel sick and others who do only have comparably benign symptoms such as rash, fever, pink eye or joint pain. Although there are considerable apprehensions about the dangers toward pregnant women and their babies physical well being. Ever since the virus has arrived, there have been abrupt increases in the delivery of babies with abnormally small heads and in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, otherwise known as microcephaly. Congenital or ingrained microcephaly is a sign that the infant’s brain is not fully developed normally during pregnancy. It is a case caused by the deficiency of a fetus’s brain to advance in the mother’s womb. A normal brain has coral-like ridges while babies with microcephaly have brains that look like a smooth rock. The infants with small heads can cause serious physical developmental issues and occasionally death. Guillain-Barre is a rare disorder that can turn to fatal paralysis. The virus outbreak began in Brazil, last May, where doctors noticed the increasing numbers of abnormalities incorporated mostly in infants’ brains and craniums. There were almost 4,000 cases of newborns born with microcephaly in Brazil from October 2015 leading into January 2016. Scientists and doctors are still trying to find answers as to why and how the Zika virus is linked to triggering abnormal conditions.