BAILEY, Colo. (KDVR) — Sue Ryan, of Bailey, Colo., feels lucky to be alive after several visits to the hospital in October. Ryan had several symptoms that overlap with COVID-19, but was eventually diagnosed with hantavirus — an extremely rare and often fatal disease.
After a second trip to the hospital, medical experts tested for several influenzas and did imaging screenings before a pulmonologist determined Ryan’s diagnosis was the rare hantavirus.
According to the CDC, hantavirus is spread though the air by deer mice droppings or fluids.
Medical experts do not know where Ryan contracted the hantavirus, but Ryan wants others to know the disease exists in Colorado.
Hantavirus
7 Steps to Safe Clean-up of Mouse Droppings, Nests, or Dead Mice
Hantavirus is a severe, potentially fatal, illness. Humans can be exposed to Hantavirus when the urine or feces of an infected rodent become airborne. This means that anyone who disturbs areas of mice or mice droppings, such as when cleaning, can be at risk. Reduce your risk of illness by following these seven simple – but essential – steps, when dealing with rodent clean-up.
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