Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash (on the trunk of the body) and swollen lymph glands. While the illness can be as short as a few days, even healthy people have reported being sick for several weeks.
The symptoms of severe disease (also called neuroinvasive disease, such as West Nile encephalitis or meningitis or West Nile poliomyelitis) include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. It is estimated that approximately 1 in 150 persons infected with the West Nile virus will develop a more severe form of disease. Serious illness can occur in people of any age, however people over age 50 and some immunocompromised persons (for example, transplant patients) are at the highest risk for getting severely ill when infected with WNV.
2006-07-04 10:11:04
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answered by Ginger/Virginia 6
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I have West Nile, legs paralyzed. I was bedridden over a year.There are too many symptoms to list here. My answer to you is that if you suspect that you or someone close might have WN, stop asking questions here and immediatly go to a doctor or ER. I mean RIGHT NOW. Good luck
2006-07-04 11:35:02
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answered by hal 1
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Different people have different symptoms for West Nile, but the main symptom is high fever!
2006-07-04 10:10:44
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answered by coconut 5
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Go to this website and it will give you lots of info. on west nile. It is from the Center for Disease Control...hope you find what you are looking for! http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/symptoms.htm
2006-07-04 10:13:27
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answered by B24601 2
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Headaches nausea, vomiting
2006-07-04 10:09:33
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answered by Anonymous
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i go w/ answerer #1....that was my line.
2006-07-04 10:10:43
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answered by hanaa 4
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