Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infectious viral disease transmitted by ticks and in certain cases it can lead to inflammation of the brain and/or the meninges.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infectious viral disease transmitted by ticks
Ticks that carry the TBE virus are widespread throughout Switzerland. One to four weeks after being bitten by an infected tick, flu-like symptoms such as headaches, lethargy, fever, and joint pain occur. In most cases the illness disappears after that. However, in 5-15% of those affected, after a symptom-free period, a new wave of illness develops into meningoencephalitis (inflammation and infection of the meninges and brain), which is experienced as headaches, sensitivity to light, dizziness, and impaired walking.
Paralysis of the limbs or facial nerves is rare in cases of TBE, but the disease is fatal in 1% of those who contract it. There is no treatment for TBE, but the symptoms can be alleviated. There is a vaccine for the TBE virus and people who live in or often visit high-risk areas for TBE are advised to get the vaccine. Tips for dealing with tick bites: 1) You can prevent tick bites by wearing long sleeves and pants, staying out of the under bush and areas with tall grass, and checking yourself for ticks after your excursion. 2) If you are bitten by a tick, remove it from your skin with a pair of tweezers (some tweezers are made especially for this purpose) without crushing the tick and then disinfect the bite area. Do not use oil or other substances to “suffocate” the tick - this will only cause the tick to expel any pathogens it carries. You can find more information at www.zecken.ch.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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