While researching Native American tribes of the American Southwest, you come acr
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While researching Native American tribes of the American Southwest, you come across a handwritten account of the death of a young Native American in 1993. The author describes how, in the unseasonably dry weather in New Mexico, the young man was able to continue working on a house he was refurbishing well into December. Shortly after completing work refurbishing the insulation under the house, the young man came done with a high fever and muscle aches. Within days, the lining of his lungs swelled making breathing very difficult; soon after the respiratory difficulties began, the young man died. What did the man die of? How did he most likely contract the disease?
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What did the man die of?
symptoms shown were - High fever, muscle pain, swelling of the line of the lungs, breathing difficulty
Provisional diagnosis - Legionnaires Pneumonia
Legionnaires disease, Is a serious lung infection caused by the "Legionella bacteria' from the contaminated water system. the person gets infected if he inhales the droplets of water containing the bacteria.The disease is fatal.
How he get contact with the disease?
He may have got contact with the disease at the time of refurbishing the house, especially the well.
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