Field fever is an animal-to-human bacterial illness. It is carried via urine, particularly by dogs, rats, and agricultural animals. Even if they develop no symptoms, they are nonetheless carriers.
A bacteria called Leptospira interrogans causes field fever. Most animals carry the bacterium, which dwells in their kidneys. Through their pee, it goes up in the water and soil. In this case, the germ may enter your body via breaches in your skin, such as scrapes, open wounds, or dry patches, if you’re near in the soil or water where an infected animal has urinated.
Field fever, like the flu, is often unpleasant but not fatal. It typically lasts a week. However, when you have a serious type of field fever approximately 12% of the time you will get well, but then get ill again. This is known as Weil’s illness, and it may lead to much more severe complications such as chest discomfort and swelling limbs and legs. It often necessitates hospitalization.
