Oct 29, 2009 5:31 pm US/Eastern
Phillies Repeat Fever Is Contagious!
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
It is an illness that has reached outbreak status and in Philadelphia - it's an all out epidemic. It is Phillies repeat fever and medical reporter Stephanie Stahl has much more on the symptoms and the cure.
Look around and you'll see it: red heads, bodies, faces and it is spreading by the day.
"It's a starts as primarily fingernail type symptoms and a little bit of insomnia, maybe some chronic fatigue from loss of sleep. It progresses to fever, sore throat, sore hands, stiffness in shoulders and then progresses to complete insomnia and loss of concentration at work and it can really by quite debilitating in its full blown form," said Dr. Paul Lyons, Temple University School of Medicine.
It's Phillies repeat fever.
"The last couple of years we've noticed a tremendous uptick in the prevalence of the disease late in October even all the way into November," explains Dr. Lyons.
It is an illness that creates widespread problems both physically and mentally.
"The behavior component of this has been under-appreciated in the previous years, but there's screaming, there's yelling, there's running through the streets, there's a tremendous amount of unusual behavior in people you would never expect that sort of behavior from.
The sure tell signs of repeat fever include: screaming, chanting and staying up late.
The number of cases is countless. It has affected the old, young, men, women, children and yes, even babies.
You may even have it and not even know it. If you do, Dr. Lyons suggests: "You should probably be in quarantine and be surrounded by other people who are suffering from the same fever."
Dr. Lyons said "there are a number of locations where you can ride this thing out. I think bars are a reasonable choice as there as there are significant exposure to large screen TVs and expert commentary."
Doctors know the symptoms and they know who's susceptible, but the question is how do you cure it?
"I'm telling them that it is going to be a seven to 10 day course that it will probably run its course without any need for significant medical intervention," said Dr. Paul Lyons.
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