When did SARS happen?

In 2002

In 2002, SARS broke out in Guangdong, China, and spread to Southeast Asia and even the whole world. It was not until the middle of 2003 that the epidemic was gradually eliminated as a global epidemic. SARS appeared in China, first in Guangdong, and then spread to Beijing.

Sars occurred in 2002. The full name of SARS is atypical pneumonia, also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which refers to severe abnormal respiratory syndrome. The disease was first discovered in Shunde, China in 2002, and gradually spread to Southeast Asia and even the whole world. It was not until mid-2003 that the disease was gradually eliminated.

SARS is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by SARS coronavirus, which was named as severe acute respiratory syndrome by the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease is a respiratory infectious disease, and the main mode of transmission is close droplet transmission or contact with respiratory secretions of patients.

The earliest SARS case was found in early 2002 1 1. At the beginning of June, 2002, the earliest SARS was found in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China. Because of the symptoms of pneumonia, the patient was classified as atypical pneumonia at that time, and the China media generally called it "SARS". Since then, the disease has spread rapidly to Hong Kong through tourism, commerce and immigration, and from Hong Kong to Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan Province Province and Toronto.

The incubation period is 1~ 16 days, usually 3~5 days. Acute onset, strong infectivity, fever as the first symptom, chills, body temperature often exceeding 38℃, irregular fever or flabby fever, missed diagnosis of fever, etc. , and the thermal range is mostly 1~2 weeks; Accompanied by headache, muscle aches, general weakness and diarrhea. 3~7 days after onset, dry cough, less sputum, occasional bloodshot sputum, and no obvious lung signs. 10~ 14 days. Symptoms of infection and poisoning such as fever and fatigue are aggravated, and frequent cough, shortness of breath and dyspnea occur. A little exercise, asthma and palpitations will force you to stay in bed. This period is prone to secondary respiratory infection.

After 2-3 weeks, the fever gradually subsided, and other symptoms and signs were alleviated or even disappeared. The absorption and recovery of inflammatory changes in the lungs are slow, and it still takes about 2 weeks to fully absorb and return to normal after the body temperature is normal. Mild patients have mild clinical symptoms. Severe patients are seriously ill and prone to respiratory distress syndrome. Children seem to be less ill than adults. Fever is not the first symptom in a few patients, especially those with recent surgical history or basic diseases.