SARS simply means Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It can be classified as severe type of pneumonia and the known origin of it is a virus. The syndrome was first reported in China in April 2003. But because of people flying from one country to another, the spread of the virus was inevitable. It affected Taiwan, Hongkong, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam and even the United States. The virus that was discovered to be causing this is the Corona virus.

It can spread via so many ways. But the most common ways are person-to-person contact or air traveling. A person that came in contact with a person who had SARS would most likely eventually find himself in the same situation. Touching objects that might have been infected by a SARS person could also increase one’s chances of having such a disease. Also, even in terms of being in close proximity with the sick person, that could also allow for the transmission of the viruses from one person to another. Another way is through air travelling. The viruses that get released whenever someone sneezes can infect other persons when they come in contact with some bodily fluids that get released upon sneezing.

In general, the disease begins with a terribly high fever. After that, it is usually followed by other symptoms like headache, feeling of discomfort, body aches, and other unusual behaviours. This then causes dry cough and breathing trouble.

There has been no development as to the cure to this disease. There are still a lot of tests that have to be run. There are still a lot of findings that have to be studied and analysed in order to come up with the right solution to the problem. However, some doctors already recommend medicines like antibiotics and other medicinal products that seek to treat pneumonia. There are also antiviral medicines that some patients were made to take.

We still have to consider that prevention is still better than cure. It is much better to not have to undergo the syndrome at all. That is why certain things have to be remembered. Wash your hands with soap whenever you touch something dirty or anything that you are not sure is clean. In this way, you would decrease the chances of getting infected. If water for washing your hands is not available, then you can always bring an alcohol-based solution with you and apply it whenever that happens.

SARS is known to affect the respiratory system. One of the most apparent symptoms of it is the shortness of breathing. One may have a difficulty breathing when he/she has the virus causing the SARS problem. Other commonly reported symptoms include body aches, high fever, and dry cough.

There are several ways by which SARS virus spreads. The most common way of it spreading is called the droplet transmission. This is where the virus gets transmitted to another person when he/she comes in contact with the bodily fluids of the sick person. When one is sick and he sneezes or cough, he releases tiny droplets which contain viruses. These droplets could then be everywhere especially if the sick person does not use towels or handkerchiefs to cover their noses or mouths when they sneeze or cough. Once another person comes in contact with these tiny droplets, the virus inside those droplets will be able to easily spread inside his body. That then triggers the disease for another individual. The most common places where germs are able to accumulate are those places which people usually come in contact with. These are the pay phones, trash can lids, door knobs, etc. The best thing to do in order to avoid these droplets is to wash your hands regularly. If you came in contact with something that the sick person had touched, it would be wise to immediately wash your hands properly.

Another way by which SARS is able to spread is the superspreader.  The horrendous fact about SARS is that it is able to spread via minute and microscopic articles that can travel through the air. This disease has its way of accumulating virus inside one’s lungs and instantly ejects them once a person coughs. This then makes the person spew out the virus to the area on which he coughed. That is why several people wore masks when the terrible phenomenon happened.