About Other Details	Other Details Of S A R S Q.) How far it is contageous & how is it transmitted ? Ans. SARS is fairly contagious - Transmission of the disease occur-      Based on currently available evidence, close contact with an infected person is needed for the infective agent to spread from one person to another.      Contact with aerosolized (exhaled) droplets and bodily secretions from an infected person appears to be important.      Till date, the majority of cases have occurred in hospital workers who have cared for SARS patients and the close family members of these patients.      However, the amount of the infective agent needed to cause an infection has not yet been determined. Q. ) How and when SARS was noted first? Ans. On 26 February, a man was admitted to hospital in Hanoi with high fever, dry cough, myalgia (muscle soreness) and mild sore throat.      Over the next four days he developed increasing breathing difficulties, severe thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and signs of adult respiratory distress syndrome requiring ventilator support.This was the probably the first case reported of SARS. Q.)How is travelling to be made safe ? Ans. International Travellers must take Precautions.This illness can be severe and, due to global travel, has spread to several countries in a relatively short period of time. However, SARS is not highly contagious when protective measures are used, and the percentage of cases that have been fatal is low. WHO has not recommended restricting travel to any destination in the world. However, all travellers should be aware of the main symptoms and signs of SARS, as already mentioned earlier. People who have these symptoms and have been in close contact with a person who has been diagnosed with SARS, or have a recent history of travel to areas where cases of SARS have been spreading, should seek medical attention and inform health care staff of recent travel. Travellers who develop these symptoms are advised not to undertake further travel until fully recovered. Q.) What treatment is available for SARS? Ans. Treatment for SARS : While some medicines have been tried, no drug can, at this time, be recommended for prophylaxis or treatment. Antibiotics do not appear to be effective. Symptoms should be treated by adequately protected health professionals. Q.) Can Homoeopathy be effective for the treatment of SARS? Ans. As Homoeopathy deals with the symptoms of the patient and the remedy selected is not on the name of the disease then certainly the syndrome or the group of symptoms does indicate some homoeopathic remedy. And since the disease is very new in origin or nomencalature & appearance, the precise comment or opinion on the efficacy of homoeopathy for SARS is based on the basis of the capacity of the homoeopathic medicines to handle similar situations. Since it has already noted effect in dealing with condition such as viral infection e.g as influenza or viral pneumonitis. It can be said that surely homoeopathic medicines be effective in treating SARS. As in the past lots of viral infection has shown very encouaging results to treat & cure them e.g. Inflenza, Viral Pneumanitis , Viral Hepatitis , Viral Skin affections as Warts and Herpes etc.      With the credentials of the established role of homoeopathy for viral infection, there is little or no doubt that homoeopathy can help SARS also.      As no definite medicines in allopathy for SARS or for viral respiratory diseases, except offering ventilators, oxygen support therapy, antibiotic cover and some non pecific antiviral medication, it can be well suggested that the homoeopathic medicines are evaluated and incorporated while treating SARS in larger interest of the suffering humanity.