What You Need To Know About West Nile Virus In Manchester, NH

Well, this is a bummer, but it happens every year at some point in the Summer.

West Nile Virus has been detected in a batch of mosquitoes in Manchester, according to WMUR.

Here's How To Tell if You Have West Nile Virus

Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I'll give you the good news first.

Most people have no symptoms at all. According to the CDC, 8 out of 10 people who are infected have zero symptoms. Theoretically, we could be walking around with West Nile right now and not even know it.

What's the Bad News?

Fever is one of the symptoms of West Nile. About 1 in 5 people who are infected develop a fever.

You could develop body aches, joint pains, throwing up, diarrhea or a rash. This can last for weeks, even months, so says the CDC.

What's the Worst News?

About 1 in 150 people develop inflammation of the brain, a/k/a encephalitis or meningitis and could cause disorientation, coma, convulsions, vision loss, paralysis and more really unpleasant things.

According to the CDC, about 1 out of every 10 infected people develop an infection to the central nervous system and die.

I know we all are going to die at some point, but I don't want to die because of a flippin' mosquito bite, you know? That's not the way I want to go out.

Also, there's no way that these little blood suckers are going to take away my walks in the woods. I never go in the woods without spraying myself from head to toe with OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent.

It doesn't smell great, but it keeps the mosquitoes and ticks away, so I spray that stuff on me like it was 1986 and I have a can of Focus 21 in my hand.