Q fever is an infection that can damage the lungs, liver, heart, and other vital organs. In Australia, Cattle, are the primary carriers of Q fever, which is shed in their birth products, feces, urine, and can be misdiagnosed as the Common Cold or Flu.
In Australia Humans usually become in- fected by inhaling Cattle yard dust carried through the air by the wind, which can be spread up to 18 kilometers from the source.
In my opinion, If you live within 18 kilometers of Teys Bros Beenleigh and suffer from FLU like symptoms, for your own well being you should visit your doctor and have a Q fever test.
People can also become infected by being biten by infected wood ticks flourishing in forrest and bush like areas exactly like the area around Teys Bros Beenleigh.
Q fever is highly in-fectious and resistant to heat and drying, it’s considered a potential terrorist threat.
Signs and symptoms
Only about half of the people in- fected with Q fever show signs and symptoms of clinical illness, many pass off the infection as the Flu or Common Cold
Symptomatic patients typically experience the sudden onset of fever and other flu-like signs and symptoms about 20 days after exposure to Q fever.
- Fever lasts for 1 to 2 weeks. Thirty to 50% of patients develop pneumonia, and some develop hepatitis. Only 1% to 2% of patients with acute Q fever die of the infection.
- Chronic Q fever, which lasts for more than 6 months, can develop from 1 to 20 years after initial infection. Sixty-five percent of patients with chronic Q fever may die of the infection.
Q fever can lead to more serious complications, including endocarditis; most patients with chronic Q fever have preexisting valvular heart disease or have had a vascular graft. Other possible complications of Q fever include
- meningitis;
- encephalitis;
- cirrhosis and other liver problems;
- pericarditis;
- myocarditis;
- pneumonia;
- interstitial pulmonary fibrosis;
- acute respiratory distress; and
- miscarriage,
- premature birth,
- low birth weight,
- intrauterine growth retardation, and
- stillbirth.
Diagnosis and treatment
Q fever is diagnosed based on the patient’s history and clinical presentation.
Obtain a careful health history of patients who present with influenza-like signs and symptoms to determine whether they have anyrisk factors for Q fever. Ask about their occupation and recent travel and whether they’ve been in contact with barnyard animals.
The diagno sis of Q fever is confirmed by the detection of antibodies using complement fixation; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; or indirect immunofluorescence, which is the preferred method.
Mild or asymptomatic acute Q fever often resolves within 2 weeks without treatment.
Only 1% to 2% of patients with acute Q fever die of the infection. Doxycycline is the treatment of choice for adults with acute Q fever and is most effective when given within the first 3 days of illness and continued for 14 to 21 days.
Fluoroquinolones such as ofloxacin and pefloxacin are alternaives.
Currently, no reliable treatment is available for children under age 8 or pregnant women.
Chronic Q fever is harder to treat, requiring the use of multiple drugs for a longer period.
Some patients may also need valve replacement surgery.
Sixty-five percent of patients with chronic Q fever may die of the infection.
Teys Australia 
Oh and swine flu can kill u, q fever doesn’t, get a life
again if you took time to read the evidence you would think differently.
But the facts are
1. Q fever is a air borne bacterial infection. It causes flu-like symptoms such as a high temperature, muscle pain and headaches and is very dangerous; miss diagnosis is extremely common as it is often mistaken as the common flu.
In Australia Humans usually become infected by inhaling Cattle yard dust carried through the air by the wind, which can be spread up to 18 kilometers from the source.
People most at risk of getting Q fever are those whose occupation and environment brings them into close contact with livestock: Close contact can mean anything up to 18 kilometres depending on the wind.
2. A letter from Queensland Health warn Q fever effects, can be felt up to 5 kilometres from Teys Bros Beenleigh.
3. Teys Bros Beenleigh operational licence from the Queensland Government office of DERM dictates, Teys Bros Beenleigh must not effect anyone or anything beyond its boundaries.
In my opinion, the above points prove Teys Bros Beenleigh are in BREACH of their operational licence and operate in a dangerous and illegal manner. Queensland Governments department of DERM acknowledge their breach, the Queensland Health Department and the Logan City Council are aware of their breach and yet none have taken action to protect the public.
‘Sixty-five percent of patients with chronic Q fever may die of the infection.’
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Could you please link the the report where you obtained that information? Your lack of citation from outside sources concerns me, as I believe a lot of the information you are providing us is either false, or greatly exaggerated.
The likelyhood of Q Fever killing you is extremely low. Only a small number of the population develop Q Fever each year, and very few die from it or from complications of the illness.
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-cdi34suppl.htm~cda-cdi34suppl-3-vpd.htm~cda-cdi34suppl-3-vpd12.htm
According to that site, between 2004-2007, less than 160 people a year in Australia contracted Q Fever, less than 80 of those cases required hospitalisation, and there were no deaths.
In comparison, this Meliodosis report, taken over a smaller area, with fewer reported cases, over a shorter period of time, killed a higher percentage of those affected by the virus than the previous Q Fever report. This virus also has symptoms similar to those of Q Fever.
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/cda-pubs-cdi-2003-cdi2702-htm-cdi2702n.htm
http://access.health.qld.gov.au/hid/InfectionsandParasites/BacterialInfections/melioidosis_is.asp
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/mystery-infection-linked-to-floods/story-fn6ck51p-1225988543715
Sorry, just saw that you had linked it. Though that report fails to mention that the likelyhood of developing chronic Q Fever is extremely rare, affecting less than 5% of people who develop Q Fever.
http://www.cdc.gov/qfever/symptoms/index.html
Please read https://teysbeenleighdanger.com/teys-your-health/i-live-1-2-kilometres-from-teys-australia-beenleigh-and-i-have-q-fever/
What you keep refer to are the case known, Q fever looks feels and sounds like the flu. Most people outside the industry don’t know it until its too late.
Just like this poor fellow.
How many more have it and don’t know.
How many have the common flu or cold, and are over reacting to your hyperbole. That person would have been added to the statistics, as his was diagnosed. Plus, we are going by reported cases. If you don’t count statistics, you could potentially say that everyone who has ever had the flu probably had Q Fever.
The disease I mentioned previously, Meliodosis, isn’t very common, and has the potential to be misdiagnosed. Like Q Fever, it’s possible that you could be at risk of coming down with it at any time. Unlike Q Fever, it has a higher mortality rate if misdiagnosed or mistreated. Q Fever only seems to be life threatening when it develops into chronic Q Fever, and the likelyhood of that is small, and only seems to affect people who have existing health conditions.
Seems to me you have run out of comment and now are just making things up to confuse the issue.
Mr X has Chronic Q fever diagnose at the Logan Hospital and in time it will be revealed in the Legal arena with the other 6.
The public do not understand this Q Fever issue is a secret, its been swept under the carpet.
But things are changing and freedom of speech will bring the culprits to justice.
i have q-fever, had it since 1996, i still get reaccurance of it now, i get it every year, same chills headaches cold sweats. How long does it last?
I would like to talk to other people who have it as well
Pete up to 40 yrs sorry. i have had it for 11 yrs, getting checked next doctors visit, as i have endocarditis, flue Symptoms, now having tests as i think now have Hepatitis, other day heard from friend that her friend , 39 yrs old, has had Q Fever for awhile, but had severe stroke recently, now unable to care for herself, was put down to Q Fever..
This is page i have made on Face Book for awareness to this horrid invisible Chronic Illness, the hardest thing is getting Society to understand, including friends & family… have none now.. all alone.. no one believed me until nearly dead.. To Bloody late then hey ? ..
“Q-Fever : What it is. What it Does to a person?”.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Q-Fever-What-it-is-What-it-Does-to-a-person/319502941409883
Sean A Robbo (Sean Robbo)
https://www.facebook.com/SeanSeldomly63
good morning
I am looking at purchasing in beenleigh
is Q fever/smell from abattoirs still a problem??
please reply urgently
regards
peter
Nothing has changed