[A study on pathogenesis and therapy of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome]

581 early cases of typical hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) were dynamically studied on the clinical manifestations and laboratory findings from 1986 to 1989. All the patients were treated with various methods. The results showed: (1) The manifestations of microvascular damage, proteinuria and thrombocytopenia can be found at the first day of the onset in 80.0%, 72.2% and 33.3% respectively. In a word, the characteristic features of HFRS appear at the onset of the disease. (2) In 446 early cases the initial severity of the disease corresponded with the final severity at a rate of 89.2%; it indicated that the damage of HFRS may result from the first attack. (3) The time of the onset, peak and persistence of all the characteristic features were similar; it is suggested that the course of HFRS may be self-limited. (4) Based on the clinical understanding and the effective results in the 446 early cases treated with fluid therapy alone, we consider that the effective treatment of HFRS is early and reasonable fluid therapy.