Leptospirosis

Fever, muscle pain, exhaustion. Perhaps jaundice, perhaps kidney problems, perhaps headaches that refuse to lift. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infectious disease that seizes the entire body — liver, kidneys, blood vessels, sometimes the brain. In its severe form, Weil's disease, it can become life-threatening.

The medical explanation is clear: leptospires, spiral-shaped bacteria, penetrate through small skin injuries or mucous membranes, usually through contaminated water. So far, the level of the pathogen. But the psychosomatic perspective asks a different question — one that is at least equally serious: what has created a breeding ground in your inner life? Why is your system vulnerable right now? And what does the place where the disease strikes — liver, kidneys, blood vessels — tell you about what has gone out of balance within you?