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  • Costa Rica: Schoolboy who died of H1N1 is the first young victim

    After the death of the young Jordan Espinoza of 16 years by H1N1, the authorities of the Technical College Professional Oco?a Jesus Rojas, where he was studying, increased the sanitary measures. This student became the first case of a young person deceased by this virus.

    Jordan Espinoza income the last October 30 to the Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela with a box of cough, shortness of breath and fever. According to the medical diagnosis, the young man acquired pneumonia in both lungs and was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit because he was found to have an hemorrhage in this body and in spite of having received the antiviral antibiotics and four, the next day the situation was further complicated causing death. According to the sample taken and sent to the INCIENSA, Espinoza was carrying the H1N1 influenza, currently the Alajuela hospital is conducting an autopsy, despite the confirmation of the results of the reviews. The epidemiologist of Health Surveillance, Dr. Henry Wasserman, confirmed that this is the first case of this year of a person so young who died from this disease. "As we can see, the majority of those who died from H1N1 are elderly, diabetics, asthmatics, obese, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by the smoked; but this is the first case of a young man of only 16 years and that he presented a picture of H1N1 very aggressive," explained Dr. Wasserman. According to figures supplied by the expert, is already accounted for 52 deaths by all respiratory viruses, these 26 are by influenza A subtype H1N1.
    Prior to this death of Jordan Espinoza, reported the death of a 57-year-old woman nearby San Ramon Alajuela, the October 12. She had a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the product of many years of smoking.

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