Egypt - Ministry of Health says 76 meningitis deaths in "past few days" is due to hot weather - August 15, 2015

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Video .. "health" reveal the cause of death of 76 people during the past few days

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Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman said the Ministry of Health, said that what is said about the reason for the death of 76 citizens is infected with "meningitis", far from the precision and science and logic rumors, and that the cause of their deaths is the high temperature. He said, during a phone call with the media Rasha Nabil in "Tani words" program broadcast on the satellite " Dream ", that the death penalty sun rate up to 44%, the age group most of the 65-year-old, and it shows in many countries, including: France , India , Japan and Pakistan . He explained that the World Health Organization divides Africa's "meningitis", and that Egypt from countries which are outside the high meningitis rates, pointing out that the annual rates of meningitis in Egypt 30 injured. He added that Egypt is vaccinating children against meningitis, travelers Egyptians and vaccinated before traveling to States that have spread out, stressing that meningitis from diseases that appear in autumn and winter, and rarely appeared in the summer.

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Fool ?Health? .. 150 suspected case b ?meningitis? in 4 hospitals

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17/08/2015 07:13:35
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Emergency Physicians: We receive daily at least 10 cases are converted most of them to ?diets? .. and concern the spread of meningitis in conjunction with heat wave
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At a time when rumors are reluctant about the spread of meningitis syndrome in Egypt insists the Ministry of Health that there are no cases of the disease, and that is what is happening, but ?thermal stress?. ?Liberation? penetrated the defenses of hospitals ?diets? in Egypt, and wandered into a number of them to reveal the fact that the mysterious deaths, the free Aho, which killed 92 civilians or that the virus, spread, and ?Health? continues to deny. Trying to ?Liberation? to answer those questions is worth reading ..
?Liberation? wandered hospitals ?or Egyptians, and Dar Al Shifa Abbasia, Abbasid and viruses, Abu Rish Japanese? show that emergency departments receive daily at least 10 cases infected with symptoms of high temperatures and vomiting and loss of consciousness, and recorded patient data in hospitals that most Tech cases have been transferred to ?diets?, having deteriorated, as emergency doctors confirmed that since the heat wave has been transferred more than 150 cases to the Fever Hospital in serious condition began, after the diagnosis was the initial thermal abortion, then the instructions came from the Ministry of Health to be converted into diets, and booked a room in intensive care after being suspected infected b ?meningitis?.
Ministry of Health for its part, denied the existence of meningitis, confirmed the words of its officials that cases of death as a result of heat stress, and it is a natural thing, and occurs in all countries of the world, not epidemic, while some doctors confirmed that there are a number of deaths appeared symptoms of meningitis-like symptoms strike the sun before their deaths.
Hospital ?or Egyptians? witnessed the influx of a large number of cases, which is suffering from high temperatures, said one of the doctors working at the hospital that there are many cases increased temperature suddenly, there are two cases Tofta actually, adding ?We doctors every one Bischoff cases form? , and there are cases comes in the form identical to the symptoms of heat stroke actually, there are other cases were under the supervision of other colleagues suffer from the symptoms of meningitis, convulsions or Tibsat before death.
A medical source said that meningitis is transmitted through the respiratory system to communicate directly with the patient closely or presence in places Traffic large gatherings increases the likelihood of HIV infection, stressing that it is supposed to Egypt outside the belt states endemic where meningitis from Senegal, pointing to Egypt that the vaccination rate is good, and the annual number of cases is not large, and noted ?all possibilities are open, and may be the quality of anti-bacteria vaccination, or that there will be another disease, it is possible to simply be an ordinary sun strikes?.
Dr. Ahmed Atef, Consultant diets, he said that doctors working in the hospital diets have confirmed that there is a marked increase in the number of people with high temperatures above 40 with disturbances in consciousness, some confirms that the death of a lot of cases the same symptoms of stroke sun.
He asked Atef If these symptoms have nothing to do meningitis also called the Ministry of Health permission should be examined deaths to find out the reasons, which kills dozens, stressing that no medical information sufficiently exist for cases that have been converted to a fever hospital after the deterioration of her condition.
Amina Mamdouh, who was waiting for her brother injured by a rise in temperatures in front of the Abbasid Fever Hospital, Ruth's ?Liberation? the story of her brother's sudden illness, where she said ?that her brother Mahmoud temperature rose suddenly three days ago, was transferred from the hospital to the Coast Fever Abbasid ?, curator pointed out that her brother rose temperature suddenly, even though he was not subjected to direct sunlight from the ground up, adding appeared on his body bloody rallies blue, hit by shortness of breath, saying that the doctors perplexed in the classification of the situation, some of them say that these symptoms of sunstroke normal, do not worry, and some of them say that strange virus, saying it was a sample of her brother's pull upon his arrival diets but ?we have not received the result yet!?.
At a time when the Ministry of Health confirmed that it has conducted tests on the victims of ?free?, whose numbers rose to 92 cases, the Ministry of Health laboratories denied they received one sample of cases of victims of ?free?, as confirmed by Dr. Dalal Munir, Deputy General Administration of coefficient Director Ministry of Health, that there is no suspicion of the existence of a strange virus has been analyzed, adding that he was not sent any samples to be analyzed by the hospital, he confirmed that samples are taken from patients and analyzed within the hospital, and did not reach any samples to the laboratories of the Ministry of Health, which means that it does not There is the suspicion of the existence of a strange virus.
And rumors spread of a virus ?Marsa?, Dalal The virus, said the type of bacteria and is treated, confirmed that no direct analysis of samples proved the presence of this virus in the previous period, and pointed out that it is not fatal anyway, adding that ?what is happening and the cause of death is thermal stress cases nothing else. ?
Dr. Hamdy Ibrahim, Fever Hospital director, for his part stressed that the cases that are suspected of being infected with rheumatoid meningitis are booked in the section of the insulation under the supervision of trained medical staff to deal with such cases, in terms of infection control, disinfection and sterilization and the use of condoms personal, pointing out that in the If you are sure of infection meningitis are case book in intensive care units, pointing out that the cases, which is reserved for intensive care that the symptoms of meningitis are similar to the symptoms of heat stroke, where starts rise in temperature, severe headaches, continuous vomiting, and up to a change in levels of awareness, concentration and movement, may lead to the loss of the senses of hearing or sight or damage to the memory or brain atrophy, and sometimes end in death, the case was delayed remedy the situation.
It is within the ?Abu Rish Japanese? Deputy Emergency Hospital confirmed that there is no suspected cases of meningitis infection, received by the hospital, but has been receiving cases of children with loss of awareness because of heat stroke, and was dealing with them healthy, and they came out on the same day.
Despite assurances from emergency departments in hospitals receive at least 10 cases infected with symptoms similar to meningitis daily, the Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health, denied this, stressing that the annual infection rate in Egypt meningitis between 25 and 30 cases, explaining the number of cases that have been recorded in Egypt meningitis since the beginning of January 2015 and to date does not exceed 5 cases.
Abdul Ghaffar pointed out that the World Health Organization Egypt as a country are classified outside the African countries known as the meningitis belt, stressing there is no country in the world require for its citizens vaccinated against meningitis before traveling to Egypt, adding that the Ministry of Health is to vaccinate school students a year against meningitis in the first years of incubation and the first Primary, Elementary, the first first afterthought.Hossam stressed that according to the World Health Organization, the meningitis diseases that commonly arise during the fall and winter and very rare incidence in the summer, and occur between contacts in one place, such as within the same family, but the cases that are coming to hospitals is one of spotty, and there is no epidemiological link between them.
He explained that the specialized medicine sector Preventive Health Ministry medical teams visited hospitals and situations that I hesitated to hospitals, show that there are no symptoms of the disease epidemic, both fever forklift or other, have also been found on laboratory tests, that were made to them, showing the absence of any signs indicate the presence of infectious have a disease, and after handling the cases of heat stress and sunstroke protocol application, including work compresses to reduce the heat, and put them in places of refrigerated air conditioning improved the situation of the injured, who arrived to the hospital in time, and the temperature dropped for most patients within a few hours. This reference to what also was raised on the cases that I hesitated is a virus Koruna, the Ministry of Health confirms that the corona virus, which appeared in 2012 and happened to him injuries in some countries of the world, and that in Egypt did not occur only one case in April 2014, and was for someone coming from Saudi Arabia, and that this case is the only case in which they Koruna infection, was treated and cured, and no registration of any other cases.
Ministry of Health for its part, still emphasizes again and again that what happened to the cases that called at hospitals due to exposure to heat stress or heat stroke, and there is no indication or refers to the other, which was confirmed by the statement issued to confirm that the high incidence of stress thermal and mortality rates especially among the most vulnerable groups to be affected by stress warming at higher air temperatures is a scientific fact constant, confirming the statement that that, according to reports issued for Disease Control in Atlanta Center in the United States that the death penalty sun rate up to 44% of cases in the age group more than 65 years, the report said that early diagnosis and treatment linked to lower mortality to 10%, while up to 80% in cases where delayed diagnosis and treatment, as the statement confirmed that he saw many of the world increase in the rates of death due to exposure of its citizens to stress warming, as a result of climate warming on the rates at certain times as ?France, Japan, India, Pakistan?.
Symptoms .. 33% of the patients talked to them cramps
Be the cause of the disease viral infection, and are mostly simple infection can be easily treated, and begins to improve during the three days, and be completely cured in two weeks, and the infection can also be innate, which is less common, people who suffer from the disorder immune system and infect, such as AIDS patients. The reason may be a bacterial infection, which is the most dangerous at all, which caused mostly three types of bacteria, including meningococcal, and occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream directly to the mucous membranes of the brain, or pneumococcus, which causes pneumonia, and may lead as well as to the middle ear inflammation, or influenza Madmmh type ?B?, which is responsible for one of the types of bacterial influenza, and was the cause of many infections meningitis vaccine before using it.
10% mortality rate in the cases of children under 4 years
The disease affects infants, children and adults, and whenever the injury early in the age of increased risk, where you can end disease death in 10% of cases in children under 4 years, especially newborns, if not immediate treatment at the hospital, and less dangerous in adults and adolescents, then back to the high percentage of patients over sixty years.
Treatment
The meningitis disease medical emergency summons access to the hospital quick and accurate diagnosis, which should result in immediate treatment. The disease is diagnosed -vdila disclose clinical and history taking patients Benayh- by taking a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain, which is the most important test and the most accurate, where confirms meningitis through cellular Physical examination of the fluid (CSF), which contains in the case of illness a low of glucose with a large proportion of protein and white blood cells, and can also specify which of the bacteria causing the infection type.
And while the patient is waiting for the appearance of the results, you should start treatment, even before making sure of the diagnosis, and are rays of a stratified cross-sectional action or magnetic resonance either brain or associated with inflammation areas meningitis, such as sinusitis or middle ear, and can also work to make the lumbar spine , but it does not fit for many patients, especially patients with hypertension or respiratory system, where they can not afford the procedure, as well as not fit in with tumors in the brain or increased pressure in the brain. It also is unusual rays on the skull or sinuses procedure, can also be shaved farm work, but they do not give a true picture, where you can not identify which disease-causing bacteria type.

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Ministry of Health denies meningitis outbreak in Luxor following deaths

A total of 110 deaths across Egypt are not related to viral infections

Joana Saba August 22, 2015
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On Tuesday, a woman in a Luxor hospital died showing symptoms of meningitis, local media reported. The 26-year-old suffered fevers and other symptoms commensurate with the disease, however tests undertaken in Luxor found that she did not die of meningitis but of severe heat-stroke. The samples have been sent to Cairo for further testing.
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Over 110 deaths have been attributed to the difficult temperatures. Certain reports had suggested that some of the deaths were due to an outbreak of meningitis.

Ministry of Health spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar also told local media that "all the deaths and injuries have been caused by heat stress", and said that the rumours about viral infections spreading in Egypt were "unfounded".
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http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/08/22/ministry-of-health-denies-meningitis-outbreak-in-luxor-following-deaths/