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Guarded prognosis
A child is hospitalized Sao Tome Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
The case was confirmed from the Secretariat of Health of the neighboring municipality. This is a three-year boy who is hospitalized since Friday at the Children's Hospital. While the prognosis is guarded, the child had an evolution from the time of admission. In our country there are only 350 cases per year of illness.
24.01.2012 | 10:49 hs. ? Source: Sao Tome Day
The Health Undersecretary of the Ministry confirmed yesterday that a three year old child is hospitalized at Children's Hospital with symptoms of hemolytic uremic syndrome. The prognosis is guarded and the child presents an evolution from the time of admission. The holder of the undersecretary mentioned, Dr. Mario Montenegro, said that "the case is confirmed, the child is housed in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Children and according to the latest information we have is evolving favorably. It is noteworthy that this syndrome is endemic in South America, particularly Argentina. " "In our country there are 300 to 350 cases per year and the disease is caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli. You can have complications such as kidney failure, anemia and neurological problems, "he said. He stressed that "it is a disease that occurs in children under 5 years, begins with a picture of diarrhea, which adds abdominal pain, vomiting, pallor and decreased urine output. It is important for parents to consider these symptoms to consult in a timely manner, because the treatment is specifically for confinement. " Asked if he knew about how the child had contracted the disease, Montenegro said, "it is known that this bacterium is present in bovine, farm and the main source of infection is undercooked meat, especially in the burgers. Also unpasteurized milk and contaminated water are factors of contagion. " Undersecretary of Health said that the main measures of prevention in the home are cooking meat thoroughly, especially if they are burgers consumed unpasteurized milk and milk products; use different utensils for cutting raw meat and cooked food or are not subjected to cooking and washing hands thoroughly after handling raw meat. Finally, Montenegro said that "most of these pictures is cured in some cases may have chronic renal failure and has a death rate between 3 and 5%. In this case the child is progressing well, began urinating on the fourth day of diagnosis of the syndrome and this is a good prognosis. "