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Valle del Cauca recorded 95 new cases of Tuberculosis
Study of the Foundation for Education and Social Development shows that 15 per cent of people in the department are under five.
By: Writing The Pa?sMartes, February 26, 2013Temas: Vallesalud
Study by high rates of tuberculosis in Cali and BuenaventuraAlerta by increasing cases of tuberculosis in Carthage, North Valle
The diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Valle del Cauca are more common than believed. This is evidenced by a report by the Foundation for Education and Social Development, FES, with advice from the Fundaci?n Valle del Lili and Icesi University, which indicates that so far this year there have been in the department 95 cases of patients with this disease, of whom 15% are children under five.
Paola Perez, a pediatric infectious disease of Valle del Lili Foundation and member of the research team, explained that "the most vulnerable are children under five years, because the process of healing in them is more difficult and time consuming."
Specialist added that symptoms in them are not as visible and laboratory tests are less sensitive. "These cases are reported, but we believe that many children die of tuberculosis in the city without realizing it."
Another of the researchers on the study, Martha Moyano said that most TB patients are 18 and 20 communes of Cali. "But all we can give."
Cristhian Pallares, head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Hospital Universitario del Valle, HUV, said he "admitted to hospital weekly between ten and fourteen patients with tuberculosis."
He added that "so far this year have died in hospital three patients from the disease. Some referred to Buenaventura and other hillside area of Cali. "
According to a report from the National Institute of Health, NIH, in 2012 in the Valley 2233 there were cases of tuberculosis.
For the particular case of Cali, the Ministry of Public Health reported in 2012, 196 cases in children and adolescents under 15 years.
Ariza Joseph Araujo, a physician and epidemiologist Icesi University, said the study seeks to "tell the patient where to go and what should be the process of treatment of this disease."
Upon investigation
The study, according to researchers, is a working guide for health institutions in Cali, in order for the patient to have a proper diagnosis, treatment and medical management supervised effectively.
Some of the providers of health centers report data were Ca?averalejo Hospital Health Center and Hospital Siloam Mario Correa Rengifo.
A person in a year can infect ten to fifteen people. The hillside area has historically provided the largest number of patients, adults and children with tuberculosis.
Treatment of tuberculosis is several weeks.