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Epidemiologist warns that one person a day dies from pneumonia in Tamaulipas
By : Lupita Dominguez | Gazette Tamaulipas
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. - The epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, Alfredo Rodr?guez Trujillo reported that according to statistics from the dependence in Tamaulipas 365 people die each year from diseases of pneumonia, which is equivalent to a daily death from the disease. the official said that this figure shows that before the incidence of the disease the risk of dying from this evil is 0.03 percent. explained that based on data collected by the agency have the record of one million people with respiratory problems. "What predominates are acute respiratory infections and of this order of patients, approximately 1 through the 2 percent generated pneumonia pneumonia and this makes patients entering hospitals." Trujillo Rodriguez said that the signs and symptoms of patients with pneumonia include coughing, fever, chills, shortness of breath, chest pain when breathing deeply, vomiting, loss of appetite, exhaustion and body aches. added that also may be present in blood mixed sputum (spit). Fever pneumonia is usually high. One of the possible complications of pneumonia is the formation of pleural effusion. patients live longer may have an atypical, with little cough and no fever. Sometimes pneumonia in this group is presented only with prostration and mental changes such as disorientation and mental confusion. Trujillo Rodriguez explained that extensive pneumonia, if much lung tissue is affected, the patient may go into respiratory failure, ortotraqueal intubation being necessary, mechanical ventilation and hospitalization in intensive care unit (ICU). In this context called for the general population for the early signs of disease go to the nearest medical facility for treatment because the demand addressed sooner or medical care too late or whether patients are also carriers of other disease, is complicated health and die. Epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health explained that the problems of pneumonia are caused by many things including respiratory, bacterial, fungi, pesticides or community-acquired pneumonia. "The year recorded 365 deaths, I mean that in a week recorded seven deaths per week, one day, but the number of deaths continues in this range, "he reiterated