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Repeated calls to drop our guard not to influenza A
August 20, 2009 - 17:43 --
Mexico, Aug 20 (Notimex) .- El director general of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), Jos? Rogelio P?rez Padilla reiterated the appeal to the people "not to lower our guard," in the presence of influenza A (H1N1) .
Interviewed at the symposium "Smoking in Mexico:" How to avoid 60 thousand premature deaths each year? ", The official health sector said that the epidemic has not disappeared in the Federal District and other entities in the country.
"There is no longer deal with cases of influenza A (H1N1), but lowered the epidemic peak, practically every day there are in the hospital an average of between 10 and 14 patients suspected of evil, and almost half of them serious , "he said.
It confirmed that each patient is reported, there are two more with symptoms suggestive verify.
According to the latest report from the Health Secretariat (SSA), until Wednesday night were 19 thousand 712 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1), of whom 170 died.
It was pointed out that of the 170 deaths, 82.9 percent had fever, 84.7 percent, cough, 75.9 percent, trouble breathing, 52.4 percent, expectoration, and 47.1 percent overall attack.
Of these deaths, 49.4 percent were women and 50.6 percent, men 71.8 per cent were between 20 and 54 years of age.
He explained that in the 32 states are confirmed cases, but most are concentrated in Chiapas, followed by Yucat?n, Mexico, Jalisco, Veracruz, Tamaulipas and Tabasco.
The director general of the INER insisted that "the most important message is that one should not lower our guard, we must all take care and protections."
He added that it must be because the virus still circulates everywhere, and it is very worrying that in the summer cases are recorded, especially as the frequency increases and come another outbreak in the Federal District and metropolitan area.
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He noted that reinforce preventive measures for winter, because the time is more propitious for the flu, the cold, said that good news is that the capital and the metropolitan area has a group of people who have spent by infection and is immune.
With regard to deaths, noted that the referral hospital is an occasional death. "The deaths have declined and are quieter, but the virus has not been nor will be, we are in a period of relative rest," he explained.
The institute has treated nearly 250 patients who were hospitalized, of whom one third required intensive care and mechanical breathing, which was a heavy burden. "We are the hospital more severely ill patients who attended this year," he recalled.
The director of INER reported that people infected nearly half were healthy, without diabetes, obesity, hypertension or other chronic illness that made them more vulnerable.
He reiterated that the hospital is prepared to face the upturn is expected in the winter season, since it has a flag and one for influenza is ready in the event that you need and are craft with 30 beds.
"In total there are 170 beds, and we will move at the pace as needed according to demand," said Perez Padilla.