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Increased respiratory illnesses in children from low temperatures
In the town of Jalpa de Mendez reported up to 30 percent incidence of airway disease in both infants and adults older.
14.12.2011 ? Regions
Up to 30 percent increased respiratory illnesses in recent days, the most likely to acquire the children and the elderly, due to sudden temperature drops, the product of 17 and icy cold front this season own making there is high humidity, which is efficient cultivation for such diseases.
The doctor Jos? Eloy Gomez Hernandez, director of community hospital this community reported that due to low temperatures cool nights and mornings have been generated today, high temperatures changing by less enjoyable, which fell to 23 degrees, product of the cold front number 17 brought with them winds up to 70 miles per hour, which are typical of this season, have started experiencing problems such as respiratory infections, pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, pneumonia and chronic asthma, to A thirty percent of the children and older adult community.
G?mez Hern?ndez, recommended to the population to take preventive measures in these cases, as well to entertain our infants and grandparents, do not allow them to leave tomorrow night or unnecessarily, seek health sector modules or family physician, when the first symptoms of a cold or cough, to be given the right medication and care, and also invites people over 50 years, under five, pregnant women, hypertension and diabetes, come to the modules to get the seasonal influenza vaccine, which will be putting all this week.
"It is a preventive measure eating foods rich in vitamins A and C and exposed to room temperature after eight at night, especially children under 5 and adults over 65, because these are more likely to acquire respiratory infections , which can endanger their lives, "he said.