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15/05/2009 --
1st case of transmission from domestic swine flu is highly medical in Rio
DIANA BRITO
The boy of 29 years which was the first domestic case of transmission of swine influenza in Brazil was discharged and left the Medical University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, in Ilha do Fund?o, Rio, on the afternoon of Friday. The direction of the unit said the couple went around 14h the hospital. Brazil has eight confirmed cases of the disease and another 35 are considered suspects.
The couple should have received high yesterday (14), after fulfilling all ten days of isolation provided in the case of the disease, but the doctors said they mistook the entry of the boy and why he just released this Friday. He was hospitalized on 5.
Still according to the doctors, the patient is cured released. He has not received any medical advice and is well, according to the direction of the hospital.
His mother, hospitalized since last Saturday (9) with symptoms of the disease, also goes well and no longer presents the framework for most viral pneumonia, according to doctors. She looks at the insulation until the end of the period of risk of contagion.
Cases
Fell to 35 the number of people with symptoms of swine flu - influenza A (H1N1) - Brazil. So this Thursday, the Ministry of Health followed 38 patients. The country has eight confirmed cases of the disease.
SYMPTOMS
The swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by influenza A virus, called H1N1. It is transmitted from person to person and has symptoms similar to common flu, with fever over 38 ? C, cough, severe headache, muscle pain and joints, irritation of the eyes and nasal flow.
To diagnose the infection, a respiratory sample should be collected in four or five days of illness when infected person spreads the virus, and examined in the laboratory. The antigripais Tamiflu and Relenza, already used against avian influenza are effective against the H1N1 virus, according to laboratory tests, and appear to give practical result, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control United States).
1st case of transmission from domestic swine flu is highly medical in Rio
DIANA BRITO
The boy of 29 years which was the first domestic case of transmission of swine influenza in Brazil was discharged and left the Medical University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, in Ilha do Fund?o, Rio, on the afternoon of Friday. The direction of the unit said the couple went around 14h the hospital. Brazil has eight confirmed cases of the disease and another 35 are considered suspects.
The couple should have received high yesterday (14), after fulfilling all ten days of isolation provided in the case of the disease, but the doctors said they mistook the entry of the boy and why he just released this Friday. He was hospitalized on 5.
Still according to the doctors, the patient is cured released. He has not received any medical advice and is well, according to the direction of the hospital.
His mother, hospitalized since last Saturday (9) with symptoms of the disease, also goes well and no longer presents the framework for most viral pneumonia, according to doctors. She looks at the insulation until the end of the period of risk of contagion.
Cases
Fell to 35 the number of people with symptoms of swine flu - influenza A (H1N1) - Brazil. So this Thursday, the Ministry of Health followed 38 patients. The country has eight confirmed cases of the disease.
SYMPTOMS
The swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by influenza A virus, called H1N1. It is transmitted from person to person and has symptoms similar to common flu, with fever over 38 ? C, cough, severe headache, muscle pain and joints, irritation of the eyes and nasal flow.
To diagnose the infection, a respiratory sample should be collected in four or five days of illness when infected person spreads the virus, and examined in the laboratory. The antigripais Tamiflu and Relenza, already used against avian influenza are effective against the H1N1 virus, according to laboratory tests, and appear to give practical result, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control United States).
