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Diagnosed dengue instead of influenza
Laura Toribio
They have only confirmed 50 thousand, of the 105 thousand cases likely transmitted by evil mosquitoAlgunos suspected dengue cases may actually be a human influenza, because some physicians are confusing the diagnosis of both diseases, the Ministry of Health admitted.
Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion of the department, Mauricio Hern?ndez Avila explained that the 105 thousand cases of probable dengue so far this year have been confirmed only 50 thousand, so it is believed that the remainder could be cases of influenza A H1N1.
"The mortality of dengue remains similar to what we had last year. This year we face two joint epidemic, is the epidemic of influenza and dengue epidemic, and then I see that doctors sometimes do not have a good differential diagnosis between the two and confused. Many of the cases we are seeing are actually dengue influenza, and this we know because we have confirmation rate is lower than we had last year at this time is 40 percent, "he explained.
Interviewed after inaugurating the forum on childhood obesity interventions, the official acknowledged, however, that there has been an increase in dengue cases in several states that had never even had the presence of the mosquito, as the urban area of Guadalajara.
In Tabasco and Veracruz, he said, on Monday started a campaign of spraying due to stagnant water due to heavy rains, which promotes the proliferation of mosquito.
"The problem we are facing right now is sanitation, we have very high densities of mosquito transmitting dengue are not necessarily but it is bothering people," he said.
Another phenomenon about the disease is that the mosquito that causes it has generated resistance from the country's eight states, including Tabasco, Colima, Chiapas and Oaxaca.
"The mosquitoes are selecting stocks that are more resistant to insecticides, then these species, say, mosquitoes are to be playing more and going to dominate, at the time you change the insecticide reduces these species. What states are doing is making their biological testing of susceptibility to buy the best insecticides, "he said.
The Commissioner for Influenza Care in the Health Sector, Alejandro Mac?as, also said that dengue may be confused with influenza.
"The two are fever, both can give, for example, some laboratory abnormalities very similar, then it can become confusing, so in places where there is much dengue at this time we recommend that if you give influenza treatment, but do not dismiss another possibility, which is dengue, "he explained.
He clarified that not a situation you are reporting a massive scale.
Diagnosed dengue instead of influenza
Laura Toribio
They have only confirmed 50 thousand, of the 105 thousand cases likely transmitted by evil mosquitoAlgunos suspected dengue cases may actually be a human influenza, because some physicians are confusing the diagnosis of both diseases, the Ministry of Health admitted.
Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion of the department, Mauricio Hern?ndez Avila explained that the 105 thousand cases of probable dengue so far this year have been confirmed only 50 thousand, so it is believed that the remainder could be cases of influenza A H1N1.
"The mortality of dengue remains similar to what we had last year. This year we face two joint epidemic, is the epidemic of influenza and dengue epidemic, and then I see that doctors sometimes do not have a good differential diagnosis between the two and confused. Many of the cases we are seeing are actually dengue influenza, and this we know because we have confirmation rate is lower than we had last year at this time is 40 percent, "he explained.
Interviewed after inaugurating the forum on childhood obesity interventions, the official acknowledged, however, that there has been an increase in dengue cases in several states that had never even had the presence of the mosquito, as the urban area of Guadalajara.
In Tabasco and Veracruz, he said, on Monday started a campaign of spraying due to stagnant water due to heavy rains, which promotes the proliferation of mosquito.
"The problem we are facing right now is sanitation, we have very high densities of mosquito transmitting dengue are not necessarily but it is bothering people," he said.
Another phenomenon about the disease is that the mosquito that causes it has generated resistance from the country's eight states, including Tabasco, Colima, Chiapas and Oaxaca.
"The mosquitoes are selecting stocks that are more resistant to insecticides, then these species, say, mosquitoes are to be playing more and going to dominate, at the time you change the insecticide reduces these species. What states are doing is making their biological testing of susceptibility to buy the best insecticides, "he said.
The Commissioner for Influenza Care in the Health Sector, Alejandro Mac?as, also said that dengue may be confused with influenza.
"The two are fever, both can give, for example, some laboratory abnormalities very similar, then it can become confusing, so in places where there is much dengue at this time we recommend that if you give influenza treatment, but do not dismiss another possibility, which is dengue, "he explained.
He clarified that not a situation you are reporting a massive scale.