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Health alert for increased respiratory symptoms by cold
The low temperatures expected for the next two weeks could increase diseases such as the MSP. Meanwhile, some 400 000 H1N1 vaccines are still available.
By Rom?n Luj?n
luroman@uhora.com.py
Respiratory viruses are here. With the low temperatures recorded in the country, they found a setting that facilitates the development of mechanisms of virulence and transmission of respiratory diseases.
The highest incidence of these conditions shall be in the next two weeks, announced yesterday by Dr. Ivan Allende, director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health (MSP) stressed that these viruses are in full circulation.
To cope with this upsurge of respiratory symptoms, public health authorities recommend that people showing symptoms of disease stay home, to prevent transmission and spread of these diseases, and especially for cases A H1N1 not continue adding to our territory.
So far, since there were two deaths and 30 confirmed cases of H1N1 pandemic influenza in the last seven weeks epidemiology. 40% of these cases behaved as serious infections.
The positive, as Allende, is that pandemic influenza is not circulating in the country in bulk, but is concentrated in the regions of Guaira, Caazap? and Alto Parana, where there was an increase of cases in recent weeks, in addition to are sporadic in Asuncion.
At this time, the outbreaks that occurred in Alto Paran? Caazap? and had no major impact, so it strengthens the "thought that in Paraguay the H1N1 virus is more of a respiratory virus and not the predominant virus," said Allende .
The virus that dominates the national spectrum is the respiratory syncytial, and his paintings come in all ages, and can be deadly, especially in young children usually under one year of age.
The Health Surveillance report finds that the prevalence of influenza A H1N1 is mostly seen in children over five years, school children, adolescents and older adults of reproductive age. For this reason, Allende recommended to parents who come to health services before the first suspicions of flu, in order to avoid complicating respiratory cases.
VACCINES. About 400 thousand doses are still available and stored in crates waiting for the risk population in the centers of the Ministry of Health.
The doctor explained that 70% of pregnant women have not benefited from the trivalent vaccine.
He said the vaccination coverage of children under six months to three years to be applied twice the dose is only 7%.
He suggested to take cold this weekend to attend health services be checkups with suspected respiratory symptoms or to be immunized antiinfluenza.
Reduce cases of DENGUE
The cold forecast for the next few days will work to cut the transmission of dengue. In fact, in the last three weeks of the epidemic there were no case reports. Ivan Allende stated that in all axes of the country and in several health regions were not cases. However, this week reported that the hospitalization was recorded for a person with severe dengue IPS intensive care, so he insisted further eliminate breeding sites.
Health alert for increased respiratory symptoms by cold
The low temperatures expected for the next two weeks could increase diseases such as the MSP. Meanwhile, some 400 000 H1N1 vaccines are still available.
By Rom?n Luj?n
luroman@uhora.com.py
Respiratory viruses are here. With the low temperatures recorded in the country, they found a setting that facilitates the development of mechanisms of virulence and transmission of respiratory diseases.
The highest incidence of these conditions shall be in the next two weeks, announced yesterday by Dr. Ivan Allende, director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Public Health (MSP) stressed that these viruses are in full circulation.
To cope with this upsurge of respiratory symptoms, public health authorities recommend that people showing symptoms of disease stay home, to prevent transmission and spread of these diseases, and especially for cases A H1N1 not continue adding to our territory.
So far, since there were two deaths and 30 confirmed cases of H1N1 pandemic influenza in the last seven weeks epidemiology. 40% of these cases behaved as serious infections.
The positive, as Allende, is that pandemic influenza is not circulating in the country in bulk, but is concentrated in the regions of Guaira, Caazap? and Alto Parana, where there was an increase of cases in recent weeks, in addition to are sporadic in Asuncion.
At this time, the outbreaks that occurred in Alto Paran? Caazap? and had no major impact, so it strengthens the "thought that in Paraguay the H1N1 virus is more of a respiratory virus and not the predominant virus," said Allende .
The virus that dominates the national spectrum is the respiratory syncytial, and his paintings come in all ages, and can be deadly, especially in young children usually under one year of age.
The Health Surveillance report finds that the prevalence of influenza A H1N1 is mostly seen in children over five years, school children, adolescents and older adults of reproductive age. For this reason, Allende recommended to parents who come to health services before the first suspicions of flu, in order to avoid complicating respiratory cases.
VACCINES. About 400 thousand doses are still available and stored in crates waiting for the risk population in the centers of the Ministry of Health.
The doctor explained that 70% of pregnant women have not benefited from the trivalent vaccine.
He said the vaccination coverage of children under six months to three years to be applied twice the dose is only 7%.
He suggested to take cold this weekend to attend health services be checkups with suspected respiratory symptoms or to be immunized antiinfluenza.
Reduce cases of DENGUE
The cold forecast for the next few days will work to cut the transmission of dengue. In fact, in the last three weeks of the epidemic there were no case reports. Ivan Allende stated that in all axes of the country and in several health regions were not cases. However, this week reported that the hospitalization was recorded for a person with severe dengue IPS intensive care, so he insisted further eliminate breeding sites.