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North Sumatra: Chikungunya cases

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.analisadaily.com/index.p...us-di-9-kabupatenkota&catid=31:umum&Itemid=30

Sumut KLB Chikungunya, 1.492 Kasus di 9 Kabupaten/Kota
Medan, (Analisa)

Google translation:

Chikungunya Sumut KLB, 1492 in Case 9 District
Medan, (Analysis)

Chikungunya disease merebak in 9 districts / cities in North Sumatra. The case has increased dramatically even including extraordinary events (KLB). Since March 2009 to 8 June 2009 there are at least 1492 cases.

Said Head of Department of Health Sumut Candra Syafei SpOG through P2P Suhadi Section Chief in his office, Monday (8 / 6).
Described in detail, District Paluta have 48 cases, Serdang Bedagai already 715 cases, Deli Serdang have 80 cases that occurred in the Three Village Sumbul Hulu Juhar STM 40 cases and the Village Hutajurung Talun Kenas STM Downstream there are 40 cases.

Then, in the District Asahan occurred 93 cases, there Labuhan Batu North 276, South Labuhan Batu 151 cases, 59 cases of Labuhan Batu. South nias have also reported 80 cases, and District 70 have Langkat case cikungunya.

"The number of all 1492 cases of chikungunya have. Supervise the distribution of the speed, the current chikungunya have been at the extraordinary incident (KLB) and increased dramatically compared to years ago, "a Suhadi.


Dijelaskannya, the causes of this disease is a kind of virus, and alphavirus that is transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito. Mosquitoes also transmit the same disease dengue fever dengue. Although still "brothers" with the scarlet fever, this disease does not kill.

Main symptoms of the disease chikungunya is exposed suddenly feel the body followed by rheumatic fever in the joint. In fact, as one of the symptoms that typically are the occurrence of stiff-stiff feeling, pain, pain relief is also on the bone-bone, it is as a fever or flu rib bones.

Painful Sari

Even if it does not kill, but that chikungunya comes from the Swahili language in accordance with the symptoms of the sufferer, which means that (body position) bend or curve, to the postures of the bend due to severe joint pain (arthralgia).

While the virus breed in the blood, people feel pain in the bone-tulangnya especially around the joint so that it does not dare to move the body. However, there does not mean paralysis.

Incubation period of chikungunya fever from two to four days. Manifestation of the disease lasts three to 10 days. The virus is self limiting disease, including lost alias itself. However, the pain is still left behind in a matter of weeks to months.

Asked more about Dinkes Sumut efforts, according to him, far Dinkes Sumut is coordinating with Dinkes district for tackling chikungunya fever is.

However, prevention is cheap and effective way to combat mosquitoes is to drain a shelter water, bathtub, flower vase, and so forth, at least once a week, because the mosquitoes are breeding from the egg to mature within a period of 7-10 days .

Page or the garden around the house must be clean of objects that allows to clean water, especially in the rainy season. House doors and windows should be opened every day, starting the morning until the afternoon, so that fresh air and sunlight can enter, so that the exchange of air occurs and a healthy lighting.

Disease-based environment, so the effort is both the most public role in implementing the system clean and healthy living from the environment itself. Other efforts, including the conduct fumigation (fogging). "What, spreading from the DBD as aedes aegypti mosquito," sebutnya. (Nai)
 
Re: No. Sumatra: Chikungunya cases

Re: No. Sumatra: Chikungunya cases

Source: http://www.hariansumutpos.com/2009/07/ratusan-warga-terkapar.html

Ratusan Warga Terkapar
09:56 | Selasa, 7 Juli 2009
Chikungunya Serang Langkat

Google translation:


Home ?Region? Hundreds of sprawl
Hundreds of sprawl
09:56 | Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Chikungunya Serang Langkat

Langkat-disease chikungunya and dengue fever Dongue (DBD) caused Aedes aegypti mosquito bites in infecting Langkat District. At least hundreds of residents in the three districts in Langkat disease that cause high fever and pain in this joint. District Three is the Tualang Padang District, and Batang Sawit across Sarangan.

According to the description of Tri Yanto (32), Chairman of the Karang Taruna Kecamatan Batang Sarangan, Langkat, when found in Stabat, said as many as 500 residents in the three districts are still exposed to the disease due to sprawl cikungunya and DBD.

Say, at this time of the disease is not harmful to get serious attention from the Public Health Langkat. "So far I have not see the Health Department to prevention efforts in the area," he added.

Mernyikapi that case, the Head of Public Health Langkat, dr Indra Solahuddin confirmed when the case is already in progress a long time, so that could be the number of people suffering chikungnya reach hundreds of people in the three districts. To mengantisipasinya, government health officials have been direct in the three districts that memfogging for the entire region fell ill cikungunya and DBD.

He also confessed the difficulties in anticipating outbreaks of disease because the Omo region of disease that most of the area of oil palm plantation. "Yes, that's the. Because of the area, we make prevention difficult. So, I imbau all parties to prefer the 3 M (cover, drain, cleaning) for the sake of sharing. (ndi)
 
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