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Saturday, January 7, 2012
The epidemiological alert for Influenza AH1N1 remains
2012-01-05 07:06:24
Eight to ten suspected cases of H1N1 influenza week is reported by the Ministry of Health in the northern state of Quintana Roo, where to date no positive cases have the disease in this classification, but in their Type A seasonal, number of epidemiological week 51 of 2011, has accumulated two cases, which have been detected in the municipality of Benito Juarez, which is why maintain the epidemiological alert.
At the national level, low temperatures have been reported in recent weeks have caused a spike in cases of the H1N1 virus, which primarily have occurred in the states of Tlaxcala and Oaxaca, where the latter have reported 18 cases, the vast majority of workers on the health belonging to the Mexican Social Security Institute, while nationally, the last statistic shows that by 2011 virtually closed with the record (missing last week to assess) a little over 24 million acute respiratory infections, the 58 000 259 which correspond to the north of the state of Quintana Roo.
Although in those states have strengthened the epidemiological alert to the first cases of this disease, which affected the country in 2009 causing a severe economic crisis, head the department of epidemiology at the Sanitary District Number Two, Fernando Rodriguez Monter said that so far in the six municipalities of the north of the state, there are no positive cases of the disease AH1N1 its kind, but acknowledged that There are two confirmed cases of seasonal influenza, which were detected in the municipality benitojuarense, why also in the northern part of the alert state is maintained.
He explained that on a weekly basis, are recorded through the hospital from 8 to 10 suspected cases of influenza AH1N1, same as are presented in patients with severe acute respiratory infection, such as shortness of breath, bronchitis and pneumonia, with fever and malaise, and that the degree of complication does not respond adequately to a initial management.
He explained that these suspected cases are subjected to specific studies, such as the throat, without which so far has confirmed a case of H1N1 disease in its classification, being that so far this year 474 have been studied cases were considered suspects.
Monter Rodriguez recalled that the H1N1 flu symptoms consist in the presence of fever above 39 degrees Celsius, malaise, cough and flu, noting that even if the cases are suspected treatment is based administration of the drug Oseltamivir, one tablet every 12 hours for five days and Sanamivir, which is used in hospitalized patients.
With regard to influenza vaccination, said that according to data corresponding to the epidemiological week 51, is applied a total of 17 000 479 shots a goal of 64 000 doses, which is an improvement of just over 27 percent.