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[FONT="]Ningbo aunt Philippines travel back to high fever and complicated with pneumonia was diagnosed as dengue fever[/FONT]
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[FONT="]August 14, 2019 15:27:49 Source: Ningbo Evening News Tong Cheng Hong Wang Feng[/FONT]
[FONT="] On the 4th day after returning from the Philippines, the 60-year-old aunt had a high fever to 40 ?C and had pneumonia. After two weeks from Cambodia, the 40-year-old man?s platelets plummeted... Recently, the reporter learned from the Ningbo CDC that since June There have been many cases of imported dengue fever in our city.Returning from Southeast Asian countries
Individual citizens have tragedy
According to Chen Wei, deputy director of Ningbo CDC, dengue fever is a typical mosquito-borne disease. The disease can be divided into three types: typical, light and heavy. Among them, patients with severe dengue fever or respiratory failure and bleeding Sexual shock and death within 24 hours.
Zheng Nanhong, director of the Acute Infectious Diseases Department of the National University of Science and Technology, mentioned two patients who were newly admitted.
One person is 60-year-old Wang Aunt (huahua). In late June, her daughter took her to the Philippines for a week. Unexpectedly, on July 4th, she returned to China on the 4th day and suddenly had a high fever to 40?C, accompanied by vomiting. Two days later, she developed a rash. The diagnosis of dengue fever was confirmed by primary screening antibody examination.
On July 6, Wang Aunt was transferred to the National University of Science and Technology Hospital for further treatment. Due to high blood pressure, diabetes and other basic diseases, the physical condition is not good, Wang Aunt has complicated pneumonia, liver function has also been affected, and was discharged after 11 days of hospitalization.
The other patient is 40-year-old Mr. Ke. At the end of May, he went to Cambodia, returned to China on June 1, and started a high fever on June 15. In the following days, he developed chills, headache, systemic rash, and platelets continued to fall, eventually falling to 38,000. Normal adults should be around 125,000. After losing 10 units of platelets and receiving a series of symptomatic treatments, the condition improved. After 8 days in hospital, Mr. Ke recovered and was discharged.
"Dengue patients who visit our hospital this year are all imported, relatively younger, have fewer underlying diseases, and recover relatively quickly." Zheng Nanhong revealed.
"Flower Leg Mosquito" is the culprit
The number of cases in the province is 5 times that of the same period last year.
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