Respiratory infections on the rise

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Monday, June 28, 2010 / 11:32 h

Respiratory infections on the rise


Claudia Solorzano
Diario Co Latino Writing

Cases of acute respiratory infections (IRAS) No let up to the doctors at the Hospital Nacional de Ni?os Benjamin Bloom, where staff is concerned about the trend.

So far this year, the doctors reported a cumulative total of 5000 553 cases of respiratory infections, of these, one thousand 366 pneumonia and 329 correspond to hospital admissions.
Meanwhile, in the last week, one thousand 666 reported cases of IRAS, where in 2009 only had 665.

"The passage says that we are endemic in the area of increasing hazard," said the director's only hospital for children, Hugo Salgado.

At the hospital, seven children remain hospitalized for pneumonia, one of them was taken to the Intensive Care Unit, due to the seriousness of his health.

Although the number of cases is more than double compared with earlier periods, the mortality rate has decreased by IRAS, this year there were 10 deaths, while in 2009 was 34.
"Respiratory infections are the ones that most global problems, and we are no exception," said the owner of the hospital.

The increase of cases is due largely to the wet season, which promotes the spread of viruses such as influenza A H1N1 and other infections.

The population group most vulnerable to these diseases are still the children under one year of age, so doctors recommend promptly consult a medical center to observe flu symptoms.

"We are a hospital guard and all other respiratory infections or pneumonia relations with influenza A H1N1, as a matter of prevention, so we are always vigilant for anything," said Salgado.

Although it is anticipated rise in cases, authorities say they are prepared for any emergency epidemiological situation.
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Re: Respiratory infections on the rise

Respiratory illnesses to a step of being an epidemic

The country is to a step of living through another epidemic provoked by respiratory illnesses. The increase of cases of sufferings of this type has been well-known this week. This way, the situation of the country will be complicated, added the crisis that it already crosses for the fastidiousness. The number of daily consultations rose of 9,000 brought last week to 15,000 per day carried out in the last three days, reported Julio Armero, the director of the Unit of Alertness of the Health of the Department of Health. Of following the tendency in the next three days, the numbers would exceed the cases registered in the last three weeks and would raise the panorama of alert to zone of epidemic in the whole country. At the beginning of week, the minister of Health, Maria Isabel Rodr?guez, revealed that 11 departments find in national alert before the patients' saturation that present symptoms of flu, cough, sore throat, and others. Armorer admitted yesterday that they are the cases of seasonal influenza those that have multiplied in the country.
The affected population would be the one that was not covered during the campaign of vaccination; that is to say, the young people and adults younger than 40 years. Before this situation, the direction of Alertness of the Health turned the order to the units of health of the country so that they check his establishments and the aptitude that they have to receive more patients, in case the situation overflows, and this way to avoid a collapse of the welfare centers. To evaluate the infrastructure, to the personnel that attends to the patients and the medicines with which they are provided they are a part of the lineaments to execute on the part of the personnel of Health.
During the week, also seven new cases of the flu were confirmed A (H1N1), from what the piled up number raised 15 patients in what it goes of 2010. Patients of GuatemalaRodr?guez he confirmed that in the next days it will meet the Guatemalan authorities of Health, since in the last days serious patients of fastidiousness have sent El Salvador. By ? solidarity ? attention has been offered to them; nevertheless, the medical assistance would be complicated in case of an epidemic of respiratory illnesses arises to national scale. In El Salvador, a 12-year-old girl was the first mortal victim ? and for the time being the only one ? of the fastidiousness hemorr?gico. In Guatemala 15 deceased are brought by fastidiousness and in Honduras, 30. For such a reason, the meeting also will serve to unify efforts and to avoid the multiplication of cases in frontier zones. At present in the country 1 and 2 circulate the vine-stocks.

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