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| Mexican Dengue Fever Becoming Deadlier |
| 2007-03-22 |
| One out of every four dengue cases in Mexico is hemorrhagic, the most dangerous and deadly form, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordoba asserted. The fight against dengue is one of the main health programs today, said Cordoba, who called for all social sectors to participate actively in its elimination. He recalled that there was one case of hemorrhagic dengue in Mexico per every 50 cases of classical dengue seven years ago, but there is one per every four cases now, hence the urgent need to adopt the necessary measures, he explained. According to an epidemiological general view by the Mexican Health Secretary s Office, there were 4,477 hemorrhagic-dengue cases, which caused 20 deaths. The official said the most effective way to control the epidemic is to constantly destroy deposits of the virus transmitting agent, the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Cordoba visited Quintana Roo state, some 746 miles west of this capital, and called to intensify preventive actions and continue the joint programs among the municipal, state, and federal government levels. "Hemorrhagic", like ebola. They at least used to think that you usually had to catch the disease twice, then it would unpredictably become the hemorrhagic form. But an increase this dramatic most likely means it is something else. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 Well, someone has to infect the people that American germs won't. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-03-22 23:00 |
| #3 Umm, if we have to, do we ahve a way to seal the border? What happened to the 700 miles of fence? When the day comes, there will be hard questions, and the blame should fall for every death on the idiot Republicans and their Democrat fellow travlelers who blocked building the fence. This includes George W Bush who repeatedly pushed back on enforcement and the fence. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-22 22:50 |
| #2 Coming to an emergency room near you. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-03-22 18:52 |
| #1 "This infectious disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever, with severe headache, muscle and joint pains (myalgias and arthralgias — severe pain gives it the name break-bone fever or bonecrusher disease) and rashes; the dengue rash is characteristically bright red petechia and usually appears first on the lower limbs and the chest - in some patients, it spreads to cover most of the body. There may also be gastritis with some combination of associated abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Some cases develop much milder symptoms, which can, when no rash is present, be misdiagnosed as a flu or other viral infection. Thus, travelers from tropical areas may inadvertently pass on dengue in their home countries, having not been properly diagnosed at the height of their illness. Patients with dengue can only pass on the infection through mosquitoes or blood products while they are still febrile. The classic dengue fever lasts about six to seven days, with a smaller peak of fever at the trailing end of the fever (the so-called "biphasic pattern"). Clinically, the platelet count will drop until the patient's temperature is normal. Cases of DHF also show higher fever, haemorrhagic phenomena, thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration. A small proportion of cases lead to dengue shock syndrome (DSS) which has a high mortality rate." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-22 18:09 |