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Patients Showing Dengue Fever Symptoms, Be Brought to the Hospital Immediately

balita — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:29 +0000

“Anyone who experienced the symptoms of Dengue Fever should be brought immediately to the Provincial Hospital,” Dr. Jose Lito P. Trumata, the Provincial Health Officer II, and the head of the Salvacion Oppus – Yñiquez Memorial Provincial Hospital, Maasin City, said during the interview by the Southern Leyte Balita, just recently.

According to him, symptoms of the Dengue Fever are fever, rashes on skins or bleeding. “However, Dengue Fever currently doesn’t show symptoms recorded on the book. Sometimes patients experience only the fever without rashes. Sometimes there’s no bleeding… That’s why, the patient should be brought immediately to the hospital for immediate checkup and treatment,” the doctor said.

Dr. Trumata added that the two elementary grader who died this month of August were not immediately brought to the hospital before the illness’s worsen. The first victim was an 11 year-old girl from Barangay Abgao who studied at the St. Joseph College and the other victim was a resident of Barangay Mantahan and a pupil of the Tomas Oppus Pilot School.

However, the number of patients admitted at the SOYMPH who are suffering from Dengue Fever, according to Dr. Trumata, has decreased compared to the number of patients last month of July. (Report by Jade G. Nombrado /English Translation by Sustines Laplana /Image credit to thinkquest.org )

Influenza AH1N1, Now in Leyte

Maasinhon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:54:11 +0000

DOH comfirmed the 2 cases of Flu AH1N1 infection in Eastern Visayas. One of the infected is a 14-year-old high school student and the other one is a seaman.

Two schools have suspended their classes already. These schools are the Philippine Science High School – Palo Campus where the 14-year-old infected student enrolled and the Sacred Heart College in Catbalogan, Samar where the daughter of the infected seaman is studying.

Currently, there are 344 confirmed cases of the H1N1 infection here in the Philippines according to the DOH.

Swine Flu, A Pandemic

junith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:03:17 +0000

The World Health Organization or WHO considered already the Swine Flu A(H1N1) as pandemic. It means the new strain of the virus has been spreading through the communities in the world.

The whine flu virus that has been spreading since April 2009 is identified already in 74 countries and there are almost 30,000 cases around the world and took 141 lives already.

In the Philippines, there are 92 confirmed cases already. Swine flu A cases in the Philippines is only mild but the number of cases will keep increasing if we’re not vigilant against it. What we need to do is to maintain proper hygeine, increase resistance of our immune system, and take distance from any people. So far, the swine flu cases in the Philippines did not result to death. (Junith Laplana)