Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Vietnam: Two cases of severe complication of influenza A/H1N1 infection

[A little more on the 2 patients with complications]
Excerpt:
28/7/2009
Treatment of half a month is not healthy patients

2 more schools in Vietnam have students influenza A/H1N1 infection - Mobilizing 100% hospital participation in TPHCM receiving treatment patients

27-7 days, the doctor Tran Tinh Hien, Deputy Director of Hospital (BV) TPHCM tropical disease, that has 2 more schools in Vietnam have students influenza A/H1N1 infection. Notably, it appears the case of patients with severe complication of influenza A/H1N1 infection.
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According to doctors Hien, it is worrying appear 2 patients with severe complication of influenza A/H1N1 infection. Both cases (one male, one female) and have indicated to TPHCM BV tropical disease doctor, treatment. Recognition of BV found that for male patients, to hospital after treatment and one day flu, health has returned to normal. However, to date 3, the disease status of patients to this serious, the doctors and taken to detect lung damage was heavy. "It can be affected by the long phrase, but not patients treated early should lead to complication" - Hien doctors predicted. Female cases was 5 months pregnant, due to the weak resistance when infected with influenza should not determine the exact extent of influence for the fetus but the amount will certainly tends not good. At two patients being treated for tracking active.

In addition, it appears the patient must be treated long ... Specifically, a patient (indicated TPHCM) half a month of treatment, but not healthy patients, 2 patients treated abroad to 9th, but test results are still subject patients with positive influenza virus this. According to doctors Hien, a normal flu infected patients treated for 3-4 days results are negative.
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