Sunday, December 20, 2009

Egypt: 5 new swine flu deaths in a single day lift the number to 89

Cairo - Egypt Online

Health Ministry announced Sunday the death of 5 cases of HIV, "1 H-1 The" swine flu known from the governorates of (Cairo, Gharbia, Dakahlia), increasing the number of deaths to 89 cases.

The Health Ministry statement that the situation for a young Egyptian 87 at the age of 19, from Cairo Governorate has been detained in hospital suffering from severe respiratory symptoms in critical condition and was transferred to the intensive care unit and put on a respirator, and the date the patients of the situation indicates the failure of chronic liver injury and sensitivity in the chest and a rise in blood pressure.

The statement said that the situation for a young Egyptian 88 at the age of 22 years of conservative Dakahlia booked a hospital suffering from severe respiratory symptoms and was transferred to the intensive care unit and placed on a respirator.

The statement added that the situation for the 89-old woman, aged 57, from Cairo Governorate booked a hospital suffering from severe respiratory symptoms were transferred to the intensive care unit and placed on a respirator, explaining that the case history of patients referred to her chronic liver failure and diabetes.

The statement noted that the situation for the 85-month pregnant woman from the fifth Western Province was caught in hospital suffering from severe respiratory symptoms and condition of health is precarious, and was Nkulha to the hospital's intensive care unit and placed on a respirator, and died Sunday.
The ministry confirmed to start in the vaccination of pregnant women from the end of December the current Baattabarhn most vulnerable to infection.

The situation is of a girl 86 year old and 7 months of Dakahlia Governorate was admitted to a hospital suffering from severe respiratory symptoms and health status in critical condition and transferred to the intensive care unit and placed on a respirator, and history suggests the girl child patients diagnosed with epilepsy and brain atrophy and pneumonia frequently.

And in context, the Ministry of Health decided to start vaccination of women pregnant women against the disease from the end of December the current Baattabarhn most vulnerable to infection.

Al-Ahram newspaper quoted the Cyber Sunday Abdel-Rahman Shahin, spokesman for the Ministry of Health said it was proven absence of a minimum risk to embryos of vaccination, and are advised Dr. Fathi Shabana, Director of Fever Hospital Imbaba any holder warmed to 38 degrees Celsius to proceed immediately to the hospital, and to avoid dependence on fever reducers without consulting your doctor.

The deaths from the epidemic has increased significantly over the last two weeks up to 84 cases, including 13 pregnant woman, the subject of more than 75 carrier of the treatment after testing is currently contracting the disease.

On the other hand, sees Dr. Alaa Mohieddin Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, it is not a threat to the holder of Tamiflu, as long as the virus has not been able to overcome the placenta.

And begins the critical phase of the spread of HIV 1 The 1 with the low temperatures significantly from early next month, and break-proliferation unit for the month of March, and then resumes his attack the virus at the beginning of April.
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