Elderly man dies of dengue fever in Misiones, six already dead in province

He Ministry of Health from Missions reported death person affected by dengue and it was found admitted to the René Favaloro hospital from Posadas.

With this death now six deaths in the provinces, after death five womenamong them is a 5-month-old baby, and now a new victim.

As reported in the official health portfolio report, “The patient was a native of Posadas and was admitted to the intensive care unit in poor general condition and with poor developmental dynamics, and despite all resuscitation measures, he died at 1:20 am this Saturday.”

The man, who tested positive for confirmatory testing for dengue feveralso had a diagnosis of high blood pressure, smoking, consequences of a stroke, kidney failure and was on dialysis.

All this added Dengue virus caused multiple organ failurerefractory shock and cardiopulmonary arrest, indicated Dr. Alfredo Alvarez from the René Favaloro Hospital.

IN Missions There have already been six deaths from dengue fever this year, with this man, the first an elderly person, and previous ones womenfive month old baby and remaining different ages up to 70 years.

What is dengue?

This infection produced by the dengue virus. This is transmitted from a female mosquito bite Aedes aegypti. When a female feeds on the blood of a person with dengue, she acquires the virus and passes it on by biting other people.

Infection It is caused only by a mosquito bite and does not spread from person to person. These mosquitoes also transmit chikungunya virus And Zika virus. There is no specific treatment or vaccine for this disease. Do not take aspirin or self-medicate. The most important thing is that you see a doctor.

What to do to prevent dengue?

The most important measure prevention This destruction of mosquito breeding sitesthat is, all those containers in which water accumulates inside and outside the house, since this mosquito has domestic habits.