Via The News :
" KARACHI: The outbreak of mysterious disease in Gadap area of Karachi has killed over thirty goats and infected hundreds of others in different villages during last few days.
The local people have named the disease as 'Chapri', which according to them is a virus but according to a lone veterinary doctor available at the veterinary hospital the death of goats is due to flu and pneumonia.
The villagers Haji Abdul Karim Gabol, Haji Mir Muhammad Gabol, Kehar Gabol and others of villages Ali Muhammad Gabol, Allah Rakhio Gabol, Imam Bux, Abdul Hakim and others told that there used to be 15 veterinary doctors at the hospital but now there is one doctor that also said that there was shortage of medicines."
Showing posts with label Pneumonia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pneumonia. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Friday, December 9, 2011
India : Varying temp brings flu
Via Times of India :
" CHANDIGARH: Fluctuation in temperature is making viral infections, like pneumonia and flu, tighten their grip on the city. On an average, 60 to 70 viral infection cases are being reported daily in hospitals here. Tertiary hospitals - PGI and Government Medical College and Hospital are seeing seven and 150 cases of pneumonia, respectively, in their emergency every day.
Doctors say a few more spells of showers will check such cases. Erratic weather conditions are resulting in proliferation of viruses that cause respiratory infections, especially among elderly and children. "Temperature variation breeds viruses. We are seeing 25 to 30 children daily with high fever due to viral infection that takes five to six days to ease. With a few showers, these infections will come down as viruses need humidity to spread," says Dr R S Bedi, a city-based paediatrician."
" CHANDIGARH: Fluctuation in temperature is making viral infections, like pneumonia and flu, tighten their grip on the city. On an average, 60 to 70 viral infection cases are being reported daily in hospitals here. Tertiary hospitals - PGI and Government Medical College and Hospital are seeing seven and 150 cases of pneumonia, respectively, in their emergency every day.
Doctors say a few more spells of showers will check such cases. Erratic weather conditions are resulting in proliferation of viruses that cause respiratory infections, especially among elderly and children. "Temperature variation breeds viruses. We are seeing 25 to 30 children daily with high fever due to viral infection that takes five to six days to ease. With a few showers, these infections will come down as viruses need humidity to spread," says Dr R S Bedi, a city-based paediatrician."
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Nepal : 5 kids die of diarrhea‚ pneumonia
From The Himalayan Times :
" MUAGU: Five children died of diarrhea and pneumonia in the Nepali month of Ashad alone at Mangri, a north-eastern VDC of Mugu district.
The deceased are aged 2-3 of wards no 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Mangri VDC. Local residents said they died due to the lack of treatment.
Mangari, despite being the VDC having high population density Mugu, has only one Sub-Health Post. Local people also said those deceased died on the way for treatment."
" MUAGU: Five children died of diarrhea and pneumonia in the Nepali month of Ashad alone at Mangri, a north-eastern VDC of Mugu district.
The deceased are aged 2-3 of wards no 5, 7, 8 and 9 of Mangri VDC. Local residents said they died due to the lack of treatment.
Mangari, despite being the VDC having high population density Mugu, has only one Sub-Health Post. Local people also said those deceased died on the way for treatment."
Monday, April 11, 2011
Flu helps spread pneumonia
Via EurekAlert!, excerpt :
" Bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis are only able to spread when individuals are infected with flu, says a scientist reporting at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate. The work could have implications for the management of influenza pandemics and could help reduce incidence of pneumococcal infections in very young children, who are more susceptible to disease.
Streptococcus pneumoniae normally lives harmlessly in the nasal passage. Up to 80% of young children carry the bacterium in their nose. It is already known that if a colonized individual is infected with influenza virus, the bacterium is more likely to spread to other parts of the body and may cause potentially life-threatening infections such as pneumonia, sepsis or meningitis. Young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised are most vulnerable to these secondary bacterial infections. S. pneumoniae kills more than one million children under the age of five each year."
" Bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis are only able to spread when individuals are infected with flu, says a scientist reporting at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate. The work could have implications for the management of influenza pandemics and could help reduce incidence of pneumococcal infections in very young children, who are more susceptible to disease.
Streptococcus pneumoniae normally lives harmlessly in the nasal passage. Up to 80% of young children carry the bacterium in their nose. It is already known that if a colonized individual is infected with influenza virus, the bacterium is more likely to spread to other parts of the body and may cause potentially life-threatening infections such as pneumonia, sepsis or meningitis. Young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised are most vulnerable to these secondary bacterial infections. S. pneumoniae kills more than one million children under the age of five each year."
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Officers blamed as pneumonia outbreaks hit Russian army
From Xinhua :
" MOSCOW, Jan. 20 : Officers were to blame for a pneumonia outbreak that killed one soldier and hospitalized 63 in western Russia's Chelyabinsk region, the Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday.
"The Military Prosecutor's Office of the Volga-Urals Military District investigated the reasons behind high disease rates among servicemen there. It found that certain officers have failed to fulfill their duties properly to guard the life and health of their soldiers," Interfax news agency quoted the Prosecutor's Office as saying.
According to the prosecutors, the officers of the Chebarkul garrison failed to isolate ill soldiers quickly enough, did not provide them with necessary medical aid or take preventive measures among the garrison's personnel when the first pneumonia cases were reported there in December and January."
" MOSCOW, Jan. 20 : Officers were to blame for a pneumonia outbreak that killed one soldier and hospitalized 63 in western Russia's Chelyabinsk region, the Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday.
"The Military Prosecutor's Office of the Volga-Urals Military District investigated the reasons behind high disease rates among servicemen there. It found that certain officers have failed to fulfill their duties properly to guard the life and health of their soldiers," Interfax news agency quoted the Prosecutor's Office as saying.
According to the prosecutors, the officers of the Chebarkul garrison failed to isolate ill soldiers quickly enough, did not provide them with necessary medical aid or take preventive measures among the garrison's personnel when the first pneumonia cases were reported there in December and January."
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Malaysia : Too much for the lungs
Via The Star :
" Cases related to A(H1N1) can be further complicated with pneumococcal infection.
THE influenza A(H1N1) pandemic first broke out in mid-April 2009, with a surge of cases that subsequently quietened down for a period of time. However, the recent re-emergence of the disease at the end of the first quarter this year could mean that the second wave is already in its infancy.
Though the current situation is nowhere near as serious as the situation back in 2009, the public is advised to continue taking precautions and remain vigilant to prevent infection and complication from the disease.
Pneumococcus – complicating influenza A(H1N1) recovery
Though most A(H1N1) cases have been mild, with many of those affected usually recovering, there have also been more severe cases with complications that can prove to be fatal. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US show that the more severe cases of influenza are made worse by secondary bacterial infections, particularly by Streptococcus pneumoniae."
" Cases related to A(H1N1) can be further complicated with pneumococcal infection.
THE influenza A(H1N1) pandemic first broke out in mid-April 2009, with a surge of cases that subsequently quietened down for a period of time. However, the recent re-emergence of the disease at the end of the first quarter this year could mean that the second wave is already in its infancy.
Though the current situation is nowhere near as serious as the situation back in 2009, the public is advised to continue taking precautions and remain vigilant to prevent infection and complication from the disease.
Pneumococcus – complicating influenza A(H1N1) recovery
Though most A(H1N1) cases have been mild, with many of those affected usually recovering, there have also been more severe cases with complications that can prove to be fatal. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US show that the more severe cases of influenza are made worse by secondary bacterial infections, particularly by Streptococcus pneumoniae."
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
World : Vaccine body supports WHO action on pneumonia
Via AP :
" GENEVA : A global vaccine group hopes the World Health Organization will pass a resolution later this week to step up efforts against pneumonia.
Former Irish President Mary Robinson says the GAVI alliance, a partner of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, wants to send pneumonia and rotavirus vaccines to more than 40 developing countries. But it needs $2.6 billion in funding through 2015.
Robinson, GAVI's chairwoman, said Tuesday that WHO's support would be a "terrific step forward.
Pneumonia is the biggest child killer, and there's such an inequity to it."
Britain proposed the resolution at WHO's 193-nation World Health Assembly.
It should come to a vote by Friday.
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and U.S.-based Pfizer Inc. make pneumonia vaccines."
" GENEVA : A global vaccine group hopes the World Health Organization will pass a resolution later this week to step up efforts against pneumonia.
Former Irish President Mary Robinson says the GAVI alliance, a partner of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, wants to send pneumonia and rotavirus vaccines to more than 40 developing countries. But it needs $2.6 billion in funding through 2015.
Robinson, GAVI's chairwoman, said Tuesday that WHO's support would be a "terrific step forward.
Pneumonia is the biggest child killer, and there's such an inequity to it."
Britain proposed the resolution at WHO's 193-nation World Health Assembly.
It should come to a vote by Friday.
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and U.S.-based Pfizer Inc. make pneumonia vaccines."
Thursday, April 22, 2010
World : Vaccine Now Misses Many Pneumococcal Infections in Kids
Via Healthday:
" The advent in 2000 of the PCV7 vaccine to battle bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis (blood infection) in children has caused notable changes in strains that cause these illnesses, researchers report.
Most worrisome is the recent spread of strains not covered by the vaccine, the team aid.
Immunizations with the PCV7 vaccine is now recommended for all children before the age of 2.
American researchers found that the most common cause of invasive pneumococcal infections is now a strain called serotype 19A, which is not covered by the PCV7 vaccine.
The studies also found a rise in infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pneumococci.
One study, an analysis of 2001-07 data by Boston University researchers, revealed that only 15 percent of serious pneumococcal infections in Massachusetts were caused by one of the seven strains covered by the PCV7 vaccine.
The remaining 85 percent were caused by other strains, most commonly serotype 19A."
" The advent in 2000 of the PCV7 vaccine to battle bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis (blood infection) in children has caused notable changes in strains that cause these illnesses, researchers report.
Most worrisome is the recent spread of strains not covered by the vaccine, the team aid.
Immunizations with the PCV7 vaccine is now recommended for all children before the age of 2.
American researchers found that the most common cause of invasive pneumococcal infections is now a strain called serotype 19A, which is not covered by the PCV7 vaccine.
The studies also found a rise in infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pneumococci.
One study, an analysis of 2001-07 data by Boston University researchers, revealed that only 15 percent of serious pneumococcal infections in Massachusetts were caused by one of the seven strains covered by the PCV7 vaccine.
The remaining 85 percent were caused by other strains, most commonly serotype 19A."
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