Despite medical authorities projecting an increase in the number of cases, the outlook is favorable for the municipality
Miguel Ibarra Garavito, coordinator of Health in the municipality of Jocotepec, on behalf of the Jalisco Ministry of Health (SSJ). Photo: Héctor Ruiz.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- Medical authorities in the municipality of Jocotepec reported a favorable outlook regarding dengue infections for this year.
According to Miguel Ibarra Garavito, coordinator of Health in the municipality of Jocotepec on behalf of the Secretary of Health of Jalisco (SSJ), very few infections have been reported.
As of May 6, only one suspected case of dengue was reported in the municipality, which turned out to be negative.
The incidence of cases this year contrasts radically with that of past years, including 2020, where the municipality of Jocotepec had the highest number of dengue cases at the state level with 393.
Despite predictions for high infections this year, the outlook is favorable. According to the doctor, dengue is a biannual disease, which means that one year there is a higher incidence and the following year there is a lower incidence. 2022 should be one of infections.
The success so far this year is due to the intense decluttering campaigns to eliminate all containers that can accumulate water throughout the municipality, such as the campaign that started on March 1st until April 29th.
27 trips were made throughout the municipality and around 359 tons of scrap metal and other materials that could serve as incubation sources for mosquitoes were removed, as well as a total of 1,559 tires. These items were found in houses and vacant lots.
In view of the positive scenario of contagion, Ibarra Garavito urged the community to pay attention to symptoms such as headache, body aches, eye pain, weakness, fever, among others, and not to self-medicate, but to see a doctor as soon as possible.
There are variants of dengue that with the combination of wrongly administered medications can trigger hemorrhages, since dengue, being a disease caused by a virus, in most cases the only treatment is paracetamol.
Dengue is a disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, of which there are four serotypes, ranging from a mild infection, strong flu-like symptoms, to severe hemorrhage.
Translated by Nita Rudy
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