The earthquake of Haiti, which caused several weeks ago numerous ravages and a big quantity of mortal victims, provoked that the international community and the world press have put his attention to through what one was living in the Caribbean country. But it is not necessary to forget that also serious problems exist in sanitary matter. In this occasion, this health blog one will refer to the situation of the Avian Flu in the territory of Egypt.
The problem of the Flu is still latent TO H5N1, commonly so called avian flu or it would get ready, an infectious illness of the birds caused by the vines type A of the virus of the flu, as he informs the web site of the World Organization of the Health.
One of the countries most affected by this serious illness is Egypt and it is on this topic that one will allude next.
According to official numbers of the sanitary authorities, which have been published on the web page of the WHO, up to the date there has been confirmed a whole of 96 cases of avian flu A (H5N1), of which 27 have caused the death of the patient.
As regards these cases, it is necessary to add that the last two patients to which the illness was diagnosed in Egyptian territory had been exposed to sick or dead poultry, he informed the web of the WHO.
As regards the avian flu, it would be re-feed important to remember the conclusions of an investigation of the Hospital of Infantile Investigation St. Jude (Tennessee, the United States), which were already announced several months ago.
Across this study, which was already indexed in this blog, one managed to conclude that the persons who manage to survive this flu can go so far as to endure cerebral illnesses in the future like, for example, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson.
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