Health held an update workshop on tuberculosis – DiarioVictoria.com.ar

More than 60 health professionals, including physicians, biochemists, nurses, health workers and social workers from across the province, participated in an awareness and update day on tuberculosis. The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Health, through the Directorate of Epidemiology, was held Tuesday at the Cultural and Convention Center La Vieja Usina in Paraná.

On this occasion, the Minister of Health, Sonia Velázquez, with the director of epidemiology, Diego Garcilazo, and the head of the tuberculosis control program, Alejandra Doval

In this context, Sonia Velázquez stressed: "Tuberculosis responds to old problems in a reality with new determinants.Not to eradicate it, we still have it in mind and for this reason, the health system must be ready soon, with concrete decisions, accompanying the strand and the approach of our health teams, and propelling old strategies into new scenarios.

"This requires an ethical and moral commitment, and it is important to share this tour with With the teams that participate in this training and with whom they work every day to enterrianos, "said the minister." We must keep our eyes on each other, in every person, to deepen practices in the different areas of the curriculum, combining the work in an interdisciplinary way, "he said.

"Adherence to treatment is very important," said Velázquez, "not only do we need to capture and treat the patient, but also that the treatment is very effective.

For his part, Diego Garcilazo, spoke about the situation of tuberculosis in Argentina and Entre Ríos. In this sense, the doctor epidemiologist stressed: "In the country, there are between 10 000 and 20 000 new cases of tuberculosis per year.In Entre Ríos, we have an average of 200 new cases a year, it is practically a new one every other day. "

" One of the pillars for preventing the transmission of the disease is rapid diagnosis and early treatment.This will have an impact on the epidemiological indicators, " noted the professional

While the program's pneumonologist, Alejandra Doval, addressed the following issues: treatment of the patient with first- and second-line TB, the drugs that are used, contraindications, adverse effects adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and adhesion problems

The professional pointed out: "Tuberculosis is a disease that has always existed and a pre-existing diagnosis coce helps to eradicate it. He has been on the set for years, but the cases we see are serious, which makes us think that we are not suspicious in time. "

The day, the pulmonologist of San Martín hospital, Sebastián Wustten, spoke about the diagnosis of the disease; the biochemist of the effector, Alejandro Fiore, about the diagnosis of the Laboratory; the pediatrician from the field of Comprehensive Care for Children of the Department of Maternal and Child Health, Valeria Rodríguez Alcántara, on childhood tuberculosis, and the infectiologist responsible for the HIV / AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program (MST), Laura Díaz Petrussi, on the relationship between the two diseases Infectious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs and is transmitted through the respiratory tract from close contact with the patient for hours or days Those who are most likely to contract this pathology are patients whose immune system is compromised.In Entre Ríos, about 200 people are diagnosed each year.

The most common symptoms mmuns are cough, night fever, sweating and weight loss. "If a patient has been coughing for more than 15 days, he has to request smear microscopy, which is done in every lab in the province," said Doval, while clarifying: "It's an badysis by which the patient gathers the sputum, ie the cold in a small bottle for two days.This is badyzed and the diagnosis is within 24 hours. "