Bauru has three presumed dengue deaths

Family record

Jose Ponce, died last Tuesday (5), according to the death certificate, the origin of dengue

confirmed this Wednesday the Municipal Department of Health (6). ), the record of three deaths of patients who have been diagnosed with dengue fever in Bauru this year. According to the record, the confirmation still depends on the badysis of the exams that have already been sent to the laboratory of the Adolfo Lutz Institute, in São Paulo.

One of the victims is Jose Ponce, 82, resident of Jardim Bela Vista, who died last Tuesday (5) at the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa. The death certificate indicates that the patient died as a result of hypovolemic shock (hemorrhagic shock) and dengue fever. He was hypertensive and suffered from diabetes

A second case, according to the secretary, also comes from the private network. The third victim was treated in the public network.

"The patient having served in the public network received the first consultations already in a serious condition, with a low level of platelets and did not even have the time to make further examinations," says the Secretary of Health. José Eduardo Fogolin.

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According to José Eduardo Fogolin, seven people were hospitalized in the public network for a serious case of dengue [19659003] The son Sidnei Ponce, aged 43, says that his father was sick last Saturday and had been taken to the hospital. With the confirmation of the diagnosis of dengue fever, he began treatment at home but worsened on Tuesday (5). "He even vomited blood.We think that, because he did not speak much, he had decided not to say that he was suffering, considering that it would be temporary and that he would recover When he asked for help, the situation was already serious. " The son says that he has spent a few hours between the return of his father to the hospital and his death. "Until the last moments, he did not stop saying that he was fine, which comforts us, it is this: he had a quiet pbadage, he did not have a good time. has suffered little in recent hours, "he notes. José, who leaves his wife and eight children, was buried Wednesday (6) in Itapuí. RISK To date, in 2019, Bauru already counted 1,137 cases of dengue fever. and seven patients were admitted to public hospitals because of the severity of their condition. "Among these seven people, one was the patient of the public network who evolved to death," says Fogolin, pointing out that the group at risk for the most critical cadres is formed by pregnant women, people over 65 with diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Signs of alertness related to worsening dengue fever include symptoms such as severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, low blood pressure, bleeding, decreased urination, falling platelets, shortness of breath, and sticky, cold skin. fever, muscle pain, joint pain, headache, back pain, nausea and red spots on the body. However, in most patients, symptoms may be mild, resulting in underreporting. "For every reported case, we have an average of 10 not reported, and sometimes the person may only experience headache with fever and not see a health service," he says. "I survived a miracle." Laura Chermont, hospitalized for a dengue haemorrhagic fever, was hospitalized for ten days

Tuesday (5), Laura Chermont da Costa, student at University, 22, was able to accompany her one-year-old daughter on her first day of school.On less than two weeks ago, one of her biggest fears was not being able to attend at this time important

Laura was in a hospital bed, fearing to die from a hemorrhagic dengue. "I felt that I was going to die, but I often asked God see my daughter grow up. "I survived a miracle," says the young woman, who is now home and begins to resume her routine

because the diagnosis was slow to come. In the meantime, he has been treated with diclofenac, a non-recommended drug because of the risk of facilitating bleeding in case of dengue fever.

"I had an infection of the urine before I started to have symptoms of dengue fever: a lot of body pain, fever, and vomiting, which ended up being confused with the problem that I Already had. "

According to Laura, she went to Mary Dota's Emergency Care Unit on Jan. 16 and without it received diclofenac until April 18 when she returned to seek help at the Ipiranga UPA, where she remained hospitalized. Even with the suspension of the wrong drug but still without a diagnosis of dengue, Laura's health was deteriorating.

Two days later, with bleeding, she was transferred to the intensive care unit of the base hospital. "I had a lot of abdominal pain and shortness of breath, my platelets were at a minimal level and my abdomen was filled with fluid, with inflammation of the liver, gall bladder and spleen. "They said they did not know how I did not die," she recalls.

After being diagnosed with dengue, the student was able to recover and was discharged on the 27th, when she was finally able to return home and see her daughter, who had been away for ten days. days. Asked about the care provided in the UPA, the Municipal Secretary of Health, Jose Eduardo Fogolin, said that he could comment on the information relating to the patient's medical records and that any investigation into the conduct of the doctors would make the Purpose of an investigation if the teenager officially lodged a complaint, "

" What I can say, it is that in medicine, the clinical cases may overlap and make the diagnosis more difficult. But it is premature to say that the network has not made the right diagnosis. On the contrary, statistics show that the behavior of professionals has been very satisfactory. "