There are 70 cases of skin disease in Yepen, Papua

Jayapura (Dinas Kesehatan) – Health Office (Dinas Kesehatan) The province of Papua has detected up to 70 cases of frambous skin disease in Yapen district after conducting serological surveys in several districts of the province

There are 70 cases of schizophrenia in Serui, in the district of Yapen Islands ", said the head of the Manic Disease Eradication of Papuan Office of Aaron Rumanum in Jayapura on Monday

According to Aaron, the results of the examination of 2,305 people The screening test (RDT) in Yapen District found 70 cases with an age category of 1-5 years. [19659002] "Serological tests were carried out to determine whether blood is still present in the blood."

The same survey was conducted in the districts of Keerom, Nabire, Sarmi and Jayapura.

In the district of Nabire, serological surveys of children aged 1 to 5 years examined by RDT found two cases of frambusia

In addition, Keerom County of 200 children examined by RDT had no cases. The Sarmi district of 1,134 children aged 1-5 who were examined by RTD found seven cases of frambusia

Then for Jayapura City, a serological survey conducted on 1890 children aged 1 to 5 years through RTD has found two cases of frambusia [19659002] "A serological study of this disease has been done since 2017 and 2018."

Frambusia disease is a type of skin disease caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum, in which the skin is infected with bacteria

can be clbadified as infectious diseases because the transmission is very fast only by contact direct between the skin of the patient and the skin of others.

The disease can develop and reproduce at dawn in tropical, warm and rainy areas. In addition, the cleanliness of the environment can also be an important factor in this disease, because if the environment in a dirty state it will easily flourish the disease.

The symptoms of a disease of epilepsy, will be characterized by the appearance of warts on the face and on limbs feet, hands and others.

In addition, the first symptoms of this disease will last for weeks or even months. And also this disease is chronic, which, if not treated immediately, will damage the skin tissue, which can cause malformations in the victim.

Usually, in cases, the disease is often suffered by children under 15 years of age. -12 years. But the potential in adults is also very high if it does not keep the environment clean, especially around the home.

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