Potrivit Direcției de Sănătate Publică (DSP) Hunedoara, copilul a fost diagnosticat cu meningită meningococică și a decedat într-un spital din Timișoara, pe 27 februarie.
Autoritățile locale au luat imediat măsuri pentru a preveni răspândirea bolii.
Copilul, care frecventa o grădiniță din Uricani, a intrat în contact cu alți copii și adulți, iar aceștia au primit tratament preventiv pentru meningită meningococică.
În plus, Primăria Uricani a efectuat o dezinfecție completă a unității de învățământ pentru a limita riscurile de contaminare.
„Am fost anunţaţi în data de 27 februarie, de către Centrul Regional de Boli Transmisibile, despre decesul unui copil, într-un spital din Timişoara, diagnosticul fiind de meningită meningococică. Colegii de la Compartimentul de Epidemiologie au aplicat metodologia de supraveghere şi control a bolii meningococice”, a transmis purtătorul de cuvânt al Direcţiei de Sănătate Publică Hunedoara, medicul Cecilia Birău, potrivit sursei citate.
Meningita este o infecție a membranelor ce protejează creierul și măduva spinării. Se manifestă prin febră, frisoane, dureri musculare și stare de rău.
Meningita meningococică este transmisă de o bacterie, numită „Neisseria Meningitidis”, iar perioada de incubație este de 2-7 zile. Boala poate fi prevenită prin vaccinare.
Persoanele cele mai expuse la meningita sunt: copiii mici sub 4 ani, adolescenții, vârstnici, dar și medicii sau persoanele imunocompromise.
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