Buy school supplies; check the status of uniforms, rescheduling timetables. Without doubt, go back to school creates anxiety and expectation in the family at the same time brings joy and relief to return to the means by which the kids to socialize par excellence: the school.
However, this return may raise concerns about the health of children, as both the garden as overcrowded schools represent spaces where children are at risk of contracting various diseases such as flu, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and other serious but less frequent as in the case of meningococcal disease.
Besides being a highly communicable disease, meningococcal disease requires immediate attention, because it can cause death within 24 hours. Usually appears in sporadic cases, apparently unrelated, endemic or in small outbreaks. According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), the condition causes some 500,000 cases and about 50,000 deaths a year worldwide. Particularly in Latin America, are reported annually around 5,000 affected, of which 14% ends in premature death.
What is meningococcal disease?
Commonly associated with meningitis as the only pathogen that causes meningitis. However, it is important to note that the Neustria meningitides-meningococcal scientific name – is the cause of the disease menigocóccica including meningitis and septicemia (multiplication of the microorganism in the blood that is evidenced by large areas of bleeding under the skin) among other diseases.
Meningitis is characterized by inflammation of tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. It is also caused by other pathogens including bacteria and viruses.
Generally, viral meningitis is reversible because it almost never life threatening and has fewer squeal. In contrast, bacterial meningitis is a major meningococcal pathogens, as well as other bacteria such as pneumococcal and Homophiles influenza b, among others. In Argentina, are reported annually around 100 cases of meningitis caused by meningococcal.
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