Dozens of primary school children in Ciamis are suffering from hiccups

Dozens of primary school children in Ciamis Regency, West Java, were reported to have hiccups or the medical term for hiccups. Ciamis Health Service immediately dispatched Community Health Center officers to treat.

“Yes, that’s right, there was a report from the Ciamis Education Service that several children had a disability at SDN 3 Ciamis and SDN 7 Ciamis. We have also coordinated with the Ciamis Health Center to follow up on this,” said the CEO. P2P for Ciamis Health Service, Edis Herdis, Thursday (31/10/2024).

Mumps or mumps is a contagious disease. The measures taken to prevent further spread, the Ciamis Community Health Center team immediately went to schools that had children with disabilities.

“The Community Health Center team has visited schools. The regional government will also issue an advisory letter regarding this disease.

Edis explained that pimples are caused by a virus that attacks the salivary glands under the ears. This disease attacks children aged 2-14 years, especially children aged 5-9 years.

“We appeal to mothers, that children of that age are indeed being cared for by their parents. First, take care of the child’s body resistance, maintain a clean and healthy lifestyle. breakfast menu,” he said.

At the same time, the doctor of Ciamis Health Center, Reni Cahya Aprianti, explained from the results of a survey at SDN 3 Ciamis that 19 children had lumps. The details are in class 1 as many as 12 children, class 2 as many as 4 children and class 4 as many as 3 children.

“If the number is still unknown at SDN 7 Ciamis, we will investigate,” he explained.

At the school, the Ciamis Community Health Center team also provides education to children and teachers about mumps. How to prevent and treat.

Dr. Reni explained that lumps spread very quickly. For this reason, it is important to prevent spread. Children who are temporarily ill do not go to school until they recover.

According to Reni, if any disease is not treated or left untreated, it becomes dangerous. Due to a reduction in body resistance, you will automatically gain victory very quickly.

“The salivary glands are inflamed. The symptoms are also accompanied by fever. The poor thing about the baby is that it hurts to swallow, headache and nausea. So he does not want to eat and there is a risk of dehydration. it must be followed immediately,” he said.

Reni said the mumps outbreak was closely linked to the current changing weather. Weather changes make the body’s immune system unstable. However, if the immune system is strong, the child will not get mumps.

“The average cure for lumps is about a week, after going through the incubation period and receiving treatment,” he concluded.

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