More than 250 people in a village in Upper Egypt have been infected with a mysterious disease that causes high temperatures and severe body fatigue.
And the Ministry of Health in Egypt announced that the symptoms of all the injured are very similar, noting that teams from preventive and curative medicine and epidemiological surveillance were sent to investigate information about the disease in the village of Al-Aleqat in Qena Governorate, and to take samples from patients and environmental samples.
And the Egyptian Ministry of Health issued a statement saying: “Disease vector control teams were sent, and samples of water and sewage places were examined.”
The statement indicated that “the numbers of similar complaints have been counted.”
He added, “The symptoms do not form a uniform pattern, and they all range from mild to moderate, and do not require hospitalization. As for the similar symptoms, they are high fever, bone pain, and fatigue, and they last from 3 to 5 days.”
The statement pointed out that “the common symptoms among the injured may indicate a number of diseases such as cold, influenza, gastroenteritis, and fever, which spread in conjunction with high weather temperatures, and disappear with rest, fever reducers, and drinking fluids.”
A resident of the village of Al-Aleqat said that the number of infected people has increased in recent hours, indicating fears that the disease may be contagious.
The head of the bacteria department at Cairo University Hospital, Nahla Abdel-Wahhab, says that “dengue fever” is likely to be the disease prevalent in the village, and it is one of the diseases that need rest and fluid intake, and is transmitted by mosquito bites, and in some cases causes a rash.
And she advised anyone who feels any of the symptoms related to the disease, especially those near the injured, to turn to the specialist doctor to conduct the necessary analyzes and examinations, especially antibody analyzes, while taking the appropriate treatment that the doctor indicates. (Sky News Arabia)
2023-07-16 12:40:25
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