STARJOGJA.COMInfo – Parotitis or mumps is a concern for the Yogyakarta City Health Service and schools must be vigilant about the spread of parotitis or mumps among students.
The Head of the Disease Control Prevention, Data Management and Information Systems Department of the Yogyakarta City Health Office, Lana Unwanah in Yogyakarta, on Monday, said that there was a need to increase surveillance according to the increase in case reports, especially among primary school age students.
“There are reports of an increase in cases of lumps in Yogyakarta City,” said Lana.
According to him, parotitis or mumps caused by paramyxovirus infection can be transmitted through external showers or droplets and therefore it tends to be transmitted among students during interactions at school.
“This makes the risk of infection high,” he said.
Several community health centers in the city of Yogyakarta, Lana said, reported many clinical signs of plague in primary school-aged children from August to September 2024.
Some of these symptoms include swollen cheeks, painful swallowing, headache, joint pain, stomach pain, fatigue, and decreased appetite.
Therefore, he appealed to schools to strengthen education for students to prevent spread by getting into the habit of washing their hands after touching and being in a dangerous environment , as well as keeping a distance from interacting with sick students, educators and educational staff.
“Using masks for school residents who are found to have parotitis or mumps up to seven days after the last case has recovered,” he said.
Next, prevent interactions or exclude students, educators and educational staff who are declared sick with parotitis or mumps at school for at least seven days from the appearance of symptoms of the illness.
Regarding the prevention of this disease, according to Lana, the Yogyakarta City Health Office has coordinated with the local education office.
All health centers are also requested to be more sensitive in capturing information regarding the prevalence of parotitis in the community.
Epidemiologist and Chairman of the Yogyakarta City Health Service Research Work Team, Solikhin Dwi, said that lumps are usually not dangerous unless there are complications.
“However, if there is a large transmission in schools, boarding schools and others, it will disturb the comfort of children because they are sick and the teaching and learning activities in schools or boarding schools will be disturbed,” said e.
source: Inter
2024-09-30 19:42:47
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