Disease outbreaks will increase as per ZetaTalk
Taking Sick
On Jan 15, 1998 ZetaTalk stated that Illness will increase as Planet X approaches. Zetas right again !!!
- ZetaTalk: Take Sick, written Feb 15, 1998.
- Increasingly, as the pole shift nears, the populace will take sick. This will take the form of known illnesses occurring more frequently, seemingly depressed immune systems, but will also appear as new and puzzling illnesses not seen before in the memory of man. What is going on here?
The changes at the core of the Earth that have resulted in El Nino weather patterns and white buffalo and deformed frogs also affect man. The germs are on the move. Their carriers are on the move. And thus humans are exposed to diseases that are so rare as to be undocumented in medical journals.
You will see increasing illness, odd illnesses, microbes that travel because an insect is scattering about and spreading germs in places where it normally doesn't travel. 90% of all the illness and distress you're going to see is a natural situation, a natural occurrence. Because of the changing, swirling in the core of the Earth, and this will continue to up-tick until the pole shift.
And reiterated in 1999
- ZetaTalk: Next 3 1/2 Years, written Sep 15, 1999.
- Sickness will slightly increase from where it is today. There is a lot of illness now because people who are already unstable are unable to take the turmoil caused by the increased emanations from the Earth. Some of them have simply sensed what is coming and have decided to die. This is true of animals as well as humans. Sickness will increase, but not to the point where it is going to get exponentially worse.
On Feb 2, 2000 a Washington report confirmed this increase, and published concerns were subsequently reported.
- Diseases From Around World Threatening U.S.
Reuters, Feb 2, 2000 - 30 New Diseases Make Global Debut
At least 30 previously unknown diseases have appeared globally since 1973, including HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, Ebola haemorrhagic fever and the encephalitis-related Nipah virus that emerged in Indonesia. Twenty well-known infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera have re-emerged or spread since 1973. - Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Scientific American, August 2000 - Notably, computer models predict that global warming, and other climate alterations it induces, will expand the incidence and distribution of many serious medical disorders. Disturbingly, these forecasts seem to be coming true.
And since this time, SARS and increased incidence of flesh eating disease,
and entire cruise ships regularly returning to port with the passengers ill with stomach flu have been reported.
Depressed immune systems?
Zetas RIGHT Again!
After the pole shift, there will be many opportunistic diseases that will afflict mankind. This does not require an imagination, as today they afflict mankind after disasters. The primary affliction will be from sewage laden water, which will pollute the drinking water man is forced to use. We have been adamant about mankind distilling their drinking water after the pole shift for this reason. Distillation removes heavy metals as well as killing microbes by the boiling process. Any disease that flourishes in malnourished bodies and in areas of poor hygiene will take advantage of the pole shift disasters. Scurvy due to lack of Vitamin C will occur, with bleeding gums and even death if not corrected. Many weeds are high in Vitamin C and survivors should arm themselves with knowledge about the vitamin content of weeds. Unprotected sex by survivors either taking advantage of the weak, as in rape, or by simple distraction and grief and a lack of contraceptive devices will spread AIDS and hepatitis. Morgellons, which is caused by a synergy of parasites and microbes when the immune system is low will likely increase. There will be outbreaks of diseases which were endemic in the past, such as small pox or measles, but in those survivor communities where the members have been immunized in the past these will be limited and quarantines can help in this regard.
http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/20no2010.htm
Chile battles youth unrest and typhoid fever outbreak
September 15, 2011 – SANTIAGO – Chile’s problems dealing with youth unrest over slow education reforms are being compounded by concerns the capital may be in the grip of a typhoid fever outbreak. The government has battled to enforce restraint on law enforcement agencies amid angry student-led protests, which have disrupted urban centers across the country for more than a month. The reforms demanded by youth groups are nowhere near being implemented and protests continue to simmer with support from teachers and workers unions. Now authorities are faced with the more immediate risk of typhoid. Health authorities issued repeated alerts for tougher hygiene checks and controls after they found several people infected and seriously ill with typhoid in the western metropolitan area of Santiago. At least seven cases were confirmed by the Public Health Institute but there were no immediate reports of fatalities. “Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease triggered by a salmonella bacteria strain,” Institute Director Maria Teresa Valenzuela said. In most cases the infection is caused by consumption of contaminated food and drink or fruit and vegetables grown in areas where contaminated water is used in irrigation. Typhoid fever produces symptoms of high fever, diarrhea or intense headaches. The Santiago region has been prone to typhoid outbreaks since the 1990s when incidence of the disease caused up to 190 cases a year.
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/chile-battles...
Epidemic Hazard in India on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.
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| The Department of Health and Family Welfare has informed that it had received a message through telephone on 12th September 2011 of an outbreak of fever of unknown cause leading to three deaths at Poilwa village, Peren District. Immediately the State Rapid Response Team (RRT) of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), Nagaland, comprising of Dr. John Kemp (State Surveillance Officer), Dr. Sao Tunyi (Epidemiologist), Dr. Kevisevolie Sekhose (Epidemiologist), and Venezo Vasa (Entomologist) conducted an outbreak investigation at Poilwa village. The team collected three samples from suspected cases out of which all the three were tested positive for Scrub Typhus. Till date, there are 9 cases with 3 deaths. This was stated in a official press note issued by Dr. Imtimeren Jamir, the Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. Scrub Typhus is Rickettsial disease caused Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the bite of mite called Leptotrombidium deliense. In Nagaland, it was formerly detected by IDSP with Central Surveillance Team at Longsa village Mokokchung in 2006, and in Porba village of Phek District in 2007. The State RRT team carried out the outbreak investigation along with doing and entomological survey. The patients were treated with appropriate medicines and awareness and preventive measures were communicated with the villagers. The concerned local health authorities and programs are informed for further necessary action. The mop-up operation is being carried out by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program. | |
| Biohazard name: | Typhus (Scrub) |
| Biohazard level: | 3/4 Hight |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level. |
| Symptoms: | - After bite by infected mite larvae called chiggers, papule develops at the biting site which ulcerates and eventually heals with the development of a black eschar. - Patients develop sudden fever with headache, weakness, myalgia, generalized enlargement of lymph nodes, photophobia, and dry cough. - A week later, rash appears on the trunk, then on the extremities, and turns pale within a few days. - Symptoms generally disappear after two weeks even without treatment. - However, in severe cases with Pneumonia and Myocarditis, mortality may reach 30% Diagnosis - The most commonly used test for diagnosis is Wel-Felix Test, which is available at State IDSP laboratory, Kohima. - More specific serological tests like detection of IgM can also be done for diagnosis. |
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Turns out, the plague isn't just ancient history. New Mexico health officials recently confirmed the first human case of bubonic plague — previously known as the "Black Death" — to surface in the U.S. in 2011.
An unidentified 58-year-old man was hospitalized for a week after suffering from a high fever, pain in his abdomen and groin, and swollen lymph nodes, reports the New York Daily News. (Officials declined to say when the man was released from the hospital.) A blood sample from the man tested positive for the disease.
http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...
Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:33 (03:33 AM) UTC.
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| Umatilla County health officials today confirmed a case of plague in an adult male county resident. He may have been infected while hunting in Lake County, noted Sharon Waldern, clinic supervisor for the county’s public health department. “Lake County had two cases of human plague last year.” The man has been hospitalized and is receiving treatment, Waldern noted. “People need to realize he was never considered contagious and he started treatment fairly quickly.” Plague is spread to humans through a bite from an infected flea. The disease is serious but treatable with antibiotics if caught early, officials said. Plague can be passed from fleas feeding on infected rodents and then transmitted to humans. Direct contact with infected tissues or fluids from handling sick or dead animals can pass the disease, as well as through respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague, officials said in a press release. Some types are spread from person to person, but that is not the case here, Waldern said. Symptoms typically develop within one to four days and up to seven days after exposure and include fever, chills, headache, weakness and a bloody or watery cough due to pneumonia, enlarged, tender lymph nodes, abdominal pain and bleeding into the skin or other organs. Plague is rare in Oregon. Only three human cases have been diagnosed since 1995 and they all recovered. Last year two human cases of plague were diagnosed in Lake County. As far as she knows, this is the first ever incident in Umatilla County. “In this recent case it is important to stay away from flea-infested areas and to recognize the symptoms. People can protect themselves, their family members and their pets,” said Genni Lehnert-Beers, administrator for Umatilla County Health Department. “Using flea treatment on your pets is very important, because your pets can bring fleas into your home.” People should contact their health care provider or veterinarian if plague is suspected. Early treatment for people and pets with appropriate antibiotics is essential to curing plague infections. Untreated plague can be fatal for animals and people. Antibiotics to prevent or treat plague should be used only under the direction of a health care provider. Additional steps to prevent flea bites include wearing insect repellent, tucking pant cuffs into socks when in areas heavily occupied by rodents, and avoiding contact with wildlife including rodents. |
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| Biohazard name: | Plague (Bubonic) |
| Biohazard level: | 4/4 Hazardous |
| Biohazard desc.: | Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release. |
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StatuThe Black Death: Bubonic Plague
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 2, 2012 at 2:05am
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/315192/hepatitis-c-outbreak-15-dead-ove...
RAJANPUR:At least 15 people have died of hepatitis-C in a Rajanpur village over the past month while around 500 more are suffering from the disease, the residents say.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Basti Jakaani villagers complained that there were no public health facilities for treatment and diagnosis of hepatitis-C in the area.
They alleged that facilities at the Rajanpur district headquarters (DHQ) hospital were only available through references from influential people. They said most of them had had to go to private laboratories for hepatitis-C tests, where they were tested positive for the disease. They said they could not afford the treatment and most of them returned to the village after getting their test reports. They said people from nearby villages had refused to come to their village fearing that they too might get infected by the disease.
Residents said there was no sanitation system in the village and the only source of drinking water was underground water. They said the water was contaminated and demanded that the government install a filtration plant in the village.
The casualties from the disease have included twins born to Alam Mai, who herself has been diagnosed with hepatitis-C. Mai said she and the babies had tested positive for the disease over a month ago. She said she could not afford treatment. Other casualties include Manzoor, 50.
Waso Mai, 70, said she had lost her husband and two grandsons to the disease.
District Officer (Health) Dr Musa Kalim expressed ignorance of a hepatitis-C epidemic in the area. He said he would look into the matter and take action to address the grievances of the Basti Jakaani villagers.
The DO, however, rejected the suggestion that anybody was declined treatment at the Rajanpur DHQ hospital. He said they had a hepatitis-C camp at the hospital where diagnostic facilities were available.
He said those diagnosed with the disease were given hepatitis-C kits and vaccines and only those in critical condition were admitted at the hospital.
Basti Jakaani was among the Rajanpur villages affected by the floods in 2010.
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http://news.bioscholar.com/2011/12/rat-borne-disease-kills-10-in-ch...
Rat-borne disease kills 10 in China
A fatal disease spread by rats has claimed 10 lives in an eastern Chinese province this year, officials said.
Between October and November alone, around 140 people in Qingdao of Shandong province were diagnosed with haemorrhagic fever that can cause kidney failure, the Shanghai Daily reported.
The outbreak occurred mainly in the rural outskirts of Qingdao, said officials.
Symptoms for haemorrhagic fever include high temperature, headaches and bleeding, the Shandong TV station said.
People can contract the disease through contact with infected rats or their droppings or by eating food or drinking water contaminated by the rodents. However, it does not spread between humans.
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Location of affected villages in Falam Township, Chin State
28 December 2011: Over 80 people have fallen ill after being contracted with a mysterious infectious disease in three villages in Falam Township, Chin State.
The outbreak, which started on December 18, has overwhelmed local health officials who scrambled an emergency response team to respond to a rapidly growing number of people falling ill in Hnahthial, Ngailan and Haimual villages.
At least 47 villagers are now described as being in 'serious' conditions.
A local villager told Chinland Guardian, "People came down with Flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea and coughing. Children under 10 years old particularly have contracted the disease."
While there has been no reported death, the local said that there are reasons to be concerned about such a possibility.
Hnahthial village, which has about 40 households, has been hardest hit with about 50 of the villagers being sick. In Ngailan Village, which has only 14 households, 20 people have fallen ill. With a total of 22 households, Haimual Village has also seen 10 locals struck by the mysterious illness.
Local health officials have yet to identify the disease.
Recently named Burma's poorest state by the United Nations, Chin State has only 12 full-fledged hospitals for a population of half a million people.
Despite the extreme needs, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party government did not set up a health or education ministry at the State level.
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http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011-12-16/Hand-foot-mout...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November
An official at the Ministry of Health says the average number of weekly cases dropped from about 3,000 in September to 2,460 in November.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel alert Monday urging people visiting Vietnam to protect themselves from the disease by practicing "healthy personal hygiene."
This year's outbreak is a sharp uptick from recent years. Since 2008, about 10,000 to 15,000 cases were reported per year with about 20 to 30 children dying annually.
The common childhood illness typically causes little more than a fever and rash, and most recover quickly.
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Mysterious Nodding Syndrome Spreading Through Uganda
http://empowerednews.net/mysterious-nodding-syndrome-spreading-thro...
In northern Uganda, large areas are experiencing an outbreak of nodding syndrome, a mysterious disease that causes young children and adolescents to nod violently when they eat food. The syndrome may be an unusual form of epilepsy that might be linked to the parasitic worm responsible for river blindness.
The recent outbreaks affected the districts of Kitgum, Pader and Gulu. In Pader alone, 66 children and teenagers have died. More than 1000 cases were diagnosed between August and mid-December.
Nearly all the children with nodding syndrome are thought to live near permanent rivers which may connect the syndrome to river blindness. Onchocerca volvulus, a nematode worm that causes river blindness, is known to infest all three affected districts.
Scott Dowell, who researches pediatric infectious diseases and is lead investigator into nodding syndrome with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that we know that [Onchocerca volvulus] is involved in some way, but it is a little puzzling because [the worm] is fairly common in areas that do not have nodding disease.
Despite the unknown cause and cure for syndrome, Uganda’s Ministry of Health has begun using anticonvulsants such as sodium valproate to treat its signs and symptoms.
It has now reached the borders the Republic of South Sudan. Since gaining independence from the rest of Sudan in July, South Sudan has remained on track to eradicate one of humanity’s oldest diseases – guinea worm.
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http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/12/28/Underreported-Health-Stories/
The Ten Most Underreported Health Stories of 2011
Sickening inequality, climbing cholera, drug resistant bugs, and more.
For almost seven years, for reasons still unclear to me, I have been following online news reports about various infectious diseases. My blog H5N1 started with a rare, potentially catastrophic virus also known as bird flu. But it soon expanded.
Especially since 2009's swine flu pandemic (the virus is H1N1), I've been blogging about many diseases and the conditions that spread them: climate change, earthquakes, political violence. Again and again, I've been reminded of the terrible truth spoken by the German pathologist and politician Rudolf Virchow long ago: "Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale."
The media cover disease in a predictable pattern. Normally, local outbreaks get only local attention. For an outbreak to gain worldwide interest, it must be sudden, surprising, and as fatal as possible. Even then, media interest is likely to fade within three or four weeks.
As well, governments are usually keen to discourage media interest in disease. Outbreaks make the local government look bad, and they discourage tourism. Apart from that, the public itself doesn't want to think about disease and dying if it can possibly avoid it.
Given such widespread attitudes, I found it easy to compile this list of the 10 most underreported health stories of the year:
10. Neglected tropical diseases. These diseases afflict people in hot, humid countries with few resorts catering to North Americans wanting to get away from it all. They include roundworm, hookworm, lymphatic filiariasis (120 million cases), river blindness (37 million cases), snail fever, trachoma, and trichuriasis. They're not glamorous, and people in temperate-zone countries don't have to worry much about them.
9. Pakistan floods, and dengue. Apart from being bombed by U.S. drones, Pakistan has had two consecutive years of disastrous floods resulting in crop failures and many waterborne diseases affecting millions. Since Pakistan is widely regarded more as enemy than as ally, funding to help the victims has not been generous. As well, the country has suffered a brutal outbreak of dengue (also known as breakbone fever). Dengue is a worldwide problem but gets little attention in North America.
8. Social determinants of health. While income inequality has suddenly become a big issue thanks to the Occupy movement, neither public nor media have really grasped why it's an issue: inequality makes you sick and then it kills you early. But it does so by inducing stress-related diseases, often self-induced like smokers' cancer and alcoholism. So the media and the public both prefer to blame the victims.
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http://grendelreport.posterous.com/news-of-smallpox-outbreak-in-ind...
News of Smallpox Outbreak in India Raises Fear
Early this week news began to break of an outbreak of smallpox in Jharkhand India. Three people in Gumla were reported to have died of the infectious disease and another five people were reported to be ill. The local health department have immediately rushed in to see if the deaths were from the ‘so called ‘ eradicated disease smallpox.
According to the Indian news channel ZeeNews. the Health Secretary AK Sarkar said that the health department was in the process of authenticating reports. However, he later added that he was not in a position to confirm or deny whether the outbreak was smallpox.
For further reading see ‘Small pox resurfaces in Jharkhand?’ (http://www.zeenews.com/news695012.html)
News has sent shock waves and fear around district of Jharkhand.
We should now ask ourselves was smallpox ever really eradicated by the vaccine as we have been led to believe?
The World Health Organization are confident that the vaccine put an end to smallpox. In 1979 they recommended that the smallpox vaccination programme cease worldwide. The only exception has been special groups, such as researchers working with smallpox and related viruses. By 1996 vaccination had stopped throughout the world.
The WHO certainly appear to have believed in the vaccines success. So much so in fact that on the 17 May 2010 in Geneva a statue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox was unveiled in front of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan. A press release from the WHO at the time states:
“The eradication of smallpox shows that with strong mutual resolve, teamwork and an international spirit of solidarity, ambitious global public health goals can be attained,” says Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO.
‘Statue commemorates smallpox eradication’ (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2010/smallpox_20100517/en/index.html)
Certainly a convincing show of solidarity wouldn’t you say? If this latest outbreak of smallpox turns out to be genuine the WHO would look pretty stupid wouldn’t they?
However, supposing the eradication of smallpox was one big hoax to completely convince the public that a vaccine had eradicated a disease. In doing this the WHO could brainwash the world into believing that vaccines could eradicate all diseases and therefore push worldwide vaccination. Many believe that smallpox is still with us but under a new name. Meryl Doyle – Australian Vaccine Network is convinced that smallpox is still around and she is not alone. She says:
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http://www.chinlandguardian.com/news-2009/1660-disease-outbreak-sic...
DISEASE OUTBREAK SICKENS OVER 80 VILLAGERS, 47 SERIOUSLY.
Location of affected villages in
28 December 2011: Over 80 people have fallen ill after being contracted with a mysterious infectious disease in three villages in Falam Township, Chin State.
The outbreak, which started on December 18, has overwhelmed local health officials who scrambled an emergency response team to respond to a rapidly growing number of people falling ill in Hnahthial, Ngailan and Haimual villages.
At least 47 villagers are now described as being in 'serious' conditions.
A local villager told Chinland Guardian, "People came down with Flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea and coughing. Children under 10 years old particularly have contracted the disease."
While there has been no reported death, the local said that there are reasons to be concerned about such a possibility.
Hnahthial village, which has about 40 households, has been hardest hit with about 50 of the villagers being sick. In Ngailan Village, which has only 14 households, 20 people have fallen ill. With a total of 22 households, Haimual Village has also seen 10 locals struck by the mysterious illness.
Local health officials have yet to identify the disease.
Recently named Burma's poorest state by the United Nations, Chin State has only 12 full-fledged hospitals for a population of half a million people.
Despite the extreme needs, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party government did not set up a health or education ministry at the State level.
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http://crystallake.patch.com/articles/county-whooping-cough-outbrea...
County Whooping Cough Outbreak Hits Record 254 Cases
Health officials are hoping school winter break will slow the spread of the disease.
The McHenry County whooping cough outbreak has reached a record number of 254 cases.
The McHenry County Health Department released the latest statistics on Dec. 23. The outbreak surpasses the previous record of 191 cases reported during an outbreak in the county in 2004, said Mary Ellen Howell, staff development coordinator for McHenry County.
The age of those affected range from 3 months to 59 years, Howell said.
The actual number of cases could be slightly higher as some illnesses go undiagnosed or unreported.
Through the communicable disease program, the county has supplied area doctors with forms to complete when they suspect a patient has come down with whooping cough — otherwise known as pertussis.
“When doctors are treating someone for pertussis, but that person hasn’t been tested, someone from the communicable disease department will call that person, interview him and try to confirm whether he has the disease,” Howell said.
Howell said the county health department hopes school vacation will slow the outbreak; however, health officials realize children visiting other relatives for the holidays actually may spread the illness further outside the county.
The 6- to 10-year-old age group has the most cases reported in McHenry County with 60 confirmed illnesses.
Cases among 11- to 14-year-olds are next highest at 49; and 15- to 19-year-olds account for 53 reported illnesses, Howell said.
“As you can see, the bulk of the outbreak is among the school-age population,” Howell said.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium, Bordetella pertussis. The illness is known for the uncontrollable, violent coughing that makes it very difficult for patients to breathe. After fits of many coughs, pertussis sufferers often need to take deep breaths, which result in a whooping sound, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children. The most common complication for children is that 1 in 10 w
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Hepatitis outbreak grows
http://www.thewesternnews.com/news/article_fe33dde2-2bf4-11e1-adc1-...
Health Department secures vaccine; now seven cases confirmed
An outbreak of Hepatitis C has surfaced in Lincoln County, according to Marci Johnson, communicable diseases coordinator of Lincoln County.
“We’re still investigating it, but right now we’ve got seven confirmed cases,” Johnson said Sunday afternoon. “I’ve been in contact with the state, and they have agreed to supply us with the vaccines for Hepatitis A and B at no charge.”
The outbreak comes as the Lincoln County Commission has scheduled to close the local Health Department office on Friday, Dec. 30, for budget cuts.
HCV (Hepatitis C) is a viral infection that is spread when the blood of an infected person enters the blood of a non-infected person. Approximately 75 percent of those who contact the virus will develop a chronic infection that can result in long-term health problems including liver damage, liver cancer, and possibly death.
According to the CDC, approximately 8,000-10,000 people die every year from HCV-related liver disease. Those with HCV should be monitored regularly by their health-care provider and evaluated for treatment. However, not everyone with HCV will benefit from treatment. Vaccination against Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B is recommended to help protect a person’s liver.
Asked about the spread of the local infections, Johnson said she is concerned about persons trying drugs for the first time.
“We’re concerned about young people caught in the moment. Those are the ones we want to have checked,” Johnson said. “The longtime users know the risks.”
Johnson said she also is working with the Flathead Valley Chemical Dependency Center in Libby to assist intravenous drug users.
The Libby Health Department office was scheduled to receive the vaccines Tuesday. Vaccine times will be scheduled later, Johnson said.
“Right now, I just want people to call the Libby Health Department to set up an appointment,” Johnson said. “The county has agreed to keep me on for awhile. There’s just no way Mickey (new County Nurse Carvey) can handle this working just two days (a week) in Eureka.”
Johnson said she planned to put flyers in area bars recommending people who may be users call her office to make an appointment to be checked.
Prior to 1992, when screening and testing became widespread in the U.S., HCV was spread through blood transfusions or organ transplants. Today, most people become infected by sharing needles while injecting drugs. Even those that do not share needles but do share related paraphernalia or “fixings” can and do contact the disease.
Sharing is also a common means of transmitting HIV and other diseases. The risk of transmission of HCV through sexual contact is believed to be low; however the risk increases for those who have multiple partners or sexually transmitted disease.
Johnson recommended people who have injected drugs in the past or are doing so currently that they be tested.
Persons are urged to talk to their health-care provider.
The Hepatitis screenings will be offered at no cost, and all inquiries and testing are strictly confidential.
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