2024-07-06 22:06:32
Whooping cough alert in the Center Val de Loire. This disease caused by bacteria is particularly contagious: 1 infected person transmits the disease to an average of 15 other people. Airborne contamination occurs during direct contact with infected people.
What are the symptoms?
Whooping cough is characterized by very violent coughing fits that may result in vomiting. Whooping cough reappears every 3 to 5 years, and since covid, this is the first time it has come back so strongly … in Europe, France and Berry.
What rate of occurrence?
It is difficult to obtain precise figures on the incidence of whooping cough as it is not a notifiable disease. The ARS Val De Loire Center sends this alert, because the circulation of bacteria has been more intense since January. “The epidemic is well established” explains Aurélie Thouet, representative of the department of public health and environment.”Since the beginning of the year, 21 hospitalizations have been identified for causes related to whooping cough. On the Cher and the Indre, up to eleven emergency services were consulted and only two hospitalizations have been recorded so far, including one for a child under one year of age..”
What to do?
Whooping cough is especially dangerous for babies under two months of age, too young to be vaccinated, they are therefore very vulnerable. “To protect newborns “Aurélie Thouet and the ARS recommend”pregnant women to be vaccinated between the fifth and eighth month, ideally by giving vaccination to pregnant women. This allows the antibodies to be passed on to the baby who is protected from birth and before his first injection.” “For children, there are boosters at the age of six and eleven that must be done then, we can have a booster from the age of 25 and generally, if we are close to babies or vulnerable people, yes he. It is recommended to check your vaccination status and, if necessary, assess the need for vaccinationr”. The ARS points out that the vaccine has been known and proven for many years.
A community approach
Unlike Covid”we do not need to diagnose every case. The challenge of a community approach is small, that is to say that once we have confirmed the first case in an establishment, in a community, in a community, it is enough for us to confirm the diagnosis based on the other suspected cases . on the clinical symptoms presented. So the challenge before us is to detect the first case in a community“. After that “The recommendations are forwarded to the medical community of the territory concerned, as well as regarding national education for parents and teachers and professionals who intervene to give them the recommendations and to ensure good care as much as possible. the disease.”
Finally, the ARS also invites check the children’s vaccination status before sending them to summer camp.
To listen
Broadcast on 29/04/2024
Whooping cough: the big comeback
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