AN1H1 flu or "Swine" flu has been making news and causing widespread concern for several months. This week, LivinginPeru.com has an excellent article from Ryan Maves M.D., a doctor who works at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD). Because much of the news about AN1H1 has been sensationalized by the media, Dr. Maves article goes a long way in explaining how AN1H1 and influenza in general should be regarded by private citizens and the measures being taken by those in the health care industry to combat it. Like any illness, AN1H1 should be taken seriously, but Dr.Maves concludes that AN1H1 is manageable and isn't a reason to fear traveling to Peru or any other country in the world. To find out more,click on
http://www.livinginperu.com/features-822-health-medicine-influenza-peru-an-overview
We have in our country more dangerous diseases like Pneumonia in our Highland or Tuberculosis in the Coast, but we don't have all necessary measures.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the mass media cause the panic in the Population, when they have to give the real information and they could be part of the solution not part of the problem.
Eco. Patricia Olórtegui Acosta
The influenza is a disease difficult to treat, in Peru one is working with many intelligence this case in order that there does not spread the influenza AH1N1, not other derivatives.
ReplyDeleteTo the being a disease from the animals, always is going to present mutations, which it hopes that they do not cause any more deaths in the world.
Elizabeth Bravo de Rueda