Health: beware of Zika virus!
Transmitted by the tiger mosquito, Zika virus can cause pregnant women malformation of the child's skull unborn. This is why the High Council of Public Health ( HCSP ) sounded the alarm bell: it recommends that pregnant women who want to have a child to defer all travel in areas where the epidemic has already declared as in Brazil, Colombia, but also in the Caribbean. Explanations.
Zika virus: see your travel project
Dengue, chikungunya but Zika virus. The tiger mosquito can transmit the virus that leads to rashes and muscle pain. In pregnant women, the consequences can be more serious with the fetal microcephaly . At birth, the baby will have a skull perimeter very below average.
To avoid infection Zika, HCSP recommends that pregnant women who want to have a child to postpone any plans for traveling in areas affected by the epidemic in Latin America , Central America and that the West Indies .Moreover, 102 cases of infection were registered in Martinique, 45 cases in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and a case in another case in St. Martin.
If the travel project in the above areas can not be deferred , the women concerned must then conscientiously protect tigers from mosquito bites by using repellents. They must also ensure wear long clothing.
If symptoms of Zika virus, namely edema, fever, headache or rash, you need as quickly consult a doctor.
Zika virus: no human to human transmission
According to a first assessment of the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS) conducted January 28, 2016, five travelers from the beginning of the year contracted Zika virus in one of the areas affected by the epidemic and returned to the 'Hexagon.However, none of the patients concerned do this "serious form of the infection."
To avoid panic, the Ministry of Health wished to recall that Zika virus is not transmitted from human to human . It can actually be transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
Late last week, the Establishment Preparation and Response to Health Emergencies (EPRUS ) sent a team of health reinforcement in Martinique and French Guiana in order to assess the additional needs that may require hospitals and physicians in these particularly exposed areas.
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