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Given the simplification that all tropical diseases are spread by climate change, Orduña clarifies the points.
Not everything is so easily related to climate change. Yes, there may be an influence, but we cannot know with certainty what the real weight of that potential impact will be. The clearest thing is the expansion of the presence of insect vectors . “We are seeing Aedes aegypti on route 2 arriving in Mar del Plata or on route 3 in Bahía Blanca, which clearly changed in 20 or 25 years when we had to start evaluating areas with dengue,” he points out.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a laboratory. It is the vector of dengue. Photo EFE/Thais LlorcaHe dengue is probably the disease Asia Mobile Number List of this heterogeneous group that we have talked about and heard about the most in recent times. After a record season of cases in 2023, this summer the Aedes aegypti was also a problem due to the lack of repellents.
“Between the last two weeks of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024, we already have 11,000 cases in the NEA , almost half of them in Chaco and the rest distributed between Formosa, Corrientes and Misiones,” said Orduña. This is the first season in which the vaccine is available in the private sector: a representative has just presented a project to include it in the National Vaccination Schedule for all those who have previously contracted the virus.
Chagas and leprosyOrduña points out that some of these diseases “are biblical,” such as leprosy , which is caused by a bacterial infection and affects the skin, but also the eyes and the peripheral nervous system. “We have endemic areas, mainly in the Northeast, where it is necessary to actively search for patients to detect cases and offer treatment because it can be cured,” he says.
Scabies , also a historical disease, is part of the group of ectoparasitosis, skin infestations caused by mites, fleas or lice that cause intense itching and skin rashes .owever, the specialist places special emphasis on Chagas because he affirms that it is a disease in which the course of thousands of patients could be changed.
Vinchucas, the transmitting agent of Chagas, a disease that could be eliminated. Photo archive
“I thought that one day I would practically see Chagas as a marginal pathology, but unfortunately not. Since 1969 we have had a treatment with the possibility of a cure and the fact that around 1,300 babies a year are born positive breaks my head ," he gets angry.
"We have to treat all children under 19 years of age and offer treatment to all Chagas-positive women of fertile and pre-fertile age, because if they are treated they will not have children with Chagas," emphasizes the doctor. , who demands to continue generating commitment from health teams to think about the disease and treat it appropriately, and empower patients to demand treatment.
Not everything is so easily related to climate change. Yes, there may be an influence, but we cannot know with certainty what the real weight of that potential impact will be. The clearest thing is the expansion of the presence of insect vectors . “We are seeing Aedes aegypti on route 2 arriving in Mar del Plata or on route 3 in Bahía Blanca, which clearly changed in 20 or 25 years when we had to start evaluating areas with dengue,” he points out.
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a laboratory. It is the vector of dengue. Photo EFE/Thais LlorcaHe dengue is probably the disease Asia Mobile Number List of this heterogeneous group that we have talked about and heard about the most in recent times. After a record season of cases in 2023, this summer the Aedes aegypti was also a problem due to the lack of repellents.
“Between the last two weeks of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024, we already have 11,000 cases in the NEA , almost half of them in Chaco and the rest distributed between Formosa, Corrientes and Misiones,” said Orduña. This is the first season in which the vaccine is available in the private sector: a representative has just presented a project to include it in the National Vaccination Schedule for all those who have previously contracted the virus.
Chagas and leprosyOrduña points out that some of these diseases “are biblical,” such as leprosy , which is caused by a bacterial infection and affects the skin, but also the eyes and the peripheral nervous system. “We have endemic areas, mainly in the Northeast, where it is necessary to actively search for patients to detect cases and offer treatment because it can be cured,” he says.
Scabies , also a historical disease, is part of the group of ectoparasitosis, skin infestations caused by mites, fleas or lice that cause intense itching and skin rashes .owever, the specialist places special emphasis on Chagas because he affirms that it is a disease in which the course of thousands of patients could be changed.
Vinchucas, the transmitting agent of Chagas, a disease that could be eliminated. Photo archive
“I thought that one day I would practically see Chagas as a marginal pathology, but unfortunately not. Since 1969 we have had a treatment with the possibility of a cure and the fact that around 1,300 babies a year are born positive breaks my head ," he gets angry.
"We have to treat all children under 19 years of age and offer treatment to all Chagas-positive women of fertile and pre-fertile age, because if they are treated they will not have children with Chagas," emphasizes the doctor. , who demands to continue generating commitment from health teams to think about the disease and treat it appropriately, and empower patients to demand treatment.
