One of the patients returned from a trip to Brazil
The Italian region of Liguria recorded this Wednesday two imported cases of dengue (8), one of them from Brazil.
The infected people are two Italian citizens, hospitalized at the Policlinico San Martino and Galliera hospitals in Genoa.
In Galliera, a 56-year-old man, who returned from Brazil, was hospitalized in the infectious diseases department and underwent tests.
He went to the emergency room on May 6 complaining of widespread pain, fever and headache. He remains hospitalized and is in good health.
A 23-year-old man, who returned from a trip to the Maldives, who had symptoms compatible with the disease, was treated at San Martino on Tuesday (7) and was diagnosed. Conditions were worrying, but have stabilized.
“After these trips, in case of symptoms such as high fever, headache, pain, nausea and vomiting, it is important to immediately inform your family doctor or a hospital,” said Matteo Bassetti, director of Infectious Diseases at the Policlinico San Martino Genoa. .
«In the case we ascertained at San Martino, the young man is in good health, with an excellent ability to respond to the disease and is about to be discharged. The recorded cases demonstrate that the prevention campaign is working. there is a need for alarmism, but rather for good and effective information”, he concluded..
Source: Terra
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