22, September 2016 the Zika training. The Ministry of Health and other agencies worked to maintain public awareness of preventive mea...
Marleni Cuellar, Reporting
appeared shortly after the mosquito-transmitted disease in this region, it was suspected that there was a possible connection between Zika and birth defects. While there is still much that the medical community does not know and to try to find Zika, they confirmed that this can have devastating effects on the fetus.
Cecilio Eck
Dr. Cecilio Eck, chief pediatric KHMH
"Zika virus is a long time since the 1940s, they began to spread in recent times. The club is the biggest concern is that, if you are pregnant, at a certain point in the pregnancy, is infected baby at risk is for microcephaly ago Zika and even Zika, there are many other common causes of microcephaly are Zika -.. virus the cause number one in our country, in my opinion, problems at birth would be a premature birth, with cerebral hemorrhage, birth trauma blood flow to the brain due to a problem at birth, and if this is the case, the growth of the brain and the baby ends with a small head. so really means head small microcephaly if the brain does not develop and the brain is the control center for the whole body, and then end up with a child, which develops slowly. do not go well not right or good talks moment not develop fine motor skills, can not see, smell, chewing and swallowing, and taste, and run these deficits to a child that is slower than normal. "
Karl Jones
Dr. Charles Jones, medical coordinator, Matron Roberts Polyclinic
"The important thing is that most people know, the development or the birth of a child with microcephaly There are indications that there are other types of birth defects. Neurological and cardiovascular defects that may occur and are thought to be linked to Zika. But what know we at this moment the most important thing is microcephaly. "
Both Jones and Eck working doctors in public health centers and make education for prevention effects and Zika resume possible. Like most doctors that have been updated with the official and the persistent questions about the disease and its effects on unborn babies.
Dr. Cecilio Eck
"It's in our system for six months. The latest information from the WHO is not sex for six months to have with your partner, because if this person is also during pregnancy, may have the effect. I spoke to our doctor and neurologist Sosa told me that there is an end - is born with normal head circumference on the road development of the disease in infants, may develop an end - the beginning of the disease, which can take up to six months ".
"We do not know exactly when during pregnancy the product of pregnancy the fetus - is more sensitive, so it is not known whether it all the way to thirty-two, thirty-four, Zika thirty three loans as well as we do not know if Zika at this. obtain location, these things are more or less dangerous than getting eight, nine, 10 weeks. hitherto unknown. we do not know how long there is a chance that the child be affected. Suppose you have Zika and you are not pregnant, I do not know if it is turned off, so to speak, to have what is considered a healthy pregnancy into consideration, these are the most important things that are not yet known. "
While late onset microcephaly additional monitoring requires, Belize, is ultrasound used to monitor for the development of unborn babies. This was explained earlier this year in April, as part of the response of the department Zika.
Natalia Largaespada
Dr. Natalia Largaespada, Maternal and Child Health Services, Ministry of Health [File 21st April 2016]
"We have an image of what we have under the term children use a growing following table we use for premature babies. It i not only the size of the head, but the damage to tissues in the brain even calcification of the brain. Which means that the brain can not function normally if the child would survive. However, this can not be recognized because not end all cases of microcephaly with Verkalkungs. But you need to document that examine before ultrasound. We recommend to 20 weeks, then 29 weeks and then a comparison to see whether there is a reduction in the size of the fetal head and when a change in that it suggests are changes in the brain tissue. "
Dr. Cecilio Eck
"Because our numbers are small in Belize, we have not seen, or has not been confirmed (Zika related) cases of microcephaly in Belize ... I remember of. But it will happen if it is native from the Ministry for Health Caye Caulker reported. passed. "
Zika is primarily transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It is also transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse and can be passed from mother to fetus. The most common symptoms are fever, rash, conjunctivitis and malaise. The symptoms are usually mild and last for a week. Remember that there is no cure or vaccine for Zika; so for those of childbearing age, prevention is the best answer.
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