AcuDoc - 10-4-2003 at 07:35 PM
Just wondering if anyone has an update on the situation in the La Paz area? Driving down with mom (her first trip) and a little worried about initial
reports. Is it safer now? Are the mosquitos still a problem? Will be spending most of our time in La Ventana. (I've been going there for years) and
want her to be comfortable and not have to worry about possible health problems.
Is there any problems around Loreto, Mulege etc. Will be in Baja starting October 11th for a month.
thanks in advance
PESCADOR
Capt. George - 10-5-2003 at 03:57 AM
AcuDoc, regards to Jim if you run into him.Has not been able to raise him via site or E-mail...Have a safe trip, we'll be right behind you...see you
all in Loreto.
Capt. George
dengue
Juan - 10-5-2003 at 06:52 AM
Hola Acudoc, Pam Bolles, Fly Fishing Pam, reported a case of dengue in Loreto. She said it was an healthy 18 year old boy. I think she said he was
recovering without problems.
Best wishes, Juan
AcuDoc - 10-5-2003 at 08:54 AM
I'm planning on meeting Jim and Marika in La Ventana. I'll be stopping in Loreto for breakfast at Cafe Ole on the 14th around 10am. If you are around
stop by. Will be stopping by again on the way back maybe for the night.
I'm driving a red ford ranger with a silver shell towing a 15' tin boat.
Family Guy - 10-5-2003 at 09:06 AM
Found this on another message board. Am concerned about how LITTLE information--both official and unofficial--is available about one of the largest
outbreaks in recent memory from Santa Rosalia to Cabo.
Posted by fred gloor on October 04, 2003 at 22:23:38:
talked to diane johnson at hotel Serenidad and noted that Loreto has had possible 100 cases of dengue fever and Mulege about 50....so take your
Cutters south.
LORETO
Capt. George - 10-5-2003 at 10:14 AM
AcuDoc, we'll be in Loreto for the north bound leg of your journey..
24 Calle Davis.....stop by
Let Jim know we'll be there
Safe trip amigo George
Protecting yourself from mosquitos...
Bob H - 10-6-2003 at 08:18 AM
Here is some excellent information on repelling those mosquitos...
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/bugs.htm#repellents
We used repellent with DEET when in the amazon jungles of Peru, it works GREAT.
Bob H
PESCADOR
Capt. George - 10-6-2003 at 03:14 PM
AcuDoc, heard from Jim, all OK....
Capt. George
See you in Loreto
6flora6 - 10-6-2003 at 04:17 PM
from: http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/Mexicalinews.html
October 1, 2003
Dengue Outbreak Strikes Sonora, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa
A nine-year old girl in the Sonora state capital of Hermosillo has died from Dengue hemorrhagic fever. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more severe form
of dengue, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The mosquito-transmitted disease has also appeared in Baja California Sur and Sinaloa.
Francisco Muro D?vila, assistant director of Health Services in Sonora, said that the state has had 167 confirmed cases of dengue this year and 15 of
theses cases were dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Baja California Sur has reported 1,319 suspected cases of dengue of which 147 are DHF. Officials there say the outbreak would have been worse if not
for the intervention of more than 1,000 members of the armed forces and healthcare workers. Rainy weather is too blame for much of the disease's
spread.
Although no figures on the extent of the outbreak in Sinaloa were provided in an article in the Ciudad Ju?rez newspaper El Diario, it is stated that
five people sick with DHF are being hidden in a room or wing in Mazatl?n's General Hospital. According to the article, these five patients do not
appear among official disease statistics provided by Sinaloa's Secretariat of Health.
The last dengue outbreak was in 1997 when 4,000 cases were registered. However, only five of them were DHF.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, "the principal symptoms of dengue are high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains, nausea and
vomiting, eye pain, and rash. Generally, younger children have a milder illness than older children and adults."
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is described by the CDC as, "a fever that lasts from 2 to 7 days, with general signs and symptoms that could occur with many
other illnesses (e.g., nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and headache). This stage is followed by hemorrhagic manifestations, tendency to bruise
easily or other types of skin hemorrhages, bleeding nose or gums, and possibly internal bleeding. The smallest blood vessels (capillaries) become
excessively permeable (?leaky?), allowing the fluid component to escape from the blood vessels. This may lead to failure of the circulatory system and
shock, followed by death, if circulatory failure is not corrected."
With good medical care, the mortality rate for DHF can be held to less than 1%, according to the CDC.
A vaccine for the disease is seen to be 5-10 years away.
Sources: El Diario (Cd. Ju?rez), October 1, 2003.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/index.htm