Blind of Ávila/“I thought it was Chikungunya when I started to feel very weak, but a couple of days ago I came out petechiae in the abdomen and arms area,” he tells 14ymedio Roman from blind from Ávila. At 52, the man assures that he has rarely felt as bad as now, when what self -diagnosis as dengue has left him decay for days.
The Avileño, like so many other patients on the island, has not bothered to go to a hospital to receive an official diagnosis. The lack of strength and pain in the extremities, added to red spots and fever are symptoms that recognize well because other family members have also suffered during the summer, when the spread of dengue and other viruses triggers.
“The Polyclinic laboratory is also paralyzed and are only accepting urine samples from pregnant women”
Even without the diagnosis, there is not much that differentiates the treatment that has imposed himself from what a doctor could recommend. “The Polyclinic laboratory is also paralyzed and are only accepting urine samples from pregnant women in the area for the exams they need in the first weeks,” he explains. Under these conditions, he says, “the card is better read: a lot of water, rest and patience.”
However, Román regrets that Dengue has surprised him “in a very bad time”, when his family needs it more. The area in which he lives suffers a crisis of supply and with the drought the wells are also in the last. “With the water problems we are suffering, I was the one that loaded the cubes for my house and threw a backpack with a bumpy to go to look for water to my mother’s house, which is a bit far away. Now I can not make strength because everything hurts,” he laments.
Dr. Francisco Durán García said that Dengue and Oroopouche are the most widespread viruses currently
Roman is not the only one. In a country with a serious shortage that has erased from shops from the most basic medicines to food, any disease arrives at a bad time. Wednesday, in your Daily report On the health situation on the island, Dr. Francisco Durán García-known for giving the part of infected and killed by COVID-19 during the worst months of the pandemic-said that Dengue and Oroopouche are the most widespread viruses today.
The first, transmitted by the mosquito aedes aegyptiis present in seven provinces with a serious – “non -critical case,” Durán said – in Santiago de Cuba. As for Oroopouche, the disease has spread through 11 territories, being the most active of the arbovirosis reported by the optional, which did not offer concrete cases of cases. Chikungunya has only been reported in Matanzas, specifically the municipality of Perico.
Durán himself spoke of more than 4,000 infected with dengue
Just a few weeks ago Durán himself talked about more than 4,000 dengue infecteda figure that corresponds only to those who are diagnosed in the hospitals of the island. The quantity, if the little confidence of the population in health services is taken into account and that many prefer to “make rest” under a mosquito net without going to the toilets, could be much greater.
Oroopouche’s fever, for which there is no treatment or vaccines, is a vector -transmitted disease that spreads mainly among people through the sting of a tiny insect, the jején, or the mosquito Culex Quinquefasciatus.
For weeks, the authorities ignored the complaints, especially in the Eastern provinces
The virus arrived in Cuba in the summer of 2024 and, for weeks, the authorities ignored the complaints, especially in the eastern provinces. Shortly after they recognized their presence in Santiago de Cuba, but caution remained the order for the rest of the provinces, especially the capital. Then, it was 14ymedio he First to reportwith testimonies of patients and health who asked for anonymity, that the Oopopouche fever had spread to Havana.
Durán, who also recently admitted the existence of a new Covid-19 Subvariant on the island, says that none of the clinical pictures associated with these diseases are serious, although he called not to neglect hygiene and ensure the transmission. He also explained that, like every summer, respiratory paintings and acute diarrheal diseases are recorded, although none has alarming levels.
