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What is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome?

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

The European frightening past have gone out of fashion. Indeed, those celebrities like Coco, the man with the sack or Maria Sarmiento (to name just some of the best known) and not as it used to produce terror. In contrast, the current trend to-end to other less effective methods frictional: today the hemolytic uremic syndrome is the greatest fear for children.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a contagious disease characterized by kidney failure, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulation defects and neurological signs variables. Spain has a high rate of children affected by this serious disease. HUS is a common illness in young children and often occurs after a gastrointestinal infection, usually caused by a specific type of the bacterium E. coli but has also been associated with other enteric infections including Shigella and Salmonella. Go chance, this problem is closely associated with poor nutrition and, above all, with fast food or junk explains a trusted physician. (more…)

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is an endemic disease in our country. The incidence in Argentina is the highest in the world are recorded between 400 and 500 new cases per year. Predominates in the warm months or spring and summer.
It affects young children: it is more frequent between 5 and 30 months, although there has been in older children.

Top Symptoms
The disease begins with diarrhea, mucus or bloody mucous pink tinged stool, vomiting, severe pallor and decreased urine output during diarrhea. The latter may occur from dehydration from diarrhea, or kidney involvement due to illness. In any circumstances should be cause for alarm and should be consulted immediately to your doctor.

The disease may progress leading to anemia, impaired renal function and in some cases, neurological abnormalities, manifested by drowsiness or irritability and sometimes seizures.

Source
In 90% of cases, the condition in our country is produced by a bacterium, Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic variety, producing a toxin called Verocytotoxin or VTEC. This bacterium and its toxin are heat sensitive and can be destroyed by cooking or pasteurization.

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