A little girl from the Pont-du-Leu district in Calais suffers from meningitis. As this deadly disease is highly contagious, the city has been put on alert.
A case of meningitis shook up Pont-du-Leu, a district of Calais. A little girl was diagnosed and hospitalized. She attended the Rodin nursery, which was put on alert Friday evening June 1, as well as the Kergomard nursery school.
The ARS has ordered people who may have been in contact with the girl – children, parents, professionals – to go to the doctor in order to be prescribed preventive treatment. The sector pharmacy has been informed by the ARS of the implementation of the device in order to provide the doses of drugs necessary for the care of all residents of the district.
No return to nursery
Saturday morning, some parents did not want their child to return to the Rodin crèche.
Meningitis has been particularly deadly in recent months in France, killing three young people. A student fromIDRAC died of a meningococcal infection, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Occitanie announced in early May. As this fatal disease is highly contagious, several people attending the same school have already visited CHU Lapeyronie to undergo follow-up examinations. “These are the family and relatives who have been in close, close and repeated contact during the ten days preceding his illness,” the agency said in a statement.
Dead in bed
At only 23 years old, the young man died at his home in Palavas-les-Flots, Thursday, May 3. He had had his family full of headaches the night before, but didn’t worry. He would have tried to end it by taking the painkillers he had on hand. The next morning, his relatives found him in his bed, lifeless.
As a preventive measure, antibiotic treatment was offered to relatives of the deceased teenager: her family, members of her sports club, as well as the staff and students of the Gabriel-Faure high school in Tournon, in Ardèche, where she was. schooled. Nevertheless, “the germ being very fragile in the environment, the risks of transmission are very low. There is no need to disinfect the premises, nor to treat people who have had occasional contact with the sick person. “.
A 16-year-old girl also died on March 29 of meningitis while she was at her home in Hauterives, in Drôme. On the suspicion of the Samu doctor who intervened, an autopsy was performed in Grenoble, which confirmed the meningitis. “The girl’s autopsy results confirmed it. But the strain of meningococcus (A, B, C, W, Y) – the most severe form of meningitis – has not yet been determined.” , then explained the ARS.
First 24 hours
Remember that during the first 24 hours, a meningococcal infection usually results in headaches, vomiting and stiff neck. It can also give rise to septicemia, arthritis or even peritonitis.
Doctors don’t necessarily think about it right away, but 10% of patients infected with the W strain of meningococcus also have abdominal pain, according to a brand new study from the Institut Pasteur and the pediatric department of the Hôpital Bicêtre AP-HP published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
“Faced with these stomach aches, the doctor will not first think of an invasive meningococcal infection. We think rather of gastroenteritis, or even appendicitis”, explains Muhamed-Kheir Taha, main author of the study. and head of the National Meningococcal Reference Center (CNRM) at the Institut Pasteur. “But if we delay in the detection and appropriate management of people affected by the disease, their vital prognosis may be engaged. Invasive meningococcal infection is a fatal disease in almost 100% of cases if we do not administer antibiotics quickly, “he insists.
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