After a violent reaction to mosquito bites, a one-and-a-half-year-old baby had to be hospitalized. His father, Antoine, who lives in Toulouse, told journalists from The Dispatch. The child was first stung in June on the cheek. “He had a violent reaction because his cheek began to swell excessively,” he says daily.
His son is then stung in the ear, then in the neck. The bites lead to infection. His parents take him to the emergency room of the Saint-Jean-Languedoc clinic. He will stay there for a week under observation, with antibiotic treatment. “We were told that he had infectious cellulitis, declared in reaction to mosquito bites. His natural defenses weakened by the treatment, he was full of pimples”, explains his father, still at the Dispatch.
Call to clean the fountains of the city
For this father, the fountains of the city of Toulouse are responsible for the proliferation of mosquitoes. He launches numerous appeals to the town hall, in particular on Twitter, for the basins to be emptied and cleaned. When Antoine talks about what happened to his son, he is determined. “We were very scared and you understand that I will not let go of the town hall, the department or the ARS (regional health agency) because the infection suffered by my son could have been very serious, even fatal”, he adds. .
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