The Commissioner for Health in Plateau, Dr Kunden Deyin, said the state recorded four deaths, while laboratory tests confirmed five cases of Lassa fever since December 2016.


The commissioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday via telephone interview in Jos that 80 per cent of the mortality rate was due to late presentation of patients to health care facilities.


Deyin said “the mortality rate is as high as 80 per cent; the reason is that people are reporting very late, Lassa fever is best managed when patients start taking the drug within the first week of contracting the disease.


“The symptoms are similar to that of malaria such as nausea, body weakness and joint pains; it is at advanced stage that symptoms such as bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth or private part occur.”



The commissioner, who said that getting the drug for the management of Lassa fever was difficult as it was not readily sold in the open market, added that the state was trying to access the drugs from the Federal Ministry of Health.


He said the state ministry had, however, alerted healthcare workers in the state to be on alert and to have “high index of suspicion.”


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/01/4-dead-5-cases-recorded-as-lassa-fever.html

Lassa would have been dealt with by now if Gej were still president

LASSA FEVER AGAIN

Now that Buhari is away, Oshinbajo, o ya

lassa fever in this period of recession when Nigerians are ready to eat any thing eatable.

Kkkk

LASSA FEVER AGAIN?........its making me scared of eating Garri again.

LASSA AGAIN

Plateau God help us

lasa fever again,may god help us

Choi!!

not again!!!!!

Ah Jesus Christ,we just referred a suspected case today. Santa maria

Who knows if buhari is battling with this disease or not

Stop killing and eating every snake or rat you see in your backyard all in the name of bush meat but they won't listen. This is the result

As if the fulani cattle terrorists have not killed enough, now the people of the middle belt have to deal with Lassa Fever too.

E go better

Dis tin is real o

recession, hunger, bombing, corruption, lassa fever...
I swear I don tire for Naija

but buhari why? ??

trustyshoess:
Stop killing and eating every snake or rat you see in your backyard all in the name of bush meat but they won't listen. This is the result

As money for meat no dey wetin poor man go do

The problem is that the early symptoms are what a typical nigerian feels at least once a month, so he/she might not find it 'alarming' until it is too late. May we not fall victim of the disease.

chai!!! God wil help us

They are back for revenge

ikombe:
As money for meat no dey wetin poor man go do

Must you eat meat? Vegetarianso are people.

Health system failure under buhari who is on vacamedical healthcation in UK. Buhari belongs to nobody