THE necropsy – autopsy and the specialized examinations requested by his doctors Hippocratic Hospital of Thessalonikiwill shed light on the causes of the untold tragedy with death of a child just 7 years old.
The child was rushed to the hospital in critical, hemipolar condition, with high fever, convulsions, dyspnea and stiffness. The hospital doctors tried for hours to bring it back, but unfortunately they did not succeed.
The father of the child, devastated, said that doctors reported his death may be due to legionnaires’ disease or air conditioning disease and how the dangerous germ may have stuck from the air conditioner filters. Further tests will show exactly what happened.
What is the disease of legionnaires
The disease is caused by one bacteriumgerm, which lives in stagnant waterexplained o pediatrician Marios Andreou on SKAI TV and the show “Today”.
THE incubation period once a person comes in contact with the bacterium it is from 2 to 10 days and in the beginning the symptoms are reminiscent of the flu as we know it, stressed the pediatrician.
The deterioration is rapid with pneumonia and very high fever and diarrhea. Appropriate antimicrobial treatment is required to deal with it.
However, according to Mr. Andreou, It is not easy to suspect that this bacterium is responsible even when he arrives at the hospital and the samples must be sent to specialized laboratories.
In any case, the pediatrician explained that it is not transmitted from person to person.
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