a doctor unravels the mystery

Identifying the contours of the so-called mysterious disease affecting fishermen is today at the center of the concerns of the ministerial departments concerned, first of all the Ministry of Health. However, according to a Senegalese doctor, this pathology could be chickenpox.

“Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the chickenpox virus, we have it only once in our life, after acquiring immunity … Its contamination is very rapid. That’s why in the fishing villages where a great promiscuity, it may seem logical that the disease affects so many people in such a short time.

Treatment is symptomatic only with antiseptics to wash off and also antihistamines to stop the itching. Sometimes we can add antibiotics to avoid bacterial superinfection, “points out our source.

For him, this treatment bears fruit “two or even three weeks later”.

However, our interlocutor is keen to make an important clarification: “Child’s chickenpox is less serious than adult’s. Chickenpox is quite serious like what we are currently seeing in these young adult fishermen. We should isolate them, give them a symptomatic treatment and wait for spontaneous healing … ”

Author: Mouhamadou DIALLO – Seneweb.com