General practitioner Edith Plum thinks that the TB case at PSV has no consequences for the match against Ajax on Sunday. Striker Luke Pérez is infected with the highly contagious disease. And is now in isolation on his own. Are more players infected? And can the Eindhoven players play the important match against Ajax on Sunday? General practitioner Edith Plum answered a number of important questions about the issue in the radio program ‘Keigoeiemorgen’ of Omroep Brabant.
What risks do other players are now pérez infected?
“The team trains a lot together and of course the players are all in the dressing room. That can have a lot of consequences. I think that can have consequences for other players from the team. Tuberculosis used to be called tering and is highly contagious. If you get it you have to be insulated and nursed and six months on the heavy medication.”
“It can already be transmitted via sneezing and coughing. So I think the entire team is being tested by the GGD to see if there are several cases. Not everyone who is infected becomes sick of it. That depends on how good your immune system is.”
Will the game continue on Sunday?
“I don’t think the game will be at stake on Sunday. The GGD is very competent and tackles this kind of fallen professionally. The whole team was probably already tested when PSV announced that Perez has TBC. So I expect that we can just sit in front of the tube on Sunday afternoon.”
Source and contact research
PSV immediately indicated that, among other things, source and contact research has been started and that those involved have been informed. The GGD expects to have a result of this at the end of this week. PSV does not say how many players were investigated.
The KNVB will contact the club on Tuesday to inquire about the situation. According to a PSV spokesperson, there are no signals yet that the top match against Ajax is in danger.
Pérez came to Eindhoven at the end of February as a replacement for the injured American Ricardo Pepi. In total he only played 24 minutes before PSV.
How long before you notice it?
“If you come into contact with it, only one in ten gets really sick. But you don’t even have to notice that immediately. Sometimes it only comes up after two years.”
How do it go if you are infected?
If you have TB, you must be insulated and nursed. You also have to take heavy medication for six months. Classic symptoms are heavy sweat attacks that you wake up during the night. A patient has to cough and has less appetite. It can even affect your joints and skin. The disease is actually no longer found in the Netherlands. I have had my own practice since 2001 and have never diagnosed anyone with the disease. “