alert!Xiamen enters the period of influenza active, so to prevent and respond →

Health reminder

Recently, the proportion of consulting in Xiamen and the positive rate of influenza virus testing has increased. Dong Hongye, deputy chief physician of the children's internal medicine department of Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that more than a month ago, children with cold and fever have increased significantly. Experts have judged that our city has entered a high -degree of fluidity in flu, and citizens are requested to pay special attention.

1. What is flu?

Influenza, an influenza, an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus infection. Influenza is still one of the world's largest public health challenges, and the influenza explosion is prone to occurred in the gathering places such as children, schools, and nursing homes. Children (especially infants and young children), elderly and chronic diseases are high -risk people.

2. How to distinguish ordinary colds and flu?

Ordinary cold: Symptoms are generally sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat. It may be caused by respiratory hypotonal virus, rhinovirus, adenovirus, coronary virus, etc., which can generally heal itself within a week.

Popular cold: Compared with ordinary colds, the symptoms of influenza are severe. The main symptoms are high fever, headache, sore throat, muscle soreness, etc.

3. What are the symptoms of children's influenza?

Experts remind parents that children with influenza symptoms will not express, but parents have to see and deal with them in time.

Fever: Urgent onset, usually burning for 3-5 days, body temperature can be as high as 39 ° C -40 ° C. It may occur in fear of cold, cold tremor, cold hands and feet, headache, etc.

The throat is uncomfortable: the eldest child will say that the throat is dry, itchy, and pain, and the child may be easy to cry or be afraid of eating, especially the solid food.

Nasal congestion: sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, etc. Children may show crying, snoring, breathing or snoring.

Cough: Most of them are paroxysmal, not coughing. The number of cough may not be many, but it will be more frequent, mostly dry cough.

Other discomforts: big children may say headaches, soreness and fatigue of the whole body; children are crying and sticking to people. These symptoms may occur, but they may not necessarily appear. The younger the younger, the more symptoms are often not typical.

4. What are the complications of influenza?

Experts say that flu is not terrible, and it is terrible about its complication. Generally speaking, after healthy people suffer from influenza, most of them are mild and generally heal. Once patients with influenza have complications, the situation will be much more complicated, such as pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute permeable vascular coagulation, myocarditis, heart failure, encephalitis, etc. In severe cases, it may cause disability and even death.

5. Under what circumstances should you seek medical treatment quickly?

Most patients with influenza without complications are relieved in 3-7 days, but cough and physical recovery often take 1-2 weeks. If the child has a fever, it continues to have high fever for 3 days or more, headache, soreness of the whole body, cold tremor, poor mental state, and poor appetite, you must see a doctor.

If the child does not have a fever, there are three situations, and you must quickly send it to the hospital: severe cough, accelerate breathing, or difficulty breathing; severe vomiting; mental sluggish or unwilling to communicate, lethargy, or crying, frightening, and convulsions.

[Special reminder] It is important to prevent influenza.

Inocular vaccine: The currently approved for listing influenza vaccine includes three -valent and quadrivalent vaccine. Old and weak people and children vaccine vaccines to prevent severe influenza. In addition, pregnant women vaccination can protect babies within June age through fetal antibodies. Hand -shampoo: Use hand -toas or soaps and rinse it with flowing water. Go to the crowd's gathering place: avoid contact with patients with respiratory tract infections and wear a mask. Pay attention to hygiene: When coughing or sneezing, try to use paper towels to cover the nose and nose to prevent droplets from splashing from long -distance. (Source: Xiamen Health and Health Commission, Xiamen Disease Control Center Wen/Xiamen Daily reporter Chen Yan compiled)

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