This year's influenza season arrives early: Influenza -sample cases in Qingdao detect influenza -positive strains

Qingdao Daily/Guanhai News, September 8th News Qingdao is now high in autumn, but many people have symptoms such as fever, sneezing, runny nose. Many citizens are puzzled by this: Doesn't flu say in winter and spring? Why are many people around? So is it a normal cold or flu? Guanhai journalists learned from the Municipal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that at present, the city has detected influenza -positive strains in influenza -like cases, and it is consistent with the popularity of poison strains in the country and province. Continuous influenza monitoring reminds that this year's influenza virus activity has been enhanced and the influenza season has arrived early. It can be seen that influenza prevention is urgent!

What is flu?

Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus infection. It is divided into four subtypes: A, B, C, and Ding. At present, the infected people are mainly H1N1 and H3N2 subtype and B virus in type A virus. Victoria and Yamagata. Fluid is mainly transmitted by droplets such as sneezing and cough. It can also be infected directly or indirectly through mucosa and other mucosa such as oral cavity, nasal cavity, and eyes.

How to identify flu and ordinary colds?

Ordinary colds are mainly sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, cough and other symptoms, and are rare in complications. The whole body symptoms of flu are heavier than ordinary colds. Generally, fever (body temperature can reach 39 ° C to 40 ° C), headache, and whole body muscle soreness will occur after the influenza virus is infected. Among them, pneumonia is the most common.

Both flu and ordinary colds are self -limiting diseases. Generally, if there is no complication, the body temperature gradually decreases after 3 to 4 days after the onset of the disease, and the symptoms of the whole body improve. However, influenza in some high -risk groups, such as children under 5 years of age, may develop into severe cases, should pay great attention and actively prevent it to reduce the physical and mental pain after the patient's illness. Waiting for the burden of the disease.

How to prevent flu?

Vaccinations each year are the most effective means to prevent flu. At present, Qingdao flu vaccines have arrived one after another, and citizens are advised to vaccinate and actively prevent them early. Those with no contraindications can be vaccinated in June, and the following groups are given priority: medical staff; large -scale activities participants and guarantee personnel; elderly care institutions, long -term care institutions, welfare homes and other people gather fragile people and employees; Such as the teachers and students of the childcare institutions, the primary and secondary schools, the detainees and staff of the supervisor institutions, etc.; other high-risk people, including 60 and above elderly people, June-old-5-year-old children, chronic diseases, those who are chronic diseases, people, people, and chronic diseases, people, people with chronic diseases, and chronic diseases, people, people with chronic diseases, and chronic diseases, people, people, and chronic diseases, people, and chronic diseases, people, and chronic diseases, people, and chronic diseases, people, and chronic diseases, people, and chronic diseases, and chronic diseases. Family members and caregivers of infants under the age of June and pregnant women.

In addition, maintain good hygiene habits, wash your hands frequently, exercise more, improve your own immunity, cover your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, and reduce disease transmission; try to avoid densely crowded places, reduce gathering, and keep indoor ventilation. Effective means.

When family members have influenza symptoms, especially children, elderly and chronic disease patients, they should seek medical treatment early to actively treat complications and shorten the course of disease. (Qingdao Daily/Guanhai Journalist Guo Jingli)

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