influenza a h1n1 pneumonia
Posted on November 10, 2009
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According to the United Nations web site reported that the World Health Organization on October 14 to 16, held in Washington on an influenza A H1N1 influenza clinical features and management of expert meetings. Various regions from around the world more than 100 clinicians, scientists and public health professionals, after three days of discussion, concluded that: H1N1 virus has the ability to directly lead to severe pneumonia.
The experts pointed out that most of the people infected with Influenza A is experienced by a similar simple common flu symptoms. They can recover within a week, even without any treatment. However, H1N1 influenza A clinical development is another trend: There is a small number of people progress rapidly evolving as a serious pneumonia.
Primary viral pneumonia in severe cases, the most common is the most common cause of death. WHO said that severe cases of pathological studies and animal experiments to confirm: H1N1 virus has the ability to directly lead to severe pneumonia.
Clinical findings confirm that pregnant women, especially the first 3 months of pregnancy into the 3-month pregnant women, infants and young children under two years old and those with chronic lung disease, including asthma, human infection with H1N1 virus most likely to become severe. Clinical findings also show that, despite the existence of some of the original physical condition of people at greater risk, but many serious cases occur in healthy young people.
Another clinical finding was: minorities and indigenous people to develop into a relatively more severe cases, which are not in proportion to their population, the relative said. Speculation that this may be the same among these groups suffer from diabetes and a higher proportion of asthma related to.
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