Influenza prevention and care
Posted on July 17, 2009
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Influenza is caused by influenza virus infection. Flu single shares RNA viruses mucus is a positive virus family.
Influenza virus does not heat and acid (56 ℃ or when the non-pathogenic pH3), to alcohol, carbolic acid, bleaching powder, and are also sensitive to ultraviolet light. 1% hydrochloric acid, lactic acid, acetic acid could serve as a disinfectant. Under natural conditions, influenza virus B and hepatitis C only infect humans, but can still be infected with influenza A viruses are pigs, horses, poultry and so on. Experimental animals can be infected ferrets only to the occurrence of respiratory tract inflammation. Popular chick embryo, human embryonic kidney, bovine kidney, canine kidney and other cultured influenza viruses.
Influenza Clinical Care Plan
1. According to the general care and routine care of infectious diseases.
2. Respiratory isolation until the body temperature to normal 24h. Indoor Note that ventilation and maintain proper temperature and humidity.
3. When the temperature suddenly back, pay attention to insulation, to closely observe the condition; if collapse, immediately report to physicians.
4. Complicated by pneumonia, myocarditis, meningitis, etc., should be related to conventional treatment.
Cold treatment of excessive Mo
Note: The height of threatened populations (the elderly, young children, patients with chronic heart and lung disease) in susceptible persons, immediately after exposure to influenza with ribavirin mouth; or ribavirin solution (5mg/ml) intranasal; or aerosol spray fog, 5 ~ 10d. Influenza can take amantadine or methyl amantadine.
How should influenza be prevented?
Influenza focus on prevention, follow the general rules of prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. As the population susceptible to influenza virus, with age, sex, occupation and so nothing to do with a highly susceptible to such disease, to prevent the source of infection must be isolated, cut off the transmission of susceptible people the necessary education and to take effective measures. The following three aspects tell us about the prevention of influenza.
☆ General Prevention
Early detection, rapid diagnosis, stepping up surveillance efforts. Good isolation of the patient, the patient is the main source of infection, since the end of the incubation period that is contagious 2-3 days in early disease is most contagious. The virus present in the patient’s nose, Kouxian, sputum, and with coughing, sneezing excreted at the same time attention should be paid as part of the immune, some people may from time to disease after infection has become latent infection, becoming invisible crowd source of infection.
☆ drug prevention
Amantadine or rimantadine to prevent influenza A has a certain effect. Early in the epidemic, we must promptly determine the epidemic strain type. On the unprotected populations can be drug prevention. However, due to amantadine has a central nervous system side effects, the elderly and those with vascular sclerosis with caution, pregnant women and there is a history of epilepsy is disabled.
People can also try traditional Chinese medicine to prevent. Be Banlangen, Daqingye, 50 grams, wild chrysanthemum, honeysuckle 30 grams each, four Chinese herbal medicines in the same into the big mug with hot water, brew, drink, after a moment. Or, Guanzhong, Banlangen each 30 grams, 15 grams of dandelion, green tea 5 grams, the shamisen, tea with boiling water, brew for future generations. More than two parties Qingrejiedu working well, with a strong anti-viral effect, applicable to pandemic influenza.
☆ vaccine
Currently, influenza vaccination is the most effective against influenza as a means. Influenza vaccine is manufactured according to changes in the virus, the United Nations World Health Organization around the world, built 110 influenza monitoring points, including seven built in China, responsible for monitoring and prediction of influenza outbreaks and influenza virus mutations. Each year in February, the United Nations World Health Organization hosted meeting of experts in various national influenza surveillance, compilation, analysis and the possible outbreak of epidemic strains, the vaccine manufacturers to produce vaccines accordingly, so influenza vaccine should be vaccinated once a year.
In the United States and Canada, influenza vaccination is widespread in Japan, law, children aged 3 to 17 routine annual influenza vaccination.
China’s epidemic prevention departments across the country in recent years begun to influenza vaccination. Per person per year with a single injection once a 7th day after vaccination – 15 days to produce antibodies, and in the body extended one year, within a year essentially to waive or reduce the risks of influenza to the body.
Live attenuated influenza vaccine can be divided into vaccine and inactivated vaccine. The former can be nasal spray inhalation, causing mild respiratory tract infection of human immunity. Object is healthy vaccinated adults or children, disabled in the elderly, infants and young children, pregnant women and those with more serious disease or chronic basis for patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. When faced with an influenza pandemic, in urban and peri-urban populations, in addition to those who have a contraindication, the should be fully immunized. Facing small and medium prevalence, generally used only in the key target groups, such as airports, seaports, child care institutions, staff and other service industries.
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