Is Influenza really so awful?
Posted on October 28, 2009
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San Siyue copies a year, when the earth covered with green loading times, it is high season for influenza. This is not while ago, a 21-month-old children in Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, died, so far, the Hong Kong influenza death toll has reached 4. The Hong Kong Government announced that all primary schools, special schools, kindergartens will be closed for two weeks.
Influenza, Is it really so awful?
Who can a “killed” 10 million people – a small flu!
From 1914 to 1918, World War I artillery fire engulfed more than 1,600 million lives. Fratricidal people not aware of an even greater danger is approaching a step by step – towards the end of the war, the influenza outbreak. Only one year, nearly 50 million people have been killed lives, far more than those who died in the war! This is the one dreaded by the “Spanish flu” incident.
Why is such a big powerful influenza, one can “kill” tens of millions of people?
This is because the flu spread primarily through respiratory tract, and we need to breathe all the time, so one can not, like prevention of diseases such as gonorrhea, as long as the nose clean can be immune. Even more difficult to deal with is the easy variation of influenza viruses, which, once the disease outbreak, spread fast, covers a very wide.
What is a mutation? This, like other creatures, tensions between the generations, between peers do not grow exactly the same token, the difference between micro-organisms is even more apparent. We call this offspring and the parent is called the difference between the variation.
Encountered influenza, take the initiative
In the influenza season, if you have to stand the cold, fever, headache, body aches, weakness and other symptoms, body temperature as high as 39 ~ 40 degrees Celsius, also felt dry eyes, dry throat and a mild pain, it shows that may have been infected with influenza virus a. Some people even got influenza, there will be sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose and other phenomena, and even nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. At this time, I suggest you look at the hospital confirmed.
In determining its own, after suffering from the flu, how do we take the initiative to defeat this intractable “enemy”? The following recipe for experts to give you support –
Anti-virus, should be as soon as possible once the diagnosis of influenza should be an early application of anti-influenza virus drug treatment. Only early (onset within 13 days) use of anti-influenza virus drug therapy, in order to achieve the best effect.
A drug drop a poisonous anti-influenza virus drugs at present are mainly three types: The first one is amantadine and rimantadine, influenza virus, but they are only effective, and treatment of patients, about 30% of the virus in vivo the drug tolerance; the second is oseltamivir, for A and B influenza viruses have a very good role, a lower incidence of drug resistance; third is Chinese medicine drugs, such as Banlangen and so on prevention and treatment of influenza had good results.
Rational drug use, symptomatic treatment of early application of anti-influenza virus drugs, most of them can effectively improve the symptoms. Course of the disease have been late or not suitable for antiviral drugs, may symptomatic treatment, apply some fever medicine, to ease nasal congestion drugs, cough expectorants drugs.
It is noteworthy that: children hanged aspirin or aspirin-containing medicines and other ingredients salicylic acid preparations, the treatment of influenza because of the use of such drugs may lead to a serious complication, so that sick children of a convulsion, disturbance of consciousness and even coma and death rate as high as 70% ~ 80%.
What people need to take extra care to high-risk groups for influenza, relatively poor resistance to the elderly, children and patients suffering from chronic heart and lung disease patients. Such people suffer from influenza after the more easily complicated by pneumonia, bronchitis, severe myocardial damage and can cause meningitis, a life-threatening. Therefore, when such people suffer from influenza, should be timely sent to hospital for treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, has its advantages at present, there is no cure for the clinical treatment of influenza, while the traditional Chinese medicine in prevention and treatment of influenza has its unique advantages. Anti-influenza virus type traditional Chinese medicine in order to Qingrejiedu mainly single herb medicines have Daqingye, Banlangen, Forsythia, Guanzhong, Houttuynia, etc., compound of the anti-viral drugs such as oral liquid, etc. Hornsey, research has confirmed that they have more a good direct antiviral activity. In addition, recent studies have found that YangYinShengJin side has a good anti-viral effects, kidney law also can prevent respiratory tract infection.
Experts advise: Influenza urgent need for comprehensive prevention of
Vaccination against influenza is currently the most effective way, in the influenza vaccine and epidemic strains match the cases, the vaccine’s protective effect is 60% ~ 70%, even though once again got the flu, vaccinated people than those who did not vaccinated symptoms should be light, short course, especially the likelihood of serious complications greatly reduced. See this, some people may feel confused: Since the development of vaccines, why influenza will continue to be popular, even cause death, serious consequences? Reasons or because the variability of influenza viruses.
Remind one: after the injection of influenza vaccine is not foolproof
The vaccine is not omnipotent. Large variability of influenza viruses in each epidemic strains are different, so the vaccine may only be this year’s vaccination against influenza virus attacks this year, not next year, can not guarantee that the mutated flu virus attacks. And a year later, the body’s resistance to influenza viruses has been declined. Accordingly, one after the flu vaccine is not injected once and for all, but to an annual injection.
Remind 2: The effect of influenza vaccine may be discounted
The one hand, the effect of influenza vaccine depends on the choice of vaccine strains and epidemic strains match then the other, depending on the body’s immune function. For the health of young people, the influenza vaccine protection rate of 60% to 70%, but for the elderly, children and patients with chronic diseases (such as heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes patients), the effect of some worse. Of course, after inoculation infected with the influenza virus, are still able to alleviate the symptoms.
Reminded 3: early vaccination is necessary
Influenza vaccine to the vaccine works need 6 to 8 weeks. During this time, the body has not yet produced immunity, still belongs to at-risk populations, influenza vaccine thus generally 1 to 2 months in advance, but can not wait for an influenza pandemic up before the vaccination of thought.
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