Obese were included in the H1N1 high-risk groups
Posted on November 5, 2009
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Recently, the Ministry of Health issued a “Influenza A H1N1 flu clinic program (2009 third edition).” This version is based on recent research results at home and abroad as well as our experience of Influenza A H1N1 flu clinics are updated. Its range of high-risk groups as well as the provisions of the treatment is more extensive. Obesity will become easy targets for the first time been included in the severe cases of high-risk groups.
According to the new program introduction, the crowd on the universal susceptible to influenza A H1N1 influenza virus, and influenza-like symptoms following the crowd, the easier development of severe cases, should be given high priority, as soon as possible influenza A H1N1 influenza virus nucleic acid testing and other necessary inspections .
These groups are: 1, pregnant women; 2, accompanied by the following diseases or conditions are: chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease (except hypertension), kidney disease, liver disease, blood system diseases, nervous system and neuromuscular diseases , metabolic and endocrine system diseases, immune suppression (including the application of immunosuppressive agents or HIV infection-induced immune dysfunction), 19 persons under the age of long-term use of aspirin; 3, obese persons; 4, younger than 5 years old Children (younger than 2 years of age are prone to serious complications); 5, age greater than or equal 65 years of age.
Jiangmen Central Hospital WONG Yim Ming, director of Respiratory Medicine, told reporters that the reason why people over were assigned to high-risk groups because: pregnant women during pregnancy, poor resistance; suffering from chronic respiratory diseases in patients with poor lung function in itself, the virus After more prone to lung infections, and those suffering from cardiovascular diseases, kidney disease, liver disease such as patients with HIV infection when they are easy to add to their own illness, resulting in a certain degree of risk; younger than 5 years of age due to the smaller exposure to various viruses, the lack of anti-viral antibodies, combined with their organ development yet to be perfected, so the risk is also high; the elderly was mainly due to lower immunity.
The flow of severe obesity as a high-risk groups, some experts believe may be related to metabolism, because obesity by itself to create too heavy a burden on the body, lead to many diseases. Spain, September 11, according to published analysis of national data shows a flow of cases this year, June 23 to July 31 due to respiratory failure and ICU stay of 32 patients with severe A flow of patients, there were 10 cases of obesity , accounting for 31.2%.
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