To prevent H1N1, is best vaccination
Posted on October 31, 2009
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Expert: severe cases prompted the public to prevent “flu” vaccine in time
Guangdong Province recently reported a case of severe cases of Influenza A H1N1 influenza, Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Xu Rui-Heng 16, an interview with reporters that the emergence of cases of severe disease, suggesting that the public now is the best way to prevent early vaccination to reduce influenza pandemic social and personal impact and burden.
Recently, a 17-year-old secondary school students in Guangzhou City, appears in the recovery of cardiac arrest was found after brain edema and bilateral pneumonia, and further examination revealed the sample was positive for influenza A H1N1 influenza virus nucleic acid. At present the views of expert consultation was “very likely in patients with Brugada syndrome,” which is a rare genetic disease. Xu Rui-heng said that he learned to communicate with the clinician, this case also shows that a student suffering from underlying disease got Influenza H1N1 influenza season influenza, secondary severe pneumonia, and the original appearance of the potential diseases.
”Influenza virus differs from other viral respiratory infections (such as the common cold), flu can lead to serious illness, even life-threatening complications. Can increase the potential diseases, resulting in excess deaths.” He stressed that the annual seasonal influenza will be cause very high morbidity and mortality. From 1 day before the onset of symptoms to 7 days after onset, there may be infectious, which is decided on the further spread of influenza is inevitable, but impossible to source of infection for each patient were found.
”There seems to Influenza A H1N1 influenza morbidity and mortality in fact, in previous years, seasonal influenza is almost, but do not see the difference in clinical symptoms, but more infectious than seasonal influenza and strong, so do not panic.” He said, in the face of influenza , we have to do is to reduce the influenza epidemic or pandemic, the impact on society and individuals and burden.
The most effective way to prevent influenza is to receive influenza vaccination each year. He said that this year we are faced with seasonal influenza and Influenza H1N1 influenza double jeopardy, seasonal influenza vaccine has been completed, the new Influenza A H1N1 influenza vaccine is nearing completion. WHO’s Strategy Advisory Group recommends that vaccination, influenza A H1N1 influenza vaccine should be the first priority to the health care workers vaccinated in order to protect the basic health infrastructure. Initially the vaccine may not be enough, could be considered the STEPwise approach to specific populations, namely pregnant women, more than 6 months of chronic illness ,15-49-year-old healthy young adults, healthy children, 50-64-year-old healthy adults, as well as the more than 65-year-old healthy adults. Countries need to be decided according to country-specific priorities.
He said that there are three kinds of vaccine, trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines, new influenza A H1N1 influenza vaccine and pneumococcal vaccines are safe and effective, the former two for the prevention of influenza vaccination during the flu season is best as soon as possible; the latter for the prevention of pneumonia, the conditions were inoculated should be selected.
The U.S. primary and secondary students will be the first to accept Influenza A H1N1 influenza vaccination
According to the Associated Press reported on the 16th, in the primary and secondary schools in the United States in August and September have the occasion to begin a new school year, hundreds of schools to respond to the government’s call is being set up in schools, surgeries, influenza vaccination, vaccination for students to prepare for.
According to the National School Board Association survey shows that three-quarters of the school district offered to set up vaccination in schools, consulting room. It was reported that the vaccine will continue to arrive in schools in mid-October, there will be nearly 300 million students receive free vaccination.
Lee County in Mississippi, there are already within the first week of the commencement of the school reported influenza cases. Many schools say the school will take more than this year’s spring and summer when the more prudent measures to prevent the resurgence of influenza, such as fever, so that the students at home, isolation, urging students to wash their hands, so as to avoid the temporary closure of the school was forced to happen again.
World Health Organization experts have said that young people more susceptible to influenza. Influenza outbreak this spring when he led the United States more than 700 schools closed temporarily.
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