This disease is prevalent recently! Five groups of people should pay special attention

Once summer arrives

I was sweating profusely when I went out, and I just wanted to turn on the air conditioner when I got home

Frequent alternation between hot and cold

It’s easy to catch a cold if you’re not careful!

But I want to remind you that

In addition to the common cold

We also need to be vigilant about a disease in the near future

"influenza"

Don’t think that “flu is just a big cold”

According to Shenzhen Children's Hospital

The past half month

Seven children with severe influenza were admitted to the ICU

The 5-year-old was admitted to the ICU the next day after catching a cold

In coma for 13 days and still not awake

On this day, 5-year-old Yueyue (pseudonym) had a runny nose and kept complaining about being cold. Her father took her temperature and found it was 39 degrees Celsius!

Fortunately, there were antipyretic drugs at home. After taking the medicine, Yueyue's fever temporarily subsided, but soon her temperature rose again. After a night of tossing and turning, the next day her fever not only did not subside, but soared to 40℃! The child also vomited twice and gradually became weak. Yueyue's father quickly took her to the Children's Hospital for emergency treatment.

After the examination, the doctor said, "The situation is not good, and hospitalization is recommended." After staying in the ward for a few hours, Yueyue suddenly began to convulse, her reactions became worse and worse, and she gradually fell into a coma.

After emergency treatment, she was transferred to the intensive care unit (PICU). However, her condition was rapidly deteriorating: the child's spontaneous breathing was becoming less and less, and her blood pressure was also dropping.

Put on ECG monitoring! Intubate! Put on a ventilator! Inject vasopressors!

MRI examination revealed: symmetrical thalamic lesions were found in her brain, which is a typical acute necrotizing encephalopathy! After further examination, the "culprit" was found: influenza B virus.

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is one of the serious complications of influenza, with a high mortality rate!

△ A lesion appeared in Yueyue's brain (Photo source: Shenzhen Children's Hospital)

Yueyue's family burst into tears after receiving the critical illness notice. They thought it was just a "little cold", but they didn't expect that in just two days, the child would be on the verge of life and death!

After several days of rescue, Yueyue's condition has improved and the doctor is preparing to remove the ventilator. But the child is still in a coma. The doctor believes that even if she wakes up, she still has a long road to recovery.

△ Yueyue is still receiving treatment in the ICU (Photo source: Shenzhen Children's Hospital)

From understanding, the last half month

Shenzhen Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

7 children with severe influenza have been admitted

Two of them developed related encephalopathy and five developed severe pneumonia

What exactly is influenza?

What is the difference between the flu and the common cold?

Let's find out together

Flu season

These 5 groups of people should be especially careful

Influenza (commonly known as "flu") is a highly contagious respiratory infectious disease.

It can be spread through droplets sprayed when coughing or talking, or through contact with patients or contaminated objects. If you touch a place contaminated by the virus and then pick your nose, rub your eyes, or eat, you may be infected.

During the peak flu season, these five groups of people should be especially careful:

Children under 5 years old, especially those under 2 years old;

Elderly people aged 65 years and above;

People with poor immunity and various basic diseases, especially those with chronic respiratory, cardiovascular, blood system diseases and other basic diseases or those with immune deficiency;

Obese people, those with a BMI of 30 or above;

Pregnant women.

Of course, influenza does not just "bully" the weak. Even people who exercise regularly may be "conquered" by the influenza and develop serious complications.

How lethal is influenza?

There are approximately 3 million to 5 million severe influenza cases worldwide each year, with a mortality rate of about 10%.

Every year, about 20% to 30% of children will be infected with seasonal influenza. In other words, almost 1 in 4 children will get the flu. Among them, the infection rate is highest in children aged 5 to 9.

About 30% of children who get the flu will develop complications.

Children under 5 years old and patients with chronic underlying diseases are at higher risk of developing severe illness and are one of the main groups of influenza-related hospitalizations and deaths.

How to distinguish between influenza and the common cold?

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Both influenza and the common cold may cause upper respiratory tract symptoms, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, and sore throat, and are contagious. However, compared with the common cold, influenza has more severe systemic symptoms, mainly high fever, headache, sore throat, muscle aches, etc.

It should be noted that the common cold rarely causes complications; while influenza is prone to complications such as pneumonia, myocarditis, and encephalitis.

Schools and childcare facilities

It is a key place for preventing and controlling influenza outbreaks.

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◆ School:

① Implement morning and afternoon inspections, as well as a system for tracing and registering the causes of absence due to illness, and a system for checking students’ return to school;

② When an abnormal increase in cases is found, it should be reported immediately to the local disease control agency and actively cooperate with the disease control department to carry out disposal work;

③ Open windows for ventilation and regularly clean and disinfect toys, classrooms, public activity areas, etc.

◆ Students:

① Pay attention to hand hygiene;

② Eat a healthy diet, exercise moderately, get enough sleep, and improve your immunity;

③ Avoid contact with sick classmates;

④ If you find yourself feeling unwell, tell your parents or teachers as soon as possible and do not go to school when you are sick.

◆ Parents:

① Ventilate the room frequently, pay attention to food hygiene, and urge children to develop good hygiene habits;

② If the child has relevant symptoms, he/she should seek medical treatment promptly, report to the teacher, and cooperate with the school to take prevention and control measures;

③ Do a good job of isolating patients to prevent the spread of disease.

But the best way to prevent the flu

Still get vaccinated! Once a year!

Typically, it takes about 2 to 4 weeks after receiving the flu vaccine to produce protective levels of antibodies.

Therefore, it is recommended that you get vaccinated before the end of October every year, so that protective antibodies can be produced at the peak of the epidemic. If you don't have time to get vaccinated in October, you can get vaccinated throughout the epidemic season.

Actually, you know

Some early symptoms of diseases are similar to those of a cold.

If the condition is delayed

It is likely to continue to deteriorate

Early symptoms of these diseases

Also similar to the common cold

pneumonia

Pneumonia patients may experience fever, cough, and sputum. Many people mistake these symptoms for common cold symptoms, delaying treatment. It is recommended that when these symptoms occur, go to the hospital in time for chest X-rays, blood tests, and other examinations.

leukemia

In the early stages of leukemia, symptoms include fever, sore throat, and fatigue, which are very similar to a cold. If you often have a cold and fever, and it lasts for half a month to a month without improvement, you should be alert.

Due to the massive increase in white blood cells, the body's resistance is reduced, and patients will catch colds and fevers repeatedly in the early stages. If it is acute leukemia, the disease will develop quickly, and in addition to colds and fevers, there will also be chest pain, bleeding, bruises on the body, etc., which is easier to diagnose.

For chronic leukemia, because the onset time is long, once an abnormal increase in lymphocytes is found during the physical examination, or swollen lymph nodes are felt, you must go to the hematology department immediately for treatment.

tuberculosis

Tuberculosis can manifest itself as cough, low-grade fever, fatigue, etc., and can easily be mistaken for a "cold." The patient's symptoms persist and general anti-inflammatory drugs have no effect until he goes to the hospital for a chest X-ray, where tuberculosis is discovered.

Generally speaking, if a cold lasts for more than two weeks and does not heal, or worsens, further examination should be conducted to rule out tuberculosis or other diseases.

In addition to the above diseases

There are many other diseases

It is also easy for people to mistake it for a cold and delay treatment.

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It is recommended that if you feel unwell

Go to the hospital as soon as possible

Do some necessary checks

Early diagnosis, early treatment, early recovery~

Source: Science Popularization China WeChat Official Account