As the weather gets cooler, the seasonal flu starts to rise again. At present, the north has slowly entered the high incidence of flu . Experts say that the elderly, children and patients with chronic diseases need to pay special attention.
Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus. Its clinical manifestations are fever, headache, general soreness, weakness, etc. Influenza is mainly transmitted through droplets and is highly contagious. So, if it is the same cold, what is the difference between influenza and the common cold?
Direction Department 1, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center Xu Baoping : Common colds generally cause severe symptoms of the respiratory tract and mild symptoms throughout the body. They may be manifested as runny nose and cough. Symptoms such as high fever and fatigue will be relatively mild. However, the symptoms of flu will be more severe and respiratory symptoms at the same time.
Influenza is an important infectious disease in the world. The previous global outbreaks of influenza caused a lot of deaths, and the prevalence and mortality rate of influenza are relatively high every year. Experts said that people at high risk of influenza, including elderly people aged 60 and above, patients with chronic diseases, etc., especially children, need to pay special attention.
Director of Respiratory Department 1, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: Children are a high-risk group for influenza, especially children under 5 years old or younger, who will definitely experience lower respiratory tract infections after suffering from influenza, such as influenza pneumonia; and other types of complications, such as central nervous system complications, cardiovascular system, myocardial damage, etc.
can be vaccinated from now on
Experts said that there are many types of influenza viruses and are very prone to mutation, so the strains that are popular every year are different, and the strains targeted by the influenza vaccine every year are also different. Therefore, getting influenza vaccination is one of the most economical and effective measures to prevent influenza.
Vaccination is an effective means to prevent influenza and can significantly reduce the risk of influenza and serious complications in vaccinated people.
Xu Baoping, Director of Respiratory Department 1, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: Influenza vaccination is still very safe. As long as it is not in the acute stage of the disease, nor in the acute onset of chronic diseases, and if the previous vaccination did not have such a serious allergic reaction and there is no allergic condition for influenza vaccine, it can be vaccinated.
Experts said that vaccination will not cause any burden on the body. People with weak constitutions, low resistance or basic diseases such as children, infants, and the elderly should focus on getting influenza vaccines. Since it takes 2 to 3 months to produce antibodies after vaccination, it is recommended that you can get vaccinated from now on. However, it should be noted that getting vaccinated does not mean that you are 100% immune to the flu. At the same time, some contraindicated populations do not recommend getting influenza vaccination.
Director of Respiratory Department 1, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: The age is usually 6 months later. Our children under 6 months are still not vaccinated with influenza vaccine, and children over 6 months can be vaccinated. Generally speaking, the vaccination between influenza vaccine and new crown vaccine must be more than 14 days apart. In addition, influenza vaccines require annual injection, and the production of influenza antibodies is not lifelong, and the time can generally last for eight months to one year. Therefore, regardless of whether the flu vaccine was received in the previous season, it is still recommended to receive the influenza season before that year. In order to effectively prevent influenza, the influenza vaccination work in Beijing has been fully launched.
Reprinted from CCTV News Client
Source: Hebei Traffic Broadcast
