Taiwan’s “border” is about to be unblocked, but the local epidemic continues to spread. Xie Zongxue, director of the Children's Emergency Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University in Taiwan, had predicted earlier that after the epidemic prevention measures were gradually lifted, various infections may occur in winter. As a result, Xie Zongxue posted on Facebook yesterday (27th). It is only autumn now, and the children's emergency department is full. Various pathogens sealed in the past two years have circulated on the children. The children's immunity debt caused by high epidemic prevention is now paying off their debts. The walkways of the emergency room were filled with beds, and the patients and their families filled the emergency room, and everything seemed to be back before the epidemic.
Xie Zongxue posted on Facebook yesterday saying that he had mentioned earlier that the epidemic prevention measures in Taiwan are gradually unblocking, and various infections may occur in winter, so it should be difficult for children to have emergency services this winter. As a result, he was wrong. It was only autumn now, and the children's emergency department was overcrowded. Various pathogens that were sealed and contagious in the past two years were circulating among children who were unable to resist. The phenomenon of children's immunity and debt caused by high epidemic prevention has now begun to turn.
Xie Zongxue said that starting from mid-August this year, a new wave of Omickron epidemic began. Among the recent statistics, 80.5% of the newly added local cases belong to the BA.5 mutant strain, and the overall epidemic has increased significantly. However, among the recent emergency cases in children, only 25% of the confirmed cases of new coronary have been confirmed, and the remaining 75% are other infectious or non-infectious diseases.
Xie Zongxue pointed out that according to his observations on the front line, the symptoms of respiratory infection . In addition to the new coronary pneumonia, severe coughs in children are mostly caused by plasminos infection, and the number of cases of bronchioles inflammation and asthma increases. A few serious coughs are also caused by respiratory fusion virus infection; flu has also begun to appear sporadically, and adenovirus has not yet been observed clearly. In recent days, patients with gastrointestinal infections have increased significantly, including viral gastroenteritis. The main symptoms of children are continuous vomiting and dehydration, which are transmitted to their families. It is speculated that it should be norovirus ; bacterial gastroenteritis still encounters from time to time, and the main symptoms are high fever, abdominal pain and severe diarrhea, and the feces often contain mucus or blood.
Xie Zongxue admitted that when the infection increases, urticaria caused by allergic to pathogens will also increase simultaneously; viral infections will increase, such as pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, and other complications will also increase simultaneously. The bed rate of Taiwan's children's intensive care unit continues to remain high, which is a situation that has not occurred in the past two years. Nowadays, pediatric wards and COVID-19 specialized wards are almost full of beds. Many children can only wait for beds in the emergency room, and the aisles are full of beds. Medical staff are running around, and patients and families are stuffed into emergency rooms. Everything seems to be back before the epidemic, but there are more COVID-19 cases that disrupt the situation, making the scene even more chaotic.
Xie Zongxue said that society has gradually returned to the pre-epidemic mode, with frequent activities such as people having dinners and holiday trips. In addition, the entry "0+7" will be implemented in October, and influenza may invade the local area in the future. This is the case for children's emergency department in autumn, and winter will probably be even more steep. Vaccines that should be given, such as influenza and new crown vaccine, , should be given quickly, and protective measures such as washing hands frequently and wearing masks should still be implemented as much as possible. (Lin Jingxian/Editor)
Source: Straits Guide
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