Hohhot Daily has organized relevant experts to further interpret hot issues in light of the characteristics of the spread of this round of COVID-19 epidemic. The low proportion of severe cases is manifested as aggravation of underlying diseases. Many people are concerned about th

2025/09/1719:24:35 news 1616

Hohhot Daily

In view of the characteristics of the spread of this round of COVID-19 epidemic, The State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism organized relevant experts to further interpret hot issues.

The proportion of severe cases is low

mostly manifested as aggravation of underlying diseases

Many people are concerned about the proportion of severe patients reported in some areas? Will these severe cases worsen due to infection with the new coronavirus?

First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University , Chief Physician of Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Respiratory Health Research Institute: We can actually see that the proportion of truly severe patients in is not large, and the more severe patients, the symptoms of these severe patients are mainly due to the aggravation of underlying diseases, so we need to go to the hospital for further treatment, and after treatment, was quickly restored. This is completely different from the patients we encountered before. It is not because the condition of COVID-19 worsens, but because he has underlying diseases and the COVID-19 test is positive. At the same time, these manifestations in the lungs are different from those in the lung infection of due to the new crown. The manifestations in the lungs are not outstanding, and they are mainly aggravated by the underlying disease. So I hope we can face it correctly and not worry too much.

Omickron mutant strain is significantly reduced

Omickron mutant strain now what is the virility? Will it still cause pneumonia like in the past? Can it be considered like the flu? Clinical experts gave detailed answers.

Party Secretary Tang Xiaoping: The newly popular Omickron strain , which is the current popular strain, compared with the previous primitive strains and other mutant strains, we obviously feel that the virus is more powerful, but its virility is significantly weakened . When the

original strain and the delta strain last year were epidemic, the proportion of pneumonia at that time reached more than half or even more than 60%, and patients had different degrees of lung symptoms. Most of this wave, it should be said that more than 90% of the symptoms are asymptomatic infections and very mild symptoms, and rarely pneumonia or severe pneumonia.

So far, more than 160,000 infected people have been admitted in Guangzhou, and no death has occurred. Only 4 cases have been diagnosed with severe or above. Moreover, they are all related to lung infections caused by underlying diseases, and there may be no direct connection with COVID-19 infection. So I think the current mutant strain has a significantly weakened virility, which is very close to seasonal influenza, so I also hope that our general public will not have to panic. It is a disease that can be prevented, controlled and cured.

Omickron infected with

very similar to influenza symptoms

What symptoms usually occur after the new coronavirus is positive? What is the current clinical treatment effect?

These issues are also very concerned by the masses. Expert of the National Medical Treatment Expert Group for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic and Director of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhang Zhongde answered these questions based on the clinical treatment experience of this Guangzhou epidemic.

Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Vice President and Director of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhang Zhongde: Some patients have symptoms. We collected the symptoms of these patients and found that they mainly include fever, headache, sore throat, dry cough. Some patients will have symptoms of general pain and diarrhea, but these symptoms are very few.

Now we analyze it now, is mainly the upper respiratory tract symptom , and there are few symptoms of the lower respiratory tract in it. Based on the diagnosis process of traditional Chinese medicine, we found that the core pathogenesis of this wave was significantly different from the beginning of COVID-19, and the symptoms of were significantly relieved by . Now these symptoms look very similar to flu symptoms, and many of them are less severe than severe flu or severe flu .We think this wave is wind-heat and humidity, so the solution we set according to the core pathogenesis of our treatment is to relieve wind, clear heat, and eliminate dampness.

Many symptomatic patients have fever, headache, and sore throat. These patients often take two doses of Chinese medicine for a day after taking the medicine, often 12 or 24 hours after taking it. Most of them can relieve , and some of them can relieve these fever and headache symptoms in 36 hours. If you have a little cough after relieving, then use Chinese medicine to treat it, and the effect is also very good. These asymptomatic patients, mild patients or ordinary patients also turn negative very quickly after recovery. usually turns negative for 5 to 7 days, and some patients can turn negative for 11 days. Most of them can turn negative for in about 5 days. What should I do if

is positive?

How to prepare medicine for prevention of COVID-19 and influenza?

Li Dongzhan, director of the Comprehensive Infection Department of Beijing You'an Hospital and a medical expert at Xiaotangshan Fangcang Hospital reminded citizens that can prepare medicine appropriately, but be cautious when taking medicine independently, and there is no need to blindly follow the trend and stock up on medicines . In light of the clinical characteristics of the main strain of Omickron BF.7 in Beijing's epidemic, Li Dongzeng summarized a symptom analysis for citizens' reference and judgment.