With the epidemic fully relaxed, all parts of the country have entered the peak period of large-scale infections, and many cities in the north have even passed the peak period. The first batch of positive patients have recovered, but many people are still suffering from the pain caused by the new coronavirus infection.
COVID-19 infection
Previously, before the relaxation, many experts said: COVID-19 infection is just like a big cold. However, after nearly a month, many netizens have said that the new coronavirus infection is by no means a big cold, so the symptoms it brings are much more serious than the cold.
Recently, officials finally admitted for the first time that the new coronavirus infection is indeed not a big cold.
Jiao Yahui, Director of the Medical Affairs Department of the National Health Commission, said in an exclusive interview that many netizens said that the new coronavirus infection is definitely not a big cold. Indeed, the new coronavirus infection is indeed not a big cold.
But it should be noted that there may be confusion, that is, confusing colds and flu. The new coronavirus infection we often call is a big flu, not a big cold.
As we all know, a cold is an upper respiratory tract infection with very mild symptoms, mainly characterized by nasal congestion, runny nose, slight headache, sore throat, fever, cough, etc. The cold is also a self-healing disease and usually recovers in about a week.
Influenza is a popular viral disease, which is contagious and has much more severe symptoms than a cold. Compared with colds, in addition to local symptoms like colds, colds can also cause systemic symptoms and can also lead to severe pneumonia . The course and symptoms of the flu are more serious than those of the cold.
Fever Clinic
Let me give you an impressive example: In 2008, influenza A H1N1 appeared all over the country. This is a relatively serious influenza. At that time, many people suffered from influenza A H1N1, and there were also deaths, and the mortality and severe disease rates were quite high.
In addition, in the history of the world, influenza has led to epidemics around the world, causing tens of millions of deaths.
Therefore, from this point of view, although new coronavirus infection can also cause more serious conditions such as fever and pneumonia, the proportion is much lower than that of influenza.
As far as the current infection situation is concerned, most patients will recover on their own in about a week after adequate rest, cooling and symptomatic treatment.
In this regard, Wang Gang, deputy director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, also said that the new coronavirus infection is definitely not a cold. We should not panic, but we should not take it lightly.
White lung
"From a medical point of view, it is an influenza-like illness. Generally, influenza and the common cold have symptoms such as nasal congestion, cough, sore throat, runny nose, etc., which are collectively referred to as respiratory symptoms. The biggest difference between influenza-like illness and the common cold is that it not only has respiratory symptoms, but also systemic symptoms, such as high fever, body aches, headache and fatigue. After the new coronavirus infection, it is a flu-like illness." Wang Gang said.
Judging from the words of two experts, although we can understand the new coronavirus infection as a large-scale influenza, the symptoms of some people are indeed more severe than those of influenza, may last longer, and the risk is greater, especially for the elderly with underlying diseases and poor immunity.
