Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Vietnam: Extreme Weather: outbreak of viral fever

19/05/2010

Adults and children are suffering fever virus
Recorded at a number of health facilities in localities such as Ha Noi: Paul Green Hospital, Bach Mai Hospital, Central Hospital, Hospital 103 ..., in those days, the volume of patients to examination and treatment increase, up from 30% to 50%. Most cases were admitted to the examination and by viral fever with symptoms: fever 38 - 40 ° C, headache, fatigue, sore joints ... For example, the number of patients to examination at the Central Pediatrics Hospital increased on the 1800-2200 children per day, which, accounting for most viral fevers. At Bach Mai Hospital to the number of cases examined and treated, then there are nearly 1 / 3 cases of viral fever. Not only the two hospitals, Hospital Paul Green day also examined and treated hundreds of cases due to viral fever. Scientific examination of 103 hospitals, many patients are diagnosed on examination by a virus and fever ... worryingly, this year, not only increasing fever virus in pediatric patients, but also "attack" adults. So many families are in turn both fever virus.

Review of the medical professionals, often fever virus increases in the winter - spring fever virus but is now growing and spreading rapidly. This year due to weather fluctuations, sudden hot and cold, with rain causing high humidity create conditions favorable for disease-causing viruses thrive, which fever virus. Furthermore, with this weather-resistant human loss caused susceptible to attack. Meanwhile, the fever is a viral disease spread by the powerful working environment, as crowded schools, offices ... so the risk of outbreaks and rapid spread inevitable. Interesting to note, many cases have wrong opinions about fever virus, fever virus have a fever that week, a febrile illness ... but express how completely different in each person and depends on the type virus infection should have a high fever, some interesting sauce is only slightly warm. So many people see only slight fever, not very subjective fatigue should not treated, isolated right - this is the work of spreading germs to other members of the family and community.

Do not look down when fever virus
Symptoms of viral fevers usually are fever, chills, shivering cold then hot, body aches, fatigue, can include coughing, runny nose ... But health experts warn, is currently is a time when many outbreaks of disease risk: A/H5N1 influenza, dengue fever, meningitis ... initial manifestation of this disease is relatively similar and the same fever virus. Therefore, when these symptoms need medical facility for examination and treatment. Most children with fever is probably the expression of many diseases should absolutely not family therapy for children themselves but to take children to health facilities when children are accompanied by high fever and other symptoms. For some young children with fever virus also up continuously seizures associated breathing conditions, if not detected immediately taken to the emergency medical facility in time is easy to incalculable complications such as seizures, inflammation of brain membranes ... warning that the status of parents taking their own children. Most, of children with fever to hospital after self-use of antibiotics that are ineffective. In fact, many children also were more diarrhea due to side effects of antibiotics. This difficult process of diagnosing and treating disease. Or found a fever from the long day is not arbitrarily antipyretic drug overdoses or intravenous fluids at home to compensate for water and electrolytes without a doctor's appointment, this is extremely harmful to patients but not improved also can cause more severe complications and mortality.

Usually the virus will suffer from fever after 5-7 days of treatment. With no cases from this period after the body was definitely superinfection occurs, do the following tests to diagnose and treat promptly. There are also many patients relapse several times, both from the disease after a high fever a couple of days back. These cases mainly due to lower resistance, the body does not have natural immunity to the virus so easily trapped. Thus, the body is resistant to, confront the agents of viruses, bacteria are thriving medical experts recommended, should enhance resistance by eating nutritious food, drink many countries, vitamin supplements from fruits, reasonable rest ... If you have symptoms of viral fever, the patient should limit contact with others to prevent transmission to family members and spread to the community.

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