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  • China - Pediatric seasonal flu, pneumonia, respiratory disease up in Tianjin hospitals - December 10, 2017

    Respiratory disease into the high incidence of Tianjin usher in the peak of children's medical treatment

    December 10, 2017 12:50:46 Source: City Express




      Recently, the city's major hospitals pediatric surge in the number of visits, whether emergency room or ward, every day in a full state. Especially in the past week, the pediatric departments in various hospitals rapidly increased their numbers of emergencies and became overcrowded.
      From the Third Central Hospital Pediatrics learned that the hospital pediatric emergency outpatient volume of about 750 people. Whether in daytime or late into the pediatric emergency room, the hall filled with waiting children and their families. The number of outpatient and emergency patients increased at the same time, hospitalized children and critically ill children also increased accordingly, 40 beds full. "According to the experience of previous years, it is estimated that from now on until January next year, the number of children will fluctuate at the peak." Zhou Xinying, director of pediatrics at the hospital, said that at present, the city has entered the high incidence of childhood respiratory diseases, which is related to the climate Dry, viral growth and reduced autoimmune children. More than 80% of the children with respiratory tract diseases are recent ones. Most of them are fever, cough and sore throat. Most of them are children with respiratory diseases such as influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia.
      "Children flu more acute onset than adults, the symptoms generally last about 1 week, fever more than 3 days to ease." Director Zhou reminded, due to the high incidence of childhood flu children, children waiting a long time, greatly increased Cross-infection opportunities, so parents of children's rehabilitation more patient, try to avoid multiple visits a day, but should not blindly self-medication. Some patients with mild to hospital treatment is likely to aggravate the condition, more suitable for home treatment, sustained high fever, poor mental appetite would have to go to the hospital. (Reporter Zhang Zhao)

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