China - Seasonal flu has made a rebound, mostly type B, reports of hard coughing in young adults - February 18, 2024

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Influenza rebounded during the Spring Festival, and the proportion of influenza B increased for 8 consecutive weeks
Nanchong Politics and Law2024-02-18 09:08Sichuan




The latest influenza surveillance weekly report from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows. At present, the national influenza epidemic is still at a high level, and the proportion of influenza B in the country has increased for 8 consecutive weeks. Pathogenic testing data shows that the proportion of influenza B in the country has exceeded 81%. (People's Daily client)


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Not an exception! 33 years old, cough due to flu, broken ribs! The doctor recommends coughing like this...
Media: Liaoshen Evening News 2024-02-19 08:27
Not long ago, Liu Jiangtao, deputy director of the spine surgery ward of the Orthopedic Center of Ningbo Second Hospital, encountered a 33-year-old female patient in the outpatient clinic who suffered a rib fracture due to severe coughing. It was the first time Liu Jiangtao encountered a broken rib due to coughing at such a young age, so he casually posted a message on WeChat Moments. Unexpectedly, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and this message in Moments attracted dozens of comments...
Inexplicable chest pain after 3 weeks of influenza
I actually broke two ribs due to coughing.
"In the morning, we saw a case in the outpatient clinic: a 33-year-old female, who had been suffering from influenza for 3 weeks and had a severe cough that caused a rib fracture on her right side."

This is a post that Liu Jiangtao casually posted on Moments when he was out at the clinic at noon. "I didn't think much about it at the time. I thought it was the first time I encountered such a young patient, so I wanted to share it with my peers in our circle of friends."

Liu Jiangtao still remembers that Ms. Zhang (pseudonym) walked into the clinic holding her chest and coughing from time to time.
As soon as she sat down, she told Liu Jiangtao about her worries: "Doctor, the right side of my chest hurts so much. I suspect my ribs were broken by coughing!" It turned out that in early January, Ms. Zhang was infected with influenza A, and her fever subsided quickly. The cough is not getting better at all. Especially at night a few days before seeing the doctor, I had a very bad cough. I took some cough syrup and my cough stopped, but I started having chest pain for no reason.
Later, during a casual chat with a colleague, the other person mentioned that his grandmother suffered a fracture due to a severe cough not long ago and was now lying in bed to rest. This made Ms. Zhang suspicious, and she quickly called Liu Jiangtao's outpatient number.
"I was a little surprised when I heard the patient describe his condition. It is not an isolated case for people who come to my clinic with a cough and broken ribs, but most of them are elderly people with osteoporosis." Liu Jiangtao mentioned that there are many causes of chest pain, such as Cardiac diseases, lung diseases, etc. If the patient is so young, it stands to reason that he would not break his ribs due to coughing. However, Ms. Zhang’s chest pain worsened after exercise, at night, and when breathing heavily. These are typical symptoms of rib fractures.
To confirm the diagnosis, Liu Jiangtao ordered a rib CT examination for Ms. Zhang. The results showed that the 7th and 8th anterior ribs on the right side were fractured.
"It is said that fractures caused by coughing really exist, but I didn't expect that I would fracture bones at such a young age." Ms. Zhang said with a look of laughter and tears.
Not an exception!
But what’s going on if the patient doesn’t have reduced bone density?
"One of my brothers also broke his ribs due to coughing half a month ago!"
"I also broke a rib from coughing last year, so I'm finally not alone."
"Contemporary Crispy Women!"
Liu Jiangtao's post on Moments quickly aroused heated discussions among colleagues and friends, and received more than 30 comments in 2 days. "At first I thought that such a young patient must be an isolated case, but I didn't expect that several young colleagues had broken ribs due to coughing."


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