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China - 25% Increase in Pediatric Out-Patient Visits Due to An Upper Respiratory Infection in Liaoning Province

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Looks like a 25% increase in out-patients due to an upper respiratory tract infection -

Hospital out-patient over a thousand children a day
2010-07-22 10:15:10 Source: Liao Shen Evening News



Location: Shenyang

Into V, the Chen Cheng suffering from upper respiratory tract infection symptoms in children surge.

1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the reporter in Shenyang Children's Hospital outpatient building east of the infusion area that filled the seats reserved for the infusion of small patients, many accompanied by parents in order to allow more children to sit down, their own station aside. Because of overcrowding, the seats on both sides of the corridors are also little patient transfusion.

Liang said the hospital staff, the average out-patient reception capacity is 800, but the situation of more than 1,000 people frequent. However, the hospital had good arrangements for visits not appear too much pressure.

Xu, director of the hospital children's asthma is only strong told reporters: "Although the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection is nowadays high on, but this year the situation seems likely to exceed the average level of previous years. At present, clinical observations, Liu Cheng above upper respiratory tract in children , obtained are herpes angina, in addition to part of bronchitis and pneumonia. " (I have no idea what "herpes angina" is s.)

Herpes angina is an acute infectious disease are fever, characterized by ulcerative mucosal damage as herpes. Director Xu should let the parents noted that the disease has epidemic trends, but also common in infants and young children.

How the disease is obtained? XU Zhi-Qiang analysis, in addition to home and then transmitted to a small adult patients with sick this way, the rest are related to air conditioning the basic way. Part of the family, because summer is frequent use of air conditioning, large indoor and outdoor hot and cold Chai Yi Rong Yi Rang kids are even more infectious virus, with substantial numbers home, little clean air inside Guolvjitong, some Keyidaozhi herpes herpangina of pathogens Zai there their home, with the air conditioner starts, the worst child immunity in the first move.

XU Zhi-Qiang said at present suffering from upper respiratory tract infection symptoms are basically 2 to 5 year-olds, there is no gender difference. Parents need to pay particular attention to the fact that many small patients because of cross-infection in kindergarten only sick.

http://news.lnd.com.cn/htm/2010-07/22/content_1386122.htm
 
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