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China - Influenza patients double - 32% increase in emergency room visits over same time last year, hospitals enacting surge plans - Shanghai

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Shanghai is 4.4 ℃ below zero winter minimum temperature encountered in patients with influenza virus double
2011-01-17 16:23 Source: Anhui, China Online

Shanghai is the lowest temperature this winter was yesterday minus 4.4 ℃! Hospital of the city the amount of the major surge in the three into which toxic illness with flu patients doubled. Reporters from Huashan, Zhongshan, city and six, a city, the East General Hospital and other top three was informed by strong cold air, a peak treatment people come to seek treatment primarily for viral influenza, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma patients. 【Symptoms】

A larger proportion of patients with fever

33-year-old marketing manager Xu yesterday morning, and feeling sore discomfort, stuffy nose, cough, headache, body temperature fever for more than 39 ℃. He came to the hospital near his home in the east, although on Sunday, where the doctor who is still full. 10 am, Eastern Hospital Emergency Department registration fee each row of long windows of the team, waiting for doctor's waiting room was packed.

Eastern Hospital of charge, according to doctors, the recent cooling, outpatient and emergency patients with a cold surge. Hospital Emergency Department volume has continued every day about 6,000 people, the highest up to 6300 passengers a day, compared to 32% over same period last year. Among them, the majority of flu patients, the amount of resistance to poor treatment of children is surge in pediatric admissions of children with more than 500 a day. Respiratory Medicine, more than 500 patient admissions per day, more than double than usual. Yesterday, the fever has reached more than 200 outpatients, of which more than 38.5 ℃ large proportion of febrile patients, outpatient and emergency room filled with transfusion patients. Emergency medical admissions of 450 patients yesterday, in which patients with upper respiratory tract infection accounted for the majority.

Similarly, the reporter from the Mountain, Zhongshan City, Six, City General Hospital was informed that the top three first-class, big city Hospital of the recent surge in the amount of three into which doubled in prevalence of toxicity with flu patients. To this end, major hospitals have taken a relatively contingency plans for the evening out-patient hospital east end of the peak hours, increase the duty officer, ward medical staff at any time within the second reinforcement, also added at the emergency infusion infusion seats, outpatient and emergency department channels also increased the seating capacity at the convenience of patients waiting.

Chills, fatigue after the disease

Director of Six hospital emergency department, Professor Feng Qiming, viral influenza is caused by a variety of common respiratory viral infections. Mainly in patients with recent exposure to cold, fatigue, influenza virus and other causes. Among them, coronavirus and rhinovirus as the main pathogenic virus. Virus present in the patient's respiratory tract, the patient coughs, sneezes, the droplets spread to others, cause acute respiratory infections. Easy variation of the virus, even those who suffered from flu, the next time the case of the flu, will still be infected.

Influenza virus also has the obvious characteristics of the pathogenesis of the group, a majority of human cases in the short term, or one of those few human cases. Viral upper respiratory tract infection rapid onset, severe systemic symptoms most of the systemic obvious pain, accompanied by diarrhea or conjunctival hyperemia.

Emergency Department, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, director Hu Zupeng reminded the public that the prevention of influenza, need more rest, more water, pay attention to public places, other people coughing, sneezing droplets and prevent complications. Avoid contact with towels, cutlery and other virus basin or become ill.

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