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China - Karamay CDC: Flu cases up - ILI up 12.5% over previous week - 80% children - Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - March 20, 2015

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[FONT=&#24494]Flu strikes, get together and pediatric patients[/FONT]

[FONT=&#24494]2015-03-20 19:25  Source: Daily Karamay [/FONT]




[FONT=&#24494](Reporter Zhang Bing) March 19, the reporter visited the city several hospitals learned that the recent influenza virus was high momentum, nearly a week since the city's major hospitals, outpatient pediatric increase than in the past.
At 21:00 on March 19, the reporter in the city center to see the hospital emergency pediatric clinic, less than ten minutes, there are four or five children due to a cold, fever, respiratory infections come for treatment.
Public Zhao's son is 3 years old, a week ago and colds cause acute bronchitis, we have yet to heal. "There are more than thirty children in the class, there are more than a dozen have a cold." Zhao said.
Central Hospital pediatric primary Renxie Yong told reporters, nearly a week ago, suffering from influenza, respiratory tract infections in children increases, high pediatric outpatient, outpatient volume increased by 10% last week. Night emergency pediatric outpatients last week also increased. In the pediatric ward, 38 beds have been in the full state.
City People's Hospital pediatric outpatient increase is more obvious, and last week compared to the same period of daily outpatient visits increased by nearly 50%.
"Spring is the high incidence of influenza, influenza surveillance system data, enter since March, the number of cases of flu-like increasing day by day, week, an increase of 12.5% ​​over the last week, sick people, and 80% are between the age of 15 children. "relevant staff CDC CDC Division, said.

For the recent increase in the number of flu causes Xie analysis, rapid temperature changes in spring, large temperature difference between day and night, is the peak season of influenza, as long as the weather changes, pediatric outpatients will be significantly increased. The main reason is the ability to adapt and resist the ability of poor children, when the climate change, it is difficult to adapt to temperature changes, morbidity.
"From the current situation, this year and in previous years, almost spring flu, or will continue until April, because when the temperature reached 10 degrees Celsius, more conducive to the spread of the virus." Xie said.
Two hospital pediatrician have said that the public should pay attention to prevention. In the diet, to ensure that children eating light, age-old child should drink a little warm water. In terms of the details of life, the children subtract clothes according to the weather may be, should not blindly add clothing, while reducing the number of entries in public places. For sickly child, but also to prevent influenza through vaccination.

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