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China - Major hospitals in Jinan, Shandong province crowded with various types common infections - some flu related - more children with severe pneumo

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Early in the morning! Major hospitals in Jinan were crowded, and someone took a cup of Maza to occupy the place! Be wary of these symptoms

2020 at 08:42 on January 5th

Parents who are already packed up

The top parents occupy the floor with Maza and water glasses



The number picking machine was turned on at 5 am

The parents went home to pick up the child with the obtained serial number to see the child at the hospital.



It is understood that there are many colds in winter, and the children's hospital has more than 2,000 consultations throughout the day. Due to the limited number of children with infusion beds, parents have to go to the hospital several hours in advance to obtain numbers.



In fact, this situation has occurred in major hospitals in Jinan. To ask which department has the most patients, it is pediatrics. Due to the prevalence of respiratory infections and the increase in children with severe pneumonia, the pediatric ward of the Shandong Maternal and Child Health Hospital has 60 beds, which are almost full every day.

There are more children with severe pneumonia this year

Since December 2019, the number of pediatric outpatient clinics in major hospitals in Jinan has increased dramatically. The reporter saw at the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital that the infusion room was overcrowded. The deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics, Xi Xueqin, told reporters that compared with previous years, the main change this year was the increase in children with severe pneumonia, which also manifested as lobar pneumonia. More. "The most common are some respiratory syncytial virus infections, as well as adenovirus, mycoplasma infections, and some influenza virus infections."

Suddenly high fever, chills, and high temperatures of 39 ? C and 40 ? C; musculoskeletal pain in the whole body; cough with sputum and sore throat ... Experts remind that if these symptoms occur, it is necessary to suspect that the flu is coming.



Flu shots need to be taken early

According to the monitoring weekly report issued by the National Influenza Center of China, from September 30 to December 15, 2019, northern provinces reported a total of 296 outbreaks of influenza-like illness (ILI), which was higher than the 37 cases reported in the same period in 2018. Faced with the flu virus, vaccination is one of the effective methods. Many parents realize this and vaccinated their children early. In the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital's vaccination clinic, the reporter saw that only three boxes of a trivalent influenza vaccine remained.

Autumn and winter are high seasons for influenza. Niu Tingting, director of the Department of Child Health of the Provincial Maternity and Child Health Hospital, said, "Our vaccination clinics start to receive influenza vaccines around September 20. Everyone ’s awareness of vaccination is gradually increasing. About 1,500 vaccinations were given, basically within a relatively concentrated period of time and within one month. "

This reporter learned that in Jinan, especially for children under three years old, flu vaccines are a little hard to find. Many vaccination clinics have completed all influenza vaccines of the year before the end of November.

Chinese medicine to prevent flu, look at these prescriptions

The `` Shandong Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Control Plan for 2019-2020 '' issued by the Shandong Provincial Health and Health Committee shows that during flu treatment, care should be taken during the treatment of flu, pay attention to observe changes in the condition, and beware of high fever and wind, trapped pericardium, merger or secondary Other diseases, etc. Influenza is mainly for prevention. In winter in Shandong, the temperature is low, the climate is dry and cold, and it is the prone period of influenza. The following preventive prescriptions are recommended:

Adult preventative prescription

9g of asparagus, 5g of white mulberry, 3g of white peony, 6g of osmanthus, 3g of light bamboo leaves, 5g of ginseng, 5g of licorice, 3g of ginger, 5g of jujube.

Child preventative prescription

6 grams of reed root, 6 grams of white grass root, and 2 grams of white chrysanthemum. Dosage is appropriately increased or decreased according to age and weight.

Those who are in close contact with influenza patients during the epidemic of influenza can take the above-mentioned adult or child preventive prescriptions, decoction for 10 minutes or make water for tea, one dose daily for 5 consecutive days.

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