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An increase in flu patients in early spring season pharyngitis

Warm winter haze increased mainly due to the prevalence of

Author: Lu Jing
2014-02-18 Tianjin Network - Digital Newspaper

In the early spring, hot and cold weather, coupled with fatigue and busy during the Spring Festival, many people suffering from pharyngitis, flu.

Recently, the city with colds Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute in pulmonary outpatient admissions increased significantly, accounting for more than 30% of daily outpatient visits.

Chief physician of the hospital lung Codding strong analysis that the main cause of increase in the population of First winter cold is a typical warm winter, warm winter easy to make the body produce "heat", that is commonly known as "angry." Heat disability allowance, it could easily lead to excessive heat deficiency constitution, people are more likely to feel the evils of the constitution have flu symptoms. Second, higher winter temperatures conducive to bacterial, viral reproduction. The third day is the frequent fog and haze, fog and haze can pathogenic substances suspended in the air, objectively played a role in the spread of the disease.

Ding Qiang noted that the current cold common cold is still dominated, but the winter season is also a high incidence of influenza, you need to distinguish between patients. Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza virus. Onset of symptoms of influenza will be very sudden, first, chills, shivering, followed by fever, common fever, body temperature to above 39 ℃, patients with headache, body aches, severe fatigue and other symptoms, and respiratory symptoms less severe. When the symptoms of the common cold start, dry mouth and nose itching, throat, fever, followed by nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, dry cough and hoarseness and other symptoms, body temperature is generally not too high, not too serious illness.

Ding Qiang reminded the public that the easiest way to prevent colds is to have good habits, washing hands, wearing masks to go out, to do nutritionally balanced diet, pay attention to work and rest, if necessary, can also prevent the use of traditional Chinese medicine, such as taking "anti-sense one side, two side" and other traditional Chinese medicine granules. Lu Jing

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