Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

[Snowy Owl]

Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north
http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=20721

Rhinitis and throat infections have surged in the last 10 days in northern Vietnam due to the change of seasons and pollution, the National Eye-Nose-Throat Institute (NENTI) said.

Vice Director Le Xuan Canh said the institute was testing some 400 people for rhinitis and sore throat daily.

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Most people contracted the two diseases because of the onset of autumn which was causing chilly weather in the mornings and evenings, and the change in humidity levels.

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Environmental pollution caused by vehicle exhaust and industrial effluents too contributed to the respiratory illness.

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Patients with rhinitis and sinusitis had nasal congestion, facial pain, headache, fever, thick green or yellow discharge, facial 'fullness' which worsened when bending over, tooth ache, and others.

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Over 85 percent of chronic patients could be treated with drugs while the rest needed surgery.

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During the last week, NENTI had performed operations on 10-15 chronic cases each day.

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But post-operative patients needed to be careful since the surgery did not provide immunity against the diseases, Canh said.

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In August a report on pollution in HCMC made by the city?s Natural Resources and Environment Department warned that increasing environment pollution put more and more children at risk of contracting sore throat, rhinitis, bronchitis, sinusitis, bronchial asthma, pneumonia, inflammation of the middle ear, and other illnesses.

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Source: Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre ? Compiled by Luu Thi Hong​

 

[Blue]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

Hello, I am relatively new to this site.

Could I ask, are not rhinitis and sore throat symptoms of infection or allergy rather than a disease themselves? Also, I wonder what surgery is being referred to in this article.

 

[LMonty]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

probably sinus surgery Blue, to make a window into the sinus cavities so they drain better. That was my best guess reading it.

Sinus infectins can be started by allergy, but like a stagnant pond, they then get infected and that is considered an illness. But its not discrete, because its not just one infectious organism that causes it-it can be many different bacteria that take advantage of a nice warm moist dark place to breed. Even fungi- fungal sinus infections are probalby a lot more common than usually recognized according to some research Ive read.

So as such, it doesnt tend to fit the one cause,one disease format we see with most infectious diseases. But a lot of chronic illnesses are like that-say, diabetes, arthritis, and such. They may have different or multifactorial etiologies but the end result is pretty much the same.

edited to add: welcome to FT Blue- glad to have you here! jump in anytime!

 

[Siam]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

Welcome Blue, nice to see you here.

 

[Shannon Bennett]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

Hello Blue! *waves*

 

[Blue]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

Thank you all. You are doing a tremendous service making a complicated subject more understandable for everyone.

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: Rhinitis, sore throat outbreaks hit Vietnam north

Welcome, Blue, and thanks for participating.