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Updated: 2009/09/05 04:09
〔Reporter Weiyi Jia / Taipei〕
less than a month of the newborn is also infected with the H1N1 influenza novel!
A Taipei Medical Center recently received a baby was born only two weeks because of fever and cough symptoms of suspected medical treatment. Physicians worry about is a new type of influenza, to help him do a quick screening actually tested positive for the sake of caution, and further to do RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase? Chain reaction) to determine the true new influenza infections.
Hospitalized for three days without notification is a mild
Fortunately, the baby After further examination, does not produce complications such as pneumonia, are the new mild flu. Since infants under six months with fever should pay special attention to, so the hospital arranged for him to hospital. This little baby has been hospitalized for three days recently can be discharged, because he is mild, does not meet CDC notification of new influenza cases in terms of hospitalization, the hospital did not intend to inform this case to the CDC.
CDC Secretary Hsu-Sung Kuo said that the current H1N1 influenza are a new fourth category of legal infectious diseases, and only complicated cases of severe disease such as pneumonia only be informed about, even in patients with mild-patient, not necessarily informed.
Father cough fast screen-positive infants
This baby is not full moon, will not cough, cough has been there to sign. Doctors also found that the activities of his ability and spirit is not very good, plus the baby's father was among the cough, so the baby did a quick screen, went so far as positive, even the doctors are also a great surprise.
Li-Min Huang, director of pediatric infections at National Taiwan University said that with the new influenza into the community, has long been expected to occur under the age of a case with smaller, more resistant to poor parents and caregivers should pay special attention to the adult home, must pay attention to personal hygiene and wash their hands, protecting the baby will not be infected.
Li-Min Huang pointed out that the baby does not express muscle aches, or headache, adults observation is important, if the baby a little fever, lethargy, low motility and poor appetite, it should be taken to hospital as soon as possible.
Chang Gung Children's Hospital Tzou-Yien Lin said in the last season of influenza, the number of certain antibodies in the mother may be perpendicular to the newborn through the placenta antibodies, until the baby six months. But the new influenza virus is new, the mother has no antibodies can vertically to the newborn, newborn less than six months is therefore risk of infection.
Tzou-Yien Lin pointed out that six months is no vaccine for infants and young children to play, adults should pay attention to protect the child from infection, influenza-like symptoms, you have to wear a mask, and do not close, to take care of their children.
Future vaccines, adults are playing the best vaccine, the baby around to take care of those who have the antibodies, indirectly protecting a child.
He also suggested that vaccination of pregnant women the best of new influenza vaccines to protect newborns from new-type influenza threat.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url.../78/1qi1q.html
〔Reporter Weiyi Jia / Taipei〕
less than a month of the newborn is also infected with the H1N1 influenza novel!
A Taipei Medical Center recently received a baby was born only two weeks because of fever and cough symptoms of suspected medical treatment. Physicians worry about is a new type of influenza, to help him do a quick screening actually tested positive for the sake of caution, and further to do RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase? Chain reaction) to determine the true new influenza infections.
Hospitalized for three days without notification is a mild
Fortunately, the baby After further examination, does not produce complications such as pneumonia, are the new mild flu. Since infants under six months with fever should pay special attention to, so the hospital arranged for him to hospital. This little baby has been hospitalized for three days recently can be discharged, because he is mild, does not meet CDC notification of new influenza cases in terms of hospitalization, the hospital did not intend to inform this case to the CDC.
CDC Secretary Hsu-Sung Kuo said that the current H1N1 influenza are a new fourth category of legal infectious diseases, and only complicated cases of severe disease such as pneumonia only be informed about, even in patients with mild-patient, not necessarily informed.
Father cough fast screen-positive infants
This baby is not full moon, will not cough, cough has been there to sign. Doctors also found that the activities of his ability and spirit is not very good, plus the baby's father was among the cough, so the baby did a quick screen, went so far as positive, even the doctors are also a great surprise.
Li-Min Huang, director of pediatric infections at National Taiwan University said that with the new influenza into the community, has long been expected to occur under the age of a case with smaller, more resistant to poor parents and caregivers should pay special attention to the adult home, must pay attention to personal hygiene and wash their hands, protecting the baby will not be infected.
Li-Min Huang pointed out that the baby does not express muscle aches, or headache, adults observation is important, if the baby a little fever, lethargy, low motility and poor appetite, it should be taken to hospital as soon as possible.
Chang Gung Children's Hospital Tzou-Yien Lin said in the last season of influenza, the number of certain antibodies in the mother may be perpendicular to the newborn through the placenta antibodies, until the baby six months. But the new influenza virus is new, the mother has no antibodies can vertically to the newborn, newborn less than six months is therefore risk of infection.
Tzou-Yien Lin pointed out that six months is no vaccine for infants and young children to play, adults should pay attention to protect the child from infection, influenza-like symptoms, you have to wear a mask, and do not close, to take care of their children.
Future vaccines, adults are playing the best vaccine, the baby around to take care of those who have the antibodies, indirectly protecting a child.
He also suggested that vaccination of pregnant women the best of new influenza vaccines to protect newborns from new-type influenza threat.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url.../78/1qi1q.html
