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China - Children with fever & respiratory tract infections admitted to hospital doubled over last year - Jiaxing, Zhejiang province

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
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Children's high incidence of respiratory disease season ahead
2014-09-28

Recently, the city day and night temperature is gradually increased. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the city a number of hospitals, the city since September kindergarten, school starts, suffering from respiratory tract infections continue to increase the number of children.
  "Earlier this year, the city's cool, alternating hot and cold temperatures more obvious weak constitutions of many children it difficult to adapt. Coupled with the after school, kindergartens, schools and other public places, crowded, easy to cause cross-infection of the disease." City, MCH pediatrics director Zhou Xiangming introduced, according to the hospital in September of admissions case, the high incidence of childhood respiratory disease significantly earlier than in previous years.

It is reported that the number of children with respiratory tract infections due to high fever hospital admissions more than doubled over last year.

  In addition, MCH, the situation in the city several other large hospitals also similar, daily outpatient remained relatively significant growth trend. "Because children's immune system is weak, the temperature dips period, decreased resistance to respiratory mucosa, bacteria, viruses easily take advantage of." Second Hospital pediatric ward Teng Yi, director of the group, told reporters that at present, respiratory diseases in children disease, influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia and other most common.
  It is understood that the condition changes faster than the adults, children suffer from respiratory diseases such as improper after treatment is not timely, easily lead to pneumonia, encephalitis. Interview, the reporter learned that there are many parents appear cold, fever and other symptoms in the child, the child will go to the use of antibiotics, antipyretics and so on. In this regard, the doctor reminded: antibiotics for respiratory tract infections caused by a virus there is no effect, but improper use on children's health adversely affected. In addition, the use of antipyretics, but also should be considered in children with specific temperature on the circumstances, such as children with body temperature does not exceed 38 ℃, generally without the use of antipyretics; such as children accompanied by sustained high fever and convulsions, seizures, vomiting and other symptoms, can be a positive on the basis of treatment, appropriate use of antipyretics, and with the use of warm sponge bath physical cooling methods.
  In addition, doctors urge parents to pop in before or during the high incidence of respiratory diseases, in addition to pay attention to supervise their children add water, increasing physical activity, maintaining adequate sleep, timely change of clothing, but also under the guidance of the disease control department as early as possible so that children influenza vaccination, preventive measures. (Source: Jiaxing Daily)

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