The outpatient clinic is full of patients! Experts warn that "3 viruses" are so rampant that "1 devil" may become serious in 3 days

Winter has officially arrived, the temperature is getting colder and colder, and staying under the quilt all day is a dream for many people. However, now there are not only enteroviruses, but also many viruses that are eyeing the virus, and experts have also come out to warn!

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Nutritional and functional medicine expert Liu Boren said on Facebook on December 17 that influenza viruses, enteroviruses, and respiratory tract fusion viruses have been rampant recently. Everyone should pay attention to personal hygiene habits to reduce the chance of infection.

Pediatrician Dr. Wu Hanmeng also issued a warning. After the arrival of several waves of air-conditioning in December, the temperature drop will be very noticeable, and clinics will continue to be crowded because there are so many people with respiratory infections. In addition to common cold viruses and influenza, "Everyone must You know, RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is the big devil."

The Wu Hanmeng explains that "RSV" is the main cause of hospitalization in infants and young children. The scary thing about it is that the disease progresses rapidly, which often catches parents off guard. It may rapidly deteriorate from mild cold symptoms to severe illness in just 2 to 3 days. , difficulty breathing, hypoxia, and even requiring hospitalization.

The Wu Hanmeng admitted frankly that a child was hospitalized due to "RSV" infection when he was one year old. He deeply understood the fatigue and pressure of facing a child's rapid and violent course of illness and long-term hospitalization. When the child was wheezing and had difficulty breathing, the parents The anxiety and helplessness in my heart are even more indescribable.

According to "TVBS News Network", air-conditioning groups have been coming in waves recently. The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control specifically reminded that from October 1 to December 16 this year, there have been a total of 327 severe cases of influenza complicated by influenza, with the age group starting from 65 There are more people over 10 years old, and the cumulative number of deaths is 69, the highest in the past ten flu seasons. More than 90% of confirmed cases and deaths have not received the flu vaccine this season.

The CDC added that from September 1 to December 16 this year, there had been a total of 398 local cases of severe COVID-19 complications, including 87 deaths, most of which were elderly people over 65 years old and those with chronic medical history.

Although the enterovirus epidemic has been on a downward trend recently, the recent cold weather has affected children's willingness to wash their hands with wet hands! The CDC calls on parents and education and childcare personnel to help and teach children to follow steps such as "wetting, rubbing, flushing, holding, and wiping", especially "before eating", "before playing with the baby", and "blowing their noses", "after nose-blowing", "after going to the toilet" and "before and after seeing a doctor" to help children maintain good hygiene habits to reduce the chance of enterovirus transmission.