Under what circumstances are you prone to respiratory infectious diseases?
The respiratory tract is connected with the outside world, and it is more likely to be attacked by various pathogens, leading to the occurrence of respiratory infectious diseases.
Winter and spring are the high incidence seasons of respiratory infectious diseases, and sudden weather changes are also prone to disease.
Children, the elderly, the infirm, patients with malnutrition or chronic diseases, overworked people and people with high mental stress are prone to respiratory infectious diseases.
What are the main clinical manifestations of common respiratory infectious diseases?
Different respiratory infectious diseases have different clinical manifestations. Generally, the onset is urgent and there are fever symptoms.
Influenza: generally manifested as acute onset, with obvious symptoms of systemic poisoning such as fever, fatigue, headache and general aches, and mild respiratory symptoms such as cough and runny nose.
Measles: Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctival congestion, measles mucosal spots on oral mucosa and maculopapules on skin.
Chickenpox: systemic symptoms are mild, skin and mucosa appear in batches, and rapidly develop into spots, papules, blisters and scabs.
Rubella: the clinical manifestations are low fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes behind the ear and occipital region, and mild systemic symptoms.
Meningitis: The main manifestations are sudden high fever, severe headache, frequent vomiting, ecchymosis of skin and mucosa, irritability, stiff neck, mental disorder and convulsion.
Mumps: Acute swelling and pain of parotid gland, accompanied by fever and general malaise.
Tuberculosis: It is a chronic infectious disease, mainly characterized by fever, night sweats, general malaise, cough, expectoration, hemoptysis, chest pain and dyspnea.
How do common respiratory infectious diseases spread?
Source of infection: mainly patients or recessive infected persons.
Transmission route: mainly through droplets, but also through direct close contact or indirect contact.
Population susceptibility: People are generally susceptible to most respiratory infectious diseases. Some people have certain immunity or lasting immunity after illness, or get certain immunity through vaccination.
7. How to prevent respiratory infectious diseases?
Comprehensive preventive measures should be taken, mainly including:
Always open the window for ventilation to keep the indoor air fresh.
Do a good job in family hygiene and keep the indoor and surrounding environment clean.
Develop good hygiene habits, do not spit everywhere, and wash your hands frequently.
Maintain good living habits, drink plenty of water, don't smoke and don't drink too much.
Exercise regularly, keep a balanced diet, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and improve your disease resistance.
It is necessary to increase or decrease clothes in time according to the weather changes to avoid catching cold.
Children, the elderly, the infirm and patients with chronic diseases should try to avoid crowded public places.
If you have symptoms such as fever and cough, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. When infectious diseases occur, you should take the initiative to isolate yourself from healthy people and try not to go to public places to prevent others from being infected.
Don't buy and take certain drugs by yourself, and don't abuse antibiotics.
Children should complete vaccination on time, and the general population can carry out targeted vaccination under the guidance of doctors.