In recent years, prevention is better than cure, and many people understand this truth. But most people still think that vaccination is the patent of preschool children and people over 65. Cai Zhongyu, director of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine of Annan Hospital, pointed out that in fact, people in their prime of life are also facing the threat of many infectious diseases, and these ethnic groups can achieve preventive effects through vaccination.
Cough. keep coughing. Pay attention to whether it is whooping cough.
According to the data of CDC, as of this year, there were confirmed cases of whooping cough 10 and 3 cases of family cluster infection. Dr. Cai Zhongbi said that whooping cough is a respiratory bacterial disease caused by pertussis bacteria, which is transmitted by droplets and highly contagious. The initial symptoms are similar to colds, which are easily ignored and delay medical treatment, leading to infection to children at home or cohabiting members, resulting in cluster infection.
Be careful when reporting measles outbreaks in Asia and the United States abroad.
Measles is quite rare in China, but a measles epidemic broke out in Asia this year. According to the data of CDC, there were 7000 cases in the Philippines last year and this year, and the epidemic in Vietnam was also in June, 5438+ last February. There are thousands of cases at present. The epidemic situation in Thailand and Malaysia was the highest in the same period in 2065, with 438+03. Japanese and Korean countries, which China people love to visit, have outbreaks every year. According to foreign reports, the measles epidemic in new york City of the United States entered a state of emergency, and officials even offered a ban to prohibit unvaccinated children from entering and leaving public places.
In order to protect the health of family members, you can consider vaccination at your own expense.
Dr. Cai Zhongmi explained that since the source of infection at family gatherings is mostly caregivers or roommates, and the public vaccine of * * * will not be vaccinated until February, it is especially recommended that novice parents and baby caregivers with newborns at home, including nannies and grandparents, vaccinate at their own expense. Pregnant women who are pregnant for 27 to 36 weeks are also recommended to be vaccinated against whooping cough at their own expense; /kloc-people born after 0/970 can consult a doctor two to four weeks before going abroad if they plan to go to measles-endemic areas, and consider vaccinating themselves against measles, rubella and mumps at their own expense to reduce the chance of infection.
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