Do you still need a flu shot when you feel that you have the flu？ What is the current epidemic situation of respiratory diseases？ The authoritative expert answered.
The National Health and Wellness Committee held a press conference on the 10th to introduce the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter.
It is still recommended to vaccinate against influenza if symptoms are not diagnosed and self-healing.
Fever, cough, runny nose … After these flu-like symptoms appear, if you don’t go to the hospital to be diagnosed with the flu, do you still need to get the flu vaccine after recovery? When is the vaccination? Xia Gang, director of the Department of Health and Immunity of the National CDC, responded to the suggestion that this situation should still be vaccinated against influenza.
Xia Gang explained that there are two main reasons. First, the symptoms of respiratory infection are not specific, and many pathogenic infections may have flu-like symptoms such as fever and headache. However, these symptoms are not necessarily caused by influenza virus, but also by other pathogens, the most common of which is the common cold.
Second, there are many types and subtypes of influenza virus that can cause epidemic. After being infected with a certain type or subtype, you may be at risk of being infected with other types or subtypes. For example, if you have been infected with influenza A, you may still be infected with influenza B. The influenza vaccine is a multivalent vaccine covering many different types and subtypes, that is, the commonly used trivalent and tetravalent vaccines. If you are infected with a certain type of influenza and vaccinated with influenza vaccine containing other types of influenza components, you can still play the role of vaccine in preventing this type of influenza.
In addition, in the same epidemic season, there are usually different types and subtypes of influenza viruses co-prevalent. At present, the main subtype is influenza A (H3N2), followed by influenza B.. In the past, in the same epidemic season, the dominant strains were gradually transformed from one type to another.
Xia Gang stressed that even if there are flu symptoms recently, it is recommended to get flu vaccine as soon as possible after recovery.
The overall amount of diagnosis and treatment of children’s respiratory diseases in medical institutions above the second level in China showed a downward trend.
Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said that in view of the current high incidence of respiratory diseases, especially children’s respiratory diseases, the National Health and Wellness Commission, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention have continuously strengthened monitoring and judgment, dispatched the supply and diagnosis of medical resources in various places, guided the overall deployment of medical resources within and between medical institutions, increased relevant consulting rooms and treatment areas according to the number of patients, and expanded ward resources. Guide secondary hospitals, maternal and child health hospitals, traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and primary medical and health institutions to "open as much as possible", extend the consultation time, optimize the in-hospital diagnosis and treatment process, improve service efficiency, and effectively protect the needs of pediatric diagnosis and treatment.
Mi Feng introduced that at present, the overall amount of diagnosis and treatment of children’s respiratory diseases in medical institutions above the second level in China has shown a downward trend, and the increase in pediatric diagnosis and treatment in some large children’s specialist hospitals and general hospitals has been alleviated to some extent.
Judging from the overall situation of fever clinics and emergency departments, the number of patients with respiratory diseases in China has been relatively stable in recent days, especially in primary medical institutions. The overall normal medical services in the country have not been affected.
Mi Feng stressed that it is necessary to give full play to the role of medical associations, medical associations, medical groups and Internet medical care, establish a mechanism for collaboration between general hospitals and primary medical institutions, expert sinking and patient referral, and divide patients into different levels to facilitate patients to choose medical treatment reasonably.
It is necessary to give full play to the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine and combine traditional Chinese and western medicine to improve the prevention and treatment effect.
Primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, nursing homes, social welfare homes and other key places and crowded places should implement measures such as ventilation and disinfection, strengthen health science popularization and health monitoring, do personal protection, reduce the spread of diseases and reduce the risk of infection.
We should continue to do a good job in vaccination and constantly optimize vaccination services.