Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hunan First bird flu patients discharged from hospital



People Changsha February 17 (Xinhua Zhou Yun) holding flowers, smiling. Hunan Lake溆浦县from the highly pathogenic avian influenza patients舒荣flower, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, after more than 20 days of treatment, at 16 o'clock today, bidding farewell to her day and night to protect doctors and nurses, happily recovered and were discharged the.

January 23, the annual party 21-year-old flower舒荣sudden high fever and cough accompanied by expectoration, null and void in the local clinics for treatment. 26,舒荣flower溆浦县the people into hospital, hemogram showed leukopenia, chest CT showed the right pulmonary inflammatory lesions. Due to have a history of exposure to sick poultry, hospitals doubt that she is infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, thus corresponding virology examination, and treatment of avian influenza patients. January 28, lung CT showed inflammatory lesions trend has expanded, and preliminary test results show that sputum specimens舒荣flower H5 subtype of avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.

The early morning of January 29,舒荣perianth into Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. Hospital immediately set up expert group to develop treatment programs, organizing the implementation of treatment and their families medical observation in isolation. January 30 afternoon, CDC National Detect confirmed舒荣flower person suffering from highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 subtype). Active treatment in hospital, the flower舒荣body temperature returned to normal, sputum was decreased 10 days after the clinical symptoms disappeared. At present, the flower舒荣normal vital signs, mental appetite is still good, has reached the discharge standard.

Flower舒荣of recovery and was discharged in the community has aroused strong repercussions, people thank the medical staff at the same time, firmly believe that the bird flu virus can be overcome.

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