Vietnam: Latent A/H5N1 OFFICE AGAINST HIGH RISK IN THE COMMUNITY

[another mention of the virus liking the humidity..and the heat]

Within a month, the Health Ministry announced three consecutive new cases of influenza A/H5N1 in Khanh Hoa, Tien Giang and Tuyen Quang, including a child 3 years old and a new died. Article notably maps epidemiological disease fluctuates when disease is not only circulated in the North are high humidity, the virus that causes favorable development, but also appear in the southern provinces hot weather.

By MA. Nguyen Hong Ha, deputy director of the Hospital for Tropical Surgeons, disease manifestations after 3-4 days, new patients to the hospital examination and the disease was identified by phase early specific treatment, many patients with signs of respiratory distress must ventilation, multi-organ failure to carry out dialysis. Currently, the world has developed methods of resuscitation exmo (lung replacement) for the treatment of resuscitation for patients with respiratory insufficiency.

According to this method, the body will be given oxygen through the system outside the body. This means that the lungs of patients in respiratory distress phase will completely relax the body but still provide adequate oxygen demand. This method is also being made in promoting tropical disease hospital in the central and only hope that in near future, patients will have access and beneficiary benefits from this high-tech.

For avian influenza H5N1, is not disperse birds sick / die, the destruction must comply with strict means of protection such as gloves, pro, mask. Must make a special disinfectant, sterilizing the cages and not kill or eat more meat soup. When flu symptoms appear to be the basis of medical examination to determine diagnosis and early treatment, particularly to track the evolutions of the disease, especially respiratory function, circulation ...

The health system in the first line as communes and wards have noticed detect new cases appear to get medical diagnostic products identified influenza A/H5N1 or A/H1N1 influenza or complications to treatment promptly time, to avoid spreading the community. Although this time, influenza A/H1N1 service temporarily settled down but still appear avian influenza in some places as mentioned above should be wary of a new virus strain H5N1 combined with H1N1 is essential.

Eng. Nguyen Hong Ha said that the world as well as in Vietnam, the process of treating influenza A/H5N1 usually undergoes two phases: first phase of treatment is specific and early the next stage of treatment for feedback. If detected and treated early can be very good for recovery as well as the health of patients but this is difficult to implement because patients are not identified early because of the number of infected patients isolated, scattered, disease manifestations Now the same respiratory infection in the early stages (due to no epidemiological factors). Moreover, few patients have access to specific treatment.