Guangxi: Hospital started fever clinics to monitor human bird flu

January 22, 2009

Since the beginning of winter, Beijing, Shandong, Shanxi, Hunan and other places people have reported bird flu, and emerging trends in the spread from north to south. January 21, journalists from the Guangxi Autonomous Regional Health Department learned that now requires all medical institutions to start fever clinics, and in close cooperation with the livestock sector, monitor the epidemic and strengthen prevention.

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No birds infected with avian flu

Autonomous Region Health Department Director Lin new disease control, the winter, Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong has three cases have been confirmed cases of human avian influenza. January 19, Hunan also confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases. It was also coupled with the Vietnamese bird flu cases occur, so that the north and south of Hunan Vietnam have emerged in the epidemic, the epidemic prevention and control, Guangxi has become severe. Now when the winter, the southward migration of migratory birds and local birds come into contact, has also increased the risk of the spread of the epidemic.

Faced with the grim situation in the prevention and control, health departments have been consulting with the livestock sector to establish exchange of information, joint defense cooperation mechanism to strengthen the poultry and market supervision. Once there is an outbreak, the two departments will have "three at the same time", that is, at the same time to arrive at the scene, while investigating the epidemic, while dealing with the epidemic. Monitoring information shows that to date, Guangxi has not yet appeared in poultry infected with bird flu.

Hospital started fever clinics

January 21, autonomous regions under the Health Department issued a "Circular on further strengthening the prevention and control of human avian influenza emergency," which called for the whole region at all levels of medical institutions to immediately launch fever clinics, doctors should be asked in detail about the history of febrile patients to see if and poultry have had close contact. Medical institutions found that patients with pneumonia of unknown causes must be reported immediately to the disease control and emergency treatment as soon as possible to maximize the reduction in deaths.

Lin said a new, formal perennial major hospitals have set up fever clinics, but in counties and townships, such as primary health care institutions have failed. Febrile patient is suspected cases of bird flu found in the most effective institution. In suspected cases of track and medical observation, it is also beneficial to find other close contact with poultry populations, and expand the scope of effective control.

In addition, the autonomous regional health department also called for disease control departments at all levels to strengthen epidemic monitoring and reporting, send professionals engaged in the work of slaughtering poultry population training, teach them to do a good job of personal protective measures to reduce infection in poultry slaughtering process the risk of influenza virus.

Fever symptoms should be treated as soon as possible

Lin said, as long as there is targeted to take preventive measures, in fact, there is no need "for chickens," the avian flu panic. It is reported that people infected with avian flu, the incubation period is generally seven days. Early symptoms are very similar to influenza, mainly manifested as fever, runny nose, stuffy nose, cough, pharyngodynia, headache, general malaise, body temperature in the most sustained for more than 39 ℃. Treatment of patients with late quickly developed into acute pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary hemorrhage, pleural effusion, renal failure and other complications. Therefore the symptoms of fever patients should be as soon as possible to the regular hospital.

Because no corresponding vaccine, while in winter and spring is a high incidence of acute respiratory period, experts remind residents should avoid contact with poultry, the chicken should be thoroughly cooked food, especially fried eggs must be thoroughly boiled. Indoor air circulation to maintain as little as possible to poorly ventilated places, to observe good personal hygiene, sneezing or coughing Cover your mouth and nose.

In addition, the heating, ultraviolet radiation, organic solvents and other methods can be disinfected to kill the bird flu virus. In an environment of 60 ℃ heating for 10 minutes to direct sunlight 40 ~ 48 hours and the use of drugs commonly used disinfectant can be inactivated so that the bird flu virus. (Zhang if any)