Medical institutions in Guangxi to start fever clinics to monitor bird flu

2009-2-4
Source: Southland Post

Since the beginning of winter, Beijing, Shandong, Shanxi, Hunan and other places people have reported bird flu and the spread of emerging trends from north to south. January 21, this reporter learned from the Autonomous Region Health Department has asked all medical institutions to start the fever clinics, and in close cooperation with the livestock sector, monitoring the epidemic and strengthen prevention.

No birds infected with avian flu

Autonomous Region Health Department Director Lin new disease control, the winter, Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong has been successively confirmed three cases of human avian influenza cases. January 19, Hunan also confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases. Together with the Vietnamese was also infected with avian flu cases occur, so that the north and south of Hunan Province in Vietnam have emerged in the epidemic, the epidemic prevention and control, Guangxi has become severe. Now comes the winter, the southward migration of migratory birds and local birds come into contact, but also increase 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 regulation. 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 outbreak, at the same time dealing with the epidemic. Monitoring information shows that to date, Guangxi has not yet appeared in poultry infected with bird flu.

Full out-patient hospital fever

January 21, autonomous regions under the Health Department issued a "Circular on further strengthening of human avian influenza prevention and control of the emergency notice", requiring the region's medical institutions at all levels to immediately launch fever clinics, doctors must be asked in detail about the fever patient's history 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 the formal opening of the large hospitals perennial fever patient, 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. Suspected cases in the tracking 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 Health Department also requested the regional disease control departments at all levels to strengthen epidemic monitoring and reporting, send professionals to engage in the work of poultry slaughtering people training to 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 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" for avian flu panic. It is reported that human infection with avian influenza, the incubation period is generally seven days. Early symptoms are very similar with influenza, primarily manifested as fever, runny nose, stuffy nose, cough, pharyngodynia, headache, general malaise, body temperature continued in most of the above 39 ℃. Treatment of patients with late disease rapidly developed into acute pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary hemorrhage, pleural effusion, renal failure and other complications. Fever symptoms, therefore patients should be as soon as possible to the regular hospital.

The absence of the corresponding vaccines, and in winter and spring is a high incidence of acute respiratory period, the experts remind residents should avoid contact with poultry, the chicken should be thoroughly cooked food, especially fried eggs must be thoroughly fried. 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, heating, ultraviolet radiation, organic solvents, such as methods of disinfection can kill 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. (Xinhua if any)

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