A gradual decline in the flu epidemic has begun in Russia, panic is diminishing, and more and more objective information is emerging. The well-known pediatrician Yevgeny Komarovsky, the author of popular books on children’s and parental health, a man who has devoted 30 years of practice to the study of ARVI, told the reporters about this.
The questions that the journalists asked Dr. Komarovsky that day were primarily related to medicines that help in the treatment of viruses. “Today there are no drugs with proven prophylactic efficacy,” the doctor said. He is sure that there are two ways to prevent influenza – first of all, vaccination, and secondly, quarantine.
- Vaccines. As for vaccines, they are just appearing on the pharmaceutical market, and so far not a single doctor in the world has real experience, thanks to which he could test their effectiveness or ineffectiveness. However, at the same time, there are already reviews of vaccines that are used in the EU countries.
- Prevention. The best preventive measures against ARVI, acute respiratory infections and influenza, in addition to vaccination, Dr. Komarovsky, as he invariably states in all his books, calls air humidification and ventilation of premises.
- Masks. As for , then Evgeny Olegovich is sure that their use is justified in two cases: when they are already worn by sick people and used in medical institutions.
As in his most famous book “Child’s health and the common sense of his relatives”, he urges parents, mothers and fathers, to take responsibility for the health of their child and not completely shift it to doctors. “Our mother can do more than the entire health care system,” the doctor is sure.
As for the flu and its epidemic, the doctor refers to the World Health Organization (WHO), which recognizes the California flu as a disease no more severe than usual … Most of the sick recover after 5 days. And in Russia we can already talk about a gradual decline in the flu epidemic, panic is decreasing, more and more objective information is emerging. If you have a cold, deciding when to see your doctor can help. list of symptoms.
You can get rid of viruses on your own, but there are situations when the presence of a doctor is necessary.
Situations when you need to call a doctor:
no improvement on the fourth day of illness;
increased body temperature on the seventh day of illness;
worse after improvement;
severe severity of the condition with moderate symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections;
the appearance in isolation or in combination: pallor of the skin, thirst, shortness of breath, intense pain, purulent discharge;
increased cough, decreased productivity; a deep breath leads to a coughing fit;
if paracetamol and ibuprofen do not help with an increase in body temperature.
Situations when an ambulance is required:
loss of consciousness;
convulsions;
signs of respiratory failure (shortness of breath, shortness of breath, feeling short of breath);
intense pain, anywhere;
even mild sore throat in the absence of a runny nose;
even mild headache combined with vomiting;
swelling of the neck;
a rash that does not disappear when you press on it;
body temperature above 39 ° C, which does not begin to decrease 30 minutes after the use of antipyretic drugs;
any increase in body temperature combined with chills and pallor of the skin.
We must firmly know and understand: snot, cough, temperature is SARS. The most common and mild illness. Requiring calmness and very specific, elementary actions.