Cai Zhonghong, director of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Annan Hospital, pointed out that in fact, people in their prime also face the threat of many infectious diseases, and these groups can achieve preventive effects by vaccination.
In recent years, it has been continuously promoted that "prevention is better than cure", and many people understand this truth. However, most people still think that vaccination is the exclusive preserve of preschool children and the elderly over 65 years old. Cai Zhonghong, director of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at Annan Hospital, pointed out that in fact, people in their prime are also facing the threat of many infectious diseases. These groups can all rely on vaccination to achieve preventive effects.
If you keep coughing, you should pay attention to whether it is whooping cough.
According to data from the Department of Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 10 confirmed cases of whooping cough so far this year, and three family cluster infections. Dr. Cai Zhonghong said that because whooping cough is a respiratory bacterial disease caused by pertussis bacteria, it is transmitted through droplets and is highly contagious. The initial symptoms are similar to those of a cold. It is easy to be ignored and delay medical treatment, resulting in the infection to young children or members of the same household. , causing cluster infections.
The measles epidemic in Asia and the United States has tightened, so be careful when traveling abroad
Measles is quite rare in our country, but there is a major measles epidemic in Asia this year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention According to data from the Department of Health, the Philippines had 7,000 cases last year and this year. The epidemic in Vietnam also increased in December last year and currently has thousands of cases. The epidemics in Thailand and Malaysia are the highest since the same period in 2013. Japan and South Korea, the most popular tourist countries among Chinese people, have epidemic outbreaks every year. . According to foreign reports, the measles epidemic in New York City has entered a state of emergency, and officials have even issued a ban on unvaccinated children from public places.
To protect the health of your family, consider getting vaccinated at your own expense
Dr. Cai Zhonghong explained that in family gatherings, the source of infection is mostly caregivers or people who live together, and ***’s public expense The vaccine will not be administered until February, so it is especially recommended that new parents with newborns at home, as well as baby caregivers, including nannies, grandparents, etc., should be vaccinated at their own expense. Pregnant women who are 27 to 36 weeks pregnant are also recommended to receive pertussis vaccination at their own expense; people born after the 1970s, if they plan to travel to measles endemic areas, they can consult a doctor 2 to 4 weeks before going abroad and consider vaccination against measles and measles at their own expense. German measles and mumps combined vaccine reduces the chance of infection. Join and pay attention to your health every day! LINE＠ ID: @ Subscribe to the Healthy Love Live audio and video channel to read health knowledge more easily: /supply/article/41890 Keywords: vaccine, whooping cough, measles, cluster infection, Dr. Cai Zhonghong, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Annan Hospital