2023-12-14 13:02:32
Amal Allam wrote Thursday, December 14, 2023 03:00 PM
Dr. Mustafa El-Shazly, Professor of Chest Diseases at Kasr El-Aini Medicine, said in a special statement to “Youm7” that changing the weather and catching a cold work to reduce immunity, and young children can catch the infection from nurseries and schools, and they may return with cold episodes and spread the infection to the whole family, especially Older grandparents.
He explained that the relationship between grandparents and children is a strong relationship, and therefore the child can sleep with the grandfather and transmit the infection to him, explaining that Corona has caused a change in the body’s immune system, and thus we have become more susceptible to respiratory diseases, noting that respiratory diseases have become many and varied. Especially after the outbreak of the Corona virus, it has also become more violent than it was before the outbreak corona.
He pointed out that as long as the person is not suffering from diseases that affect the immune system, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart or chest diseases, the role of the cold is not of concern, and does not cause complications at the present time, but precautions must be taken into account in those with chronic diseases, as they are more vulnerable to the resulting complications. About the cold.
He said that the necessary tests must be done for them and the influenza vaccine must be taken for these patients. The influenza vaccine was supposed to be taken in September and October, but it can be taken now if it has not been taken.
He added that Corona has transformed from a pandemic into an endemic disease, just like seasonal influenza, and its incidence may increase, explaining that those with weak immunity are more vulnerable to complications.
He emphasized that during this winter, it was observed that after the end of the cold period, the patient continues to cough or cough as a result of irritation in the bronchial tubes, and congestion occurs in the bronchial tubes, and the patient continues to cough for a period that may reach a month to a month and a half, and this is the result of a defect in the immune system. Corona result.
People are advised during this period to follow precautionary and preventive measures, and seasonal influenza has returned, and we advise avoiding contact with the elderly if you have a cold or influenza, and especially avoiding children who have a cold, noting that during the Corona pandemic, antibiotics were prescribed in abundance, and thus affected the system. Immunity, and if a person has a high temperature and a persistent runny nose, he should not take antibiotics because it is a viral infection, and he should take a fever reducer if it continues for 4 days, and he should consult a doctor if the period of high body temperature is prolonged.
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