“In these last two weeks there has been an increase in respiratory symptoms.as reported by the guards of the San Roque hospital and some regional reference centers, “he confirmed to Elonce the director of the First Level of Care of the provincial Ministry of Health, Daniela Wandler. And she specified that “in children under five years of age, symptoms compatible with fever, cough, expectoration (mucus), abdominal pain and some cases with diarrhea”.
Influenza A outbreak
“Although there was a notable decrease in the cases of Covid-19, in children who require hospitalization, who undergo a respiratory panel to determine which virus is predominant, in recent days it has been influenza and, in some, influenza A, that is, influenza A”communicated the doctor and provincial official.
“In Crespo they reported an outbreak, but it is happening in all the schools in Paraná, where half the classroom has a respiratory condition”highlighted the doctor.
The doctor acknowledged that the situation causes alarm given that “two years passed without any other respiratory than coronavirus,” but emphasized that “in September we used to have an outbreak of influenza.”
“Although some patients require short hospital stays with oxygen, most are outpatient cases,” Wandler said. In fact, he explained that being a “viral disease, it is a condition that generally resolves without treatment more than the symptomatic one in seven to ten days, unless the child has a previous comorbid pathology or is not asthmatic.”
How to avoid infections
“It is spread like all respiratory infections, by drops of flush, either by expectoration or a sneeze that the child exudes the drops of flush and others breathe them in, or by hand-to-hand contact,” he explained. It was in this sense that she recommended that the child not attend school in case of presenting a respiratory condition since, according to what she remarked, contagions are not solved by disinfecting the classroom.
“We must continue to maintain the care that we had during the pandemic because that meant that we practically did not have these respiratory symptoms,” Wandler explained, urging “correct hand washing, the use of alcohol, and cross-ventilation of spaces.” “In closed spaces where there is a large crowd and where you spend a lot of time with other people, it would be correct to continue wearing the mask,” he advised. (Elonce)