2023-08-28 00:12:03
The best protection against influenza and RSV is inevitable from the same prevention method as preventing COVID-19, whether it’s washing your hands. take care of hygiene Wear a mask in a crowded place. respiratory disease patients or have respiratory symptoms Should wear a mask to prevent the spread of the disease.
28 Aug. 2023-Dr. Yong Phuwarawan, Head of the Center, Specializing in Clinical Virology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University as a graduate Science Center Royal Society A Yong Poovorawan Facebook post titled “Influenza and RSV are epidemic and common right now,” the content reads.
Respiratory diseases that are common and are currently epidemic. Influenza and RSV are very common now. This year’s flu is spreading. After being quiet during the outbreak of COVID-19 for 3 years, this year it is common and has spread since June. All 3 strains can be found, namely influenza A, namely H1N12009, H3N2 and influenza B that have spread this year. The Victoria strain, the same strain that used to go viral before COVID 19, all 3 strains found this year, causing a large number of patients.
The vulnerable group or 608 as we know it. including small children It is the group that should be protected by the vaccine. Although the vaccine is not very effective. but to reduce the severity of the disease
As for RSV that is currently found, it is mostly found in children. and the elderly This is RSV type B in the current outbreak in children, as opposed to the previous year’s outbreak with type A (ON1). RSV is a viable disease. Some children are every year and will spread until the end of the year, especially the end of the rainy season and the beginning of winter Although there are only 2 species, A and B, they can still be divided into smaller groups. Once infected with type A, it can be repeated A or type B (according to the research of the Viral Center Chula where I work)
The immunity that arises from RSV infection does not protect against infection in the following year. Like with COVID 19, it can be made possible again. In children, there is currently no vaccine to prevent it. Although there are studies using the vaccine in pregnant women to protect children. Birth or first 6 months, but in our house we have not been used. As for vaccines in children, more research is still needed because this disease can be transmitted again.
The best protection against influenza and RSV is inevitable from the same prevention method as preventing COVID-19, whether it’s washing your hands. take care of hygiene Wear a mask in a crowded place. respiratory disease patients or have respiratory symptoms Should wear a mask to prevent the spread of the disease.
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