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Monterrey.- The reopening of kindergartens and schools, as well as a series of seasonal factors have led to an increase in cases of influenzaJorge Eugenio Leos Bortoni, director of public health of the municipality of Guadalupe, thought this.
According to the Public Health specialist, although the Christmas holidays usually present a resurgence of cases, social factors such as economic and educational reactivation after two years of unemployment due to the Covid-19 pandemiccreate the right conditions for a greater number of this type of contagion.
“There are several factors, influenza is a virus that mutates year after year and peaks are expected every three years, some higher peaks and it has been combined with several things,” he said.
The doctor pointed out that the increase in cases of flu has become more evident in recent weeks, because the number of cases of the Sars-Cov-2 virus is decreasinga situation that has triggered a strong demand for seasonal disease vaccines.
“We also saw that in past years there was flu vaccination, but Covid-19 vaccination was much more visible and this year we have seen a greater influx of flu vaccine, which in last two years there were fewer people looking for this vaccine, ”the specialist said.
Leos Bortoni pointed this out most of the times a clinical diagnosis of seasonal flu is made by studying the signs and symptomswhich are collected through rapid studies.
He stressed that this condition tends to affect some population groups more.
“Influenza risk groups are under the age of five and over 60, which are the extremes of life, healthcare workers and pregnant people are the first people to be encouraged to get vaccinated. It is one of the fundamental weapons for this type of virus ”, said the specialist also in occupational medicine.
He added that although vaccination is the most recommended to avoid getting the flu, it can have negative effects after its application, such as arm pain or temperature images, however. He made it clear that these can be controlled without setbacks with acetaminophen.
The specialist pointed out that the flu vaccine can generate a serious flu, although it can also be addressed with medical treatment, although, he said, if there are exceptional cases of more acute reactions.
“There is another disease called Guillain-Barré, it is a disease with which an ascending paralysis of the extremities begins, the reaction to the vaccine can appear in a very low percentage, as has been seen in very few cases, the population is alarmed and decides to don’t get vaccinated, but the reality is that the risk is very low compared to the benefit it can have, ”he said.
Finally, the specialist recommended that people who have an allergy to eggs avoid applying this vaccine, since, due to its type of preparation, it could cause a severe reaction in people who have said allergy.
“It is important that people who know or are known to be allergic to egg consumption must refrain from this vaccination,” he said.
