The role of the common cold in schools! Health: 73% of children are infected with respiratory syncytial virus

Abdul Ghaffar: The injuries are minor and only 1% require hospitalization

Dr Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, revealed that the preventive medicine branch of the ministry recently conducted a survey of children who presented with symptoms of high fever, cough, phlegm and nose sticking up. cola, and it has been found that these symptoms are present annually in the autumn season.

Abdel-Ghaffar told Al-Shorouk that the preventive medicine sector conducted this survey to investigate the spread of viruses during autumn and winter, including influenza virus, adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus. Abdul Ghaffar indicated that this survey revealed that 73% of the children are infected with respiratory syncytial virus and most of the children up to two years of age have been infected with this virus and the rest of the infections range from adenovirus, influenza and cold. Abdul Ghaffar pointed out that most infections are simple and their symptoms are known, but there are 1% of children with weak immunity, or premature or premature infants, who have risk factors when they are infected and must be hospitalized. He added that these viruses spread around the world every year during the fall and winter season and there are no new viruses that have spread this year.

Abdul Ghaffar pointed out that the autumn season is characterized by its weather fluctuations that permeate his days between hot during the day and cold during the night hours as well as waves of weather fluctuations and rain, and these weather fluctuations lead to complications in allergy patients and sinusitis. Abdul Ghaffar pointed out that the severity of sinus infection symptoms increases in the transitional seasons, which are the autumn and spring seasons, due to temperature fluctuations during the day and increased wind and dust activity, indicating that patients with sinus allergy need to follow some tips to protect themselves from any complications, as they may appear. They have some symptoms that indicate acute sinusitis.

Abdel Ghaffar said exposure to cold outside or inside the house can lead to a variety of pathological symptoms that occur due to the inability of the body as a whole, or parts of it, to adapt to low temperatures and heatwaves. of cold which can lead to multiple damages to health, therefore it is necessary to warm up the body and prevent the repercussions of the cold by wearing warm clothes suitable for cold or rainy climatic conditions, and not staying outside the house in cold, wind and rain for a long time.

He called on citizens to get the Corona virus vaccine and stimulant doses to protect and reduce Corona virus infection, as well as the need to get the flu vaccine in the fall, as it reduces the risk of influenza infection, as well as which protects against simple respiratory infections, such as the common cold, and stressed the importance of wearing masks, because they protect against colds and coronavirus infection; They must be worn in crowded places and hands must be washed and sanitized frequently. Abdul Ghaffar stressed the need to protect them from exposure to bad weather, to take care of their good nutrition and warmth by wearing thick clothes made of heat-providing materials and to cover the baby well during the sleeping period, adding that in the should children be taken outside the home, parents should be keen to wear Babies and young children are dressed appropriately, making sure to keep them warm.