Pediatrician Warns of Highly Contagious Viruses: Vaccinate Children Against Chickenpox and Rotavirus

Since the masks were unsealed, do the children in the family often get sick? Pediatric “Grapefruit Doctor” Chen Murong reminded parents to pay special attention to two highly contagious viruses, namely “chickenpox virus” and “rotavirus”. Among them, rotavirus “only needs 10” to infect children. Take precautions.

Chen Murong shared in the Facebook fan page “Dr. Yuzu’s Parenting Clinic-Dr. Chen Murong Physician”. Recently, many parents are worried that after the masks are unsealed, their children return to school, and they are easy to be infected with various viruses by classmates. Young siblings cause children to take turns to get sick. Parents are reminded that chickenpox virus and rotavirus are highly contagious. It is best to let children be vaccinated to improve protection. Vaccines to prevent.”

Chen Murong pointed out that in addition to the transmission of chickenpox virus through campus clusters, it may also be infected by herpes zoster (skin snake) in the elders of the family. Even if most children have received the first dose of public-funded chickenpox vaccine, a breakthrough may still occur. Infection, “Studies have shown that the protection of 1 dose of varicella vaccine is only 81%, and the protection of 2 doses of varicella vaccine can reach about 92%.” dose of varicella vaccine.

In addition, Chen Murong revealed that one of the main causes of gastroenteritis infection in children under the age of 5 is “rotavirus”, which is also highly contagious. Children can excrete 100 billion viruses per gram of feces.” What’s even more frightening is that no effective anti-rotavirus drugs have been developed yet, and only water can be added to allow children to recover on their own. Uncomfortable!” Parents are advised to get their children vaccinated against oral rotavirus vaccine as early as possible to reduce the incidence of virus infection.