Dr Ashraf Hatem, former Minister of Health and Chairman of the Health Committee in Parliament, revealed that respiratory viruses spread in the autumn season and with the arrival of winter, and these viruses spread in the autumn and winter season, which is the flu season is between fall and winter, and respiratory viruses begin to activate like the flu, from which a strain mutates. H1N1And the second virus is Corona, which has been living with us for two and a half years.
explained, that respiratory syncytial virus It’s a virus that’s been in the books for a long time, and it spreads among two to six year olds, especially in nursery schools because it’s a contagious disease, and it brings symptoms like coughing in the throat, high fever and runny nose, and the 90 % heals by itself, and the reason for its spread in recent times The latter because Corona two and a half years ago was the dominant virus over these viruses, because respiratory viruses compete for humans.
He said the flu is dominating this year, and in the children the respiratory syncytial virus has become dominant, and his treatment is rest, fluids and fever reducers, and no antibiotics are being taken to treat him, and he doesn’t have an antiviral , and if the child has a high fever and does not come down, he must go to the doctor and the mothers, who keep him at home for 3 to 5 days so as not to infect other children because it is a contagious respiratory disease.
He said, in a special statement to “The Seventh Day,” that “we don’t have to distinguish between it and the flu virus because their treatment is the same,” which are fever reducers, fluids and rest at home. , rest and fluids are taken.
He pointed out that 80% of patients with obstructive pulmonary disease suffer from the disease due to smoking, whether it is cigarettes, hookah or other types of smoke, and pulmonary embolism is called the silent killer, as it has mild symptoms at first and then gradually increases without the patient noticing and enters respiratory failure and heart failure.
He explained that if it is diagnosed early, it prevents it from being prevented and the most important factor for prevention is to stop smoking, both cigarettes and hookahs, and at the same time taking long-acting bronchodilator medications, and there are more of a kind, whether it is a drug alone or in a device, combined drugs, and this prevents the frequent common catarrh.
