Influenza, unlike SARS, is characterized by an acute onset of infection with a sharp rise in temperature, chills and headache, as well as a dry hacking cough. It is for these symptoms that doctors distinguish it from acute respiratory infections. On Wednesday, September 23, on the air of the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda – Kaliningrad” said the doctor of the regional Center for Medical Prevention, Candidate of Medical Sciences Lyudmila Perminova.
“As for the external clinical manifestations, the acute onset is characteristic of influenza, in contrast to ARVI, which are caused by other pathogenic viruses. That is, a person knows exactly when he fell ill: at work he still felt good, came home – chills, pain in the muscles, in the eyeballs, headache, and the temperature rises sharply. It reaches 38-39, and sometimes 40 degrees, – said Perminova. – <...> With flu, for example, there will be no runny nose and temperature 37.2 – most often these are symptoms of rhinovirus or other infection. ”
In addition, according to her, flu is characterized by a dry, excruciating, hacking cough, accompanied by pain in the chest. “Influenza viruses have a certain ‘favorite’, let’s say the place of localization – they infect the trachea,” the specialist explained.
Influenza, Perminova noted, “comes” to the region in a certain season – they start to get sick in late December – early January, and the maximum incidence falls on February-March.
“All viral infections in our country are treated in approximately the same way – mainly pathogenetically and symptomatically. And only for the flu, we have drugs that have a direct antiviral effect. If a doctor suspects a patient’s flu, then, of course, he has the right, without waiting for the results of the analysis, to prescribe an anti-influenza drug, ”the specialist added.
Let us remind you that an influenza vaccination campaign is underway in the Kaliningrad region. Vaccination can be done at the clinic at the place of residence, as well as at one of the mobile teams that work in a special graphics in different parts of the regional center until September 30.
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