How to protect yourself from viruses. Flu, RS and covid viruses are getting stronger

Do you still have respirators from the hardest times of the covid pandemic hidden at home? In some cases, they can be useful even in the current season of respiratory diseases. Especially in people with weak immunity. Viruses are already attacking from all sides. However, according to the doctor Milan Trojánek, many people at risk do not protect themselves enough.

Why go to vaccination against the flu? What are RS viruses and how can you manage the challenging autumn season healthily? Listen to the current episode of the MUDr.ovaní podcast. This time with leading Czech infectious disease expert Milan Trojánek.

After months of silence, he again asks for a word covid. Patients are also increasing in hospitals and doctors are again urging especially the elderly and people with chronic illnesses to get the vaccine. The virus can still cause major health problems and at the same time cause long-term damage to health in the so-called post-covid syndrome.

“Done infection in the past it may not protect today. It would not be true to say that the disease is as bad as it was at the beginning, but now it really affects the risk groups. But even from the point of view of a person around 40 years old, vaccination can be sensible,” says in the podcast MUDr.ování Milan Trojánek, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and University Hospital Motol.

However, there are many more viruses that attack us during the respiratory disease season. According to the infectologist, for example, it is worrying how Czechs still underestimate the flu. At the same time, there are up to 1,500 deaths related to it every year.

According to the doctor, very few people get an accurate picture of the effects of the flu on the body virus Yes. There must be only classic complications such as bacterial pneumonia afterwards.

“Usually it might be necessary heart attack myocardium. We know that an infection can make certain changes in the body that the person may have a myocardial infarction in the next few weeks or that there is a significantly higher risk of myocardial infarction or stroke ,” reminds Milan Trojánek.

According to him, then, the data on vaccines, which are de facto the result of not only protecting against the disease as such, but also reducing the risk of heart attack, sound clear.

“There are studies that clearly and safely show that the risk of myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents and the like in the vaccinated group is significantly lower than in the unvaccinated,” said the expert.

According to him, it is worth considering especially the people who are most at risk vaccination against RS viruses. These cause lower respiratory tract infections.

So experts recommend vaccination eldersbut also for pregnant women – in them, after the vaccination, the antibodies can be transferred to the baby through the placenta and protect it in the first months of life. However, it should be remembered that insurance companies usually do not supplement this vaccine.

What about other forms prevent? According to Milan Trojánek, they are still not mandatory breathing. It is still advisable to wear a respirator if we are sick and have to leave the house. It is also worth taking to the doctor’s waiting room or to public transport, especially if you are weak immunity.