Wave of Respiratory Diseases in Río Negro: Importance of Vaccination and Prevention Measures

In the capital of Río Negro, a wave of respiratory diseases has been registered, which mainly affects boys and girls, to the point that the Zatti de Viedma hospital opened an office exclusively to meet this demand.

This service is carried out in the sector of hospital offices without prior shifts, from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., that is, on demand. In the Health Centers, cases of respiratory pathologies such as bronchiolitis, Influenza A and Covid-19 also have priority care.

Months ago, this wave of cases began and this Monday caused the death of a girl in the capitalthe Ministry of Health of Río Negro, through the Epidemiology Area, affirmed that diseases of the respiratory system represent one of the main causes of medical attention in guards, both in the outpatient clinic and in hospitalization, and are among the leading causes of death.

“These diseases affect the entire population, but mainly those under 5 years of age and people over 65 years of age” and state that the key «are the flu vaccines that since 2011 were incorporated in Argentina to the National Vaccination Calendarwith the purpose of reducing hospitalization, complications, sequelae and mortality of the population at risk».

The risk groups are: pregnant women, women in the puerperal period considering a maximum period of 10 (ten) days after delivery to receive the vaccine if they had not been vaccinated during pregnancy. Children between 6 months and 2 years. People between the ages of 2 and 64 with risk factors (diabetes, respiratory, heart or immunosuppressed diseases) should be vaccinated as well as those over 65 years of age.

In addition to having vaccinations up to dateit is recommended as the main measures to prevent respiratory infections, washing hands with soap and waterVentilate the house every day and in places where the person remains for several hours.