Hanoi: Back to the outbreak of A / H1N1 flu

In just 10 days, the number of patients detected positive for influenza A / H1N1 in Hanoi from 1 case has increased to 49 cases. Particularly on January 25, the number of patients hospitalized for influenza A / H1N1 was detected as 14 people and tended to increase in the next few days .

Present at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases (Hanoi), PV was quite surprised when the number of patients hospitalized for suspected A / H1N1 influenza infection was unusually crowded. In the isolation rooms of the hospital, each patient has an average of 2 patients per bed, and even the patient has to stay in the hallway.

Talking to us, Dr. Hoang Van Tuyet, Deputy Director of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases said that the first patient detected with influenza A / H1N1 was Nguyen Thi H., 25 years old, in Dong Da district, Hanoi. H. patient is pregnant during the 30th week, hospitalized with high fever symptoms above 38 degrees; fatigue, headache, muscle aches; cough, chest pain, difficulty breathing, stuffy nose, runny nose .

By January 19, the number of hospitalized patients and positive for influenza A / H1N1 has increased to 7 cases, all patients live in Hanoi. Remarkably, Doan Thi T., a sister-in-law of Nguyen Thi H., has been infected. In addition, the patient Dinh Thi H. in Tu Liem district, Hanoi, when she was found to be infected with influenza, there were 4 people who were infected with influenza A / H1N1 before. Among these 7 patients, an additional 6-month pregnant patient also became infected with the flu, Nguyen Thi P., 24, in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi.

On January 21, 5 more cases of patients hospitalized and quick tests all positive for influenza A / H1N1. It is worth noting that all patients infected with influenza are female, and one more pregnant case is infected with the flu. On January 24, the number of patients detected with influenza at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases increased to 35, nearly 3 times higher than the first 3 days.

On January 24, male cases of influenza infection appeared, and one more case of 10-week-old pregnant women was found. The number of cumulative patients infected with influenza in Hanoi is 17 more cases , 'said Hoang Van Tuyet.

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And on January 25, 14 more patients, bringing the total number of patients infected with influenza to 49 people. Of these, there are 2 more cases of pregnant women infected with influenza, and 2 cases of influenza-infected patients in a family are Ms. Le Thi Nhu H. (24 years) and daughter Hoa Phu T. (5 years old) .

' However, the number of patients still hospitalized in the hospital so far is only 31, because 18 patients who have been treated well have been discharged from the hospital. Currently, all patients are being treated according to the Ministry of Health's A / H1N1 / 2009 influenza regimen , 'Tuyet affirmed.

Explaining the phenomenon of many patients infected with influenza A / H1N1, according to Hoang Van Tuyet, the cause may be due to prolonged cold weather throughout the North, creating favorable conditions for influenza A / H1N1 virus to develop. and spread. However, in addition to influenza A / H1N1 virus, currently no detected patients infected with influenza A / H5N1 virus in Hanoi.

' Influenza A / H1N1 as well as other flu are very easily transmitted by inhalation (sneezing, coughing), or direct contact (hands attached to secretions from the nose, throat of influenza patients and then put on the nose, mouth I). So people should actively protect by washing their hands with soap, wearing masks, avoiding contact with people with acute respiratory symptoms and crowded places ', doctors in Hoang Nhat Thoa, Tropical Diseases Hospital PRIVATE advice.

Facing the risk of widespread epidemics, the Ministry of Health recommends that people should actively monitor their daily health to detect flu symptoms and respiratory diseases in order to promptly treat them. If there is information about people infected with influenza A / H1N1, it should inform the local health department, the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology / Pasteur and the Ministry of Health (phone number hotline: 0989.671115).

How to prevent influenza AH1N1: - Wash hands with soap, ensure personal hygiene - Eat enough substances, especially vitamin C to increase resistance - Have a personal mask when leaving home or taking care of patients - Avoid contact with people with acute respiratory symptoms and crowded places - When there are signs of illness, you must immediately report to the nearest medical facility.

Nghe An: Quickly deploy the prevention of influenza A / H1N1

' Up to this point in Nghe An there has not been any case or suspicion of suspected influenza A / H1N1 virus. But not because of that, Nghe An does not have measures, we have deployed right from the beginning of January 2011 and then . ", Mr. Pham Van Thanh - Director of Health Department of Nghe An said.

However, to cope with the H1N1 virus, the Department of Health has promoted widespread propaganda and education in the community on measures to actively prevent epidemics when not yet occurred.

Accordingly, always pay attention to the common diseases in winter - spring respiratory transmission such as influenza, meningitis caused by meningococcus, measles . and digestive diseases such as: diarrhea caused by viruses . ; special attention should be paid to measures to prevent bird flu, influenza A (H5N1) and influenza A / H1N1 virus .