New treatment regimens can leave H1N1 patients

" If 3 days of treatment, if the fever is gone and the patient has been discharged from the hospital, it is feared that it is still possible to spread the disease. In fact, after nearly 5 days of treatment, there are nearly 50% of cases still having the H1N1 virus ", Director of the Institute National infectious and tropical diseases worry.

According to the new regimen for the treatment of H1N1 flu, the Ministry of Health changed, the hospital discharge criteria for the test sites were: after a 3-day fever ended, the clinical condition was stable and testing on Wednesday was negative. In places where there is no possibility of testing, it is only necessary to have a stable condition and after 3 weeks of fever, the hospital is discharged.

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However, during the meeting of the H1N1 flu on the afternoon of August 12 of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases expressed concern that patients are still capable of spreading the disease only after After 3 days of fever, the hospital was discharged.

He said that monitoring the treatment process for more than 108 positive patients at the Institute showed that up to 98% of patients had no fever after 3 days of treatment, but the possibility of patients still having the virus is entirely possible . Due to the fact, 25% of patients after 7 days of treatment are still virus, this rate after 5 days to nearly 50%.

He proposed, after discharge from hospital, patients still have to isolate themselves at home for about 1 week and take medicine as prescribed by the doctor.

In addition, he also said that the Institute has recently received a number of cases of unknown diseases. There are patients who live only in areas where there are patients, who do not have a history of contact near or away from the epidemic area, also positive. The epidemic spread in the community increased.

Mr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said that in the past week, the rate of detection of H1N1 flu cases at 15 monitoring points nationwide tends to increase, with up to 30% of cases. influenza is H1N1, this rate was only about 10% before. These cases come to medical facilities with manifestations of respiratory inflammation, pneumonia .

Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan asked the treatment committee to draw experience on treatment issues after two deaths in Khanh Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City due to late treatment.

Regarding the closure of schools, the Deputy Minister suggested that the education sector should consider it as soon as the new school year is coming. Only when a cluster of cases appears in a class closes the class, it is not necessary to close all schools.

As of August 12, the country had 1,275 positive cases, 2 deaths.