On December 24, the National Health Commission held a press conference to introduce the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter and answer questions.
At the press conference, The Paper (www.The reporter asked, the current high incidence of respiratory diseases, coupled with the arrival of cold waves in many places across the country, the temperature has plummeted, and there are many people who catch colds. As a community doctor, what advice do you have for the majority of residents every day, which can be effectively prevented?
In this regard, Liu Tao, deputy chief physician of the general medicine department of Gumei Community Health Service Center in Minhang District, Shanghai, introduced that for the prevention of respiratory diseases, he put forward several suggestions from the perspective of family doctors
First, we should try to complete the flu vaccination before the arrival of the high respiratory disease season, and generally residents can come to our community for influenza vaccination after the autumn of each year.
Second, during the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases, it is better to minimize indoor gathering activities. When parents go out to work, their hands, faces or coats that are often exposed to the outside will be contaminated with pathogens, so they should wash their faces, hands and change clothes as soon as they get home, and then contact their children to avoid indirect infection.
Third, in crowded places, such as buses, subways, and waiting halls of hospitals, masks should be worn scientifically.
Fourth, the home should be properly ventilated, and each room should be ventilated in turns, so as to ensure that the elderly and children can be in other rooms during ventilation to avoid direct stimulation of cold air.
Fifth, patients with chronic respiratory diseases in the community should be in regular contact with their family doctors, and do a good job in follow-up and evaluation of the disease, so as to prevent the acute attack of chronic respiratory diseases in autumn and winter.
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