Winter is a period of high incidence of respiratory diseases. National Health Commission continued to hold a press conference on the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter on the 2nd. Mi Feng, spokesperson of National Health Commission and deputy director of the Propaganda Department, said that according to the monitoring, all the current acute respiratory diseases are caused by known pathogens, and all of them have corresponding mature treatment methods, and no new infectious diseases caused by new viruses or bacteria have been found. He said that National Health Commission will continue to monitor and judge respiratory diseases in winter together with state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the National Bureau of Disease Control.
Promoting pediatric outpatient service should be fully opened
In order to alleviate the difficulty of children’s medical treatment, Mi Feng said that it is necessary to further increase the supply of medical services and promote the opening of pediatric clinics in Chinese medicine hospitals, maternal and child health hospitals and other medical institutions at all levels. According to the number of patients, the clinic will be opened at noon, at night and on weekends, the service hours will be extended, the inpatient beds will be expanded, and the consultation procedures such as registration, examination and payment will be continuously optimized.
Mi Feng pointed out that it is necessary to do a good job in graded diagnosis and treatment, smooth referral channels, transfer personnel across disciplines and hospitals, ensure the supply of medical materials, promote Internet medical care, and maximize the ability to receive medical treatment. It is necessary to give full play to the role of traditional Chinese medicine and improve the prevention and treatment effect by combining traditional Chinese and western medicine.
Xing Chao, deputy director of the Department of Medical Administration of state administration of traditional chinese medicine, said that at present, 93% of the third-level public Chinese medicine hospitals in China have pediatrics, and 73% of the second-level public Chinese medicine hospitals have pediatrics. In view of the high incidence of children’s respiratory diseases, all of which are common diseases, and the number of medical institutions has increased significantly, state administration of traditional chinese medicine has strengthened the staffing of fever clinics, pediatrics, respiratory departments, emergency departments and other departments, and met the medical needs of the masses to the maximum extent by opening more clinics, increasing the number of outpatient services, extending outpatient hours, opening night clinics, opening weekend clinics, and providing "internet plus" medical services.
"For grassroots Chinese medicine medical institutions, we strengthen the training of Chinese medicine in preventing and treating children’s respiratory diseases, standardize the diagnosis and treatment of Chinese medicine, and smooth the referral channels." Xing Chao said.
The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine has good curative effect.
"At present, most children are mild, and severe pneumonia is rare, so don’t be nervous." Liu Qingquan, president of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University, said that even if the child is diagnosed as severe, the treatment of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine still has a good effect, and most of them have a good prognosis.
Wu Liqun, director of pediatrics at Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, and accurately treats children according to their different causes, symptoms and physical characteristics.
"In the early stage of respiratory infection, children mainly show symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sore throat and cough. We will adopt the methods of dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, dispersing lung and relieving sore throat, and cooperate with appropriate external treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine." Wu Liqun introduced, for example, for fever and sore throat, preschool children can use acupoint massage, Chinese medicine application and other methods, while school-age children can use scraping and other methods; For cough and expectoration, cupping, cupping and acupoint massage can be used.
Influenza vaccine is still effective against the current influenza virus.
It’s early December. Is it too late to get the flu vaccine? In this regard, Wang Dayan, director of the National Influenza Center of the Institute of Virology, China CDC, said that influenza, COVID-19 and pneumococcal infection all have corresponding types of vaccines, which can effectively prevent or reduce the severity of post-infection diseases. Generally speaking, it should be vaccinated as soon as possible, and it is best to complete the immunization before the local influenza epidemic season. For people who have not had time to get vaccinated before, they can still be prevented by vaccination.
Wang Dayan also pointed out that compared with last winter, the components of influenza vaccine vaccinated this winter have not changed from the main influenza A (H3N2) subtype and influenza B, which are consistent with the virus branches prevalent in most parts of the world.
Wang Dayan said that influenza vaccination is still an effective means to prevent influenza and reduce influenza-related severe illness and death. It is suggested that high-risk groups such as the elderly, children and people working in public places should be vaccinated every year to strengthen their own protection.
(Beijing, December 2 nd, our reporter Jin Zhenya)
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