This year, influenza has had a serious impact on the health zones of Vigo and Galicia, Revenue volumes are high and, similar to the 2018 season, are currently on a downward trend and no surprises are expected. This confirms the theory that worse epidemics occur every five years.
Martín Rubianes, director of internal medicine in the Vigo health district, acknowledged that although symptoms vary from person to person and vary widely among older people or those who are immunocompromised, in general this year There were many complaints about his symptoms. I’ve been hit by the flu more than I’ve been hit by the coronavirus. “She’s very aggressive. Our revenue numbers are similar to five years ago,” he stressed.
Galicia’s flu season behaves ‘unusual’, according to physicians And pointed out that “paradoxically, in this autonomous region, the infection rate of new coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is overwhelming.” In other communities This is not the case, respiratory viruses are more homogeneous than influenza, and there are even more COVID-19 and RSV.
He believes vaccination and the fact that we are more susceptible to COVID-19 may have an impact because “the most vaccinated people and the least vaccinated people have been vaccinated at some point.” Vaccines do not prevent contagion, he recalled , but can minimize symptoms.
Another hallmark of flu season is an earlier peak in cases. The peak is fifteen days earlier than usual. “It usually happens in mid-January, but it happened in the last week of December.” With the start of school on Three Kings Day, there has been a slight rebound in infections among the school population.At this time, the situation in the hospital is getting closer and closer It’s on par with typical winter figures, but there are still cases of hospitalizations for flu and complications caused by the virus.
When asked if it was possible to be infected with multiple respiratory viruses at the same time, he assured that it was so. Additionally, this year they are seeing a lot of patients being admitted to the hospital with influenza and then the respiratory epithelium is damaged leading to infection. Caused by pneumococci. “This is typical, there have been a lot of cases this year, even in pediatrics.”
On the other hand, he said the RSV vaccine for young children has attracted attention, But the virus affects unvaccinated children under 2 and 3 years old, as well as older adults.In minimal cases, it can cause bronchiolitis In adults, this virus produces very severe bronchitis, causing difficulty breathing and coughing. This condition is more aggressive than COVID-19 in adults and is particularly harmful for people with underlying bronchial pathology.