When Spanish health authorities remind patients with mild symptoms that they should not go to emergency rooms, the scale of the problem is clear from the saturation of these services. The fact that Aragon has exceeded the baseline threshold of influenza cases per 100,000 inhabitants (59.6) convinces us that we are facing a high incidence of this annoying visitor, who, as tradition says, usually stays a period of time. For everyone affected, at least in terms of symptoms: three are up, one is stable, and three are down. The problem right now is that in the days leading up to the new year, these flus are spread more through household contact during the holidays, temperatures plummeting, and everyone in their environment having people coughing, sneezing, and coughing. Snot.
some centers and hospitals In the Madrid community, they began to notice an increase in patientswhich, as unions and associations have denounced, suggests this backlash is compounded by an “insufficient” supply of workers.
Dr. Luis Miguel García, a family physician and president of the Association of Family and Community Medicine of Aragon, clarified that any respiratory viral infection can be complicated, but the normal scenario is a fever for four days and then a sudden collapse. “At this moment, various viruses are coexisting among us.”
The Difference Between Influenza A, Influenza B and Colds
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are There are four types of influenza viruses: A, B, C and D. Influenza A and B viruses are the most common and cause seasonal epidemics of the disease:
- Type A virus They are further divided into subtypes based on the combination of proteins on their surface. Currently, subtypes A (H1N1) and A (H3N2) are circulating in humans. A(H1N1) is also currently known as A(H1N1)pdm09 because it caused the 2009 pandemic and replaced the A(H1N1) virus circulating at that time. All known epidemics are caused by influenza A viruses.
- Type B virus They are not divided into subtypes, but can be divided into lineages: B/Yamagata and B/Victoria.
- Type C virus They are found less frequently, usually cause minor infections, and are not important from a public health perspective.
- Type D virus They primarily affect livestock and do not appear to cause infection or disease in humans.
The difference between influenza A and influenza B is A is the most serious because it has a greater ability to mutate and can be transmitted from animals to humans.. This is the case with epidemics such as the 2004 bird flu or the 2009 swine flu.
Influenza B is milder and only affects humans and its symptoms, because the virus mutates two to three times slower than A, allowing us to develop stronger immunity.The negative part of the question is Symptoms often last longer and are particularly harmful to young people and children.as it is more common in this age group.
Common symptoms of the flu can appear even within 24 hours of exposure to infection and include Chills, fatigue, fever, headache, loss of appetite, nausea, excessive runny nose, and sore throat. Symptoms of the common cold are usually stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, and rarely fever, tiredness, and sneezing. They appear within one to three days after exposure to the virus and are fully cured in less than 10 days.
Treatment of respiratory viruses
Dr. Garcia clarified that the treatment in all these cases is simple: paracetamol and ibuprofen, since when the disease becomes complicated, antibiotics are taken starting from the fourth or fifth day. “After the fourth or fifth day, when the situation becomes complicated, you may consider antibiotics. “If the infection is nasal and seems to ‘go down’ to the chest, then it’s not going down; it’s a superinfection with another bacteria, possibly one that affects the bronchi. That’s where you need antibiotics to come in Fight this new infection.”
Garcia asked to stay sane so as not to infect other family members and friends. “If anyone is a bad person, Avoid hanging out with older or immunocompromised people, or wear a mask; Prepare for a rainy day. “