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Given the respiratory symptoms currently documented, it is important for healthcare professionals to remember that isolation, use of masks, hand washing, ventilation of the environment, and vaccination are important.
Although the low temperatures are barely felt this winter, we are in for a cold season. Respiratory system picture Increase. “These sudden changes didn’t give the body time to adapt, and the environment was dry, all of which somehow affected the spread of infectious respiratory symptoms more easily and, most importantly, the impact of allergic symptoms, which many people sometimes confuse. Acute Respiratory Disease,” explains the pulmonologist Maybel Peralta.
He said that if respiratory symptoms develop, it is recommended not going to school or workBecause of this, the virus is brought home and spreads quickly, infecting all members, whether children or the elderly, becoming a chain that is difficult to break.so recommend Self-isolate, rest and use a mask that covers your chin and nose.
he also recalled Wash your hands frequently, keep the room ventilated, hydrate, and most importantly prevent disease through vaccination.
“There are vaccines against flu, against COVID-19 because there are still cases, and for patients who are at risk, there is also pneumococcal vaccine. Arrived.” The professionals in the clinic said.
He added that there was also an increase in Allergic respiratory symptoms caused by frequent temperature changes. “You leave the house with a shirt on and in the afternoon you have to come back in a jacket and vice versa, so we don’t give the body time to adapt and you get allergic symptoms, which can be exacerbated by infectious diseases.”
In general, allergy pictures present with upper respiratory symptoms such as Frequent sneezing, nasal congestion, tearing, itchy eyes, nose, dry cough, persistent cough and nasal congestion after the acute phasemaking the distinction difficult, especially with some common viruses, such as rhinoviruses, manifesting as the common cold.
“The difference between allergies and rhinoviruses is fever and general malaise with mild headache and body aches. There are other respiratory viruses like adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, which tend to be associated with other conditions like bronchitis or pneumonia. It is complicated by itself, especially during extreme periods of life, such as young children and the elderly. This is why it is important to cut the chain of transmission, because it means 7 days for a young person in good condition and 7 days for an elderly person with comorbidities For many people this could mean hospitalization and pneumonia. The most effective way to reduce this is isolation, room ventilation, use of masks and hand washing,” said the expert.