Be wary of brain flow
Be proactive in prevention
Recently, in #青海西宁市湟中区第一中学同一班级2名初中生患流脑病亡#冲上热搜, the first infected person went to class normally on June 5 and died that night; The second infected person became ill on 25 June and died on 26 June. The patient's disease progressed rapidly, and his death in a short period of time aroused the attention of the general public.
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In order to keep your child away from the harm of brain flow, let's take a deep look at this "health devil" and master effective prevention methods!
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What is Flow Brain?
The full name of cerebral encephalitis is "epidemic meningitis", which is an acute purulent meningitis or meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, and is an acute respiratory infection.
Neisseria meningitidis can be divided into 12 serogroups such as A, B, C, Y, W135 and so on according to the different capsular polysaccharide antigens. Winter and spring are the peak of encephalopathy, but sporadic cases can occur throughout the year. The incubation period of cerebral flow is 1-7 days, usually 2-3 days.
Children under the age of 15 are at high risk of encephalopathy, especially in infants and young children aged 2 years old, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Due to the characteristics of collective learning and life, schools and kindergartens are places with a high incidence of brain flow, and special attention should be paid to them.
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What are the transmission routes of flow brain?
Encephalitis is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets produced by coughing, sneezing, and other actions.
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For infants and young children under 2 years of age, close family contact such as sleeping together, hugging, kissing, breastfeeding, etc., is also a very important mode of transmission.
What are the symptoms of cerebral flow?
The population is generally susceptible to encephalopathy, but the rate of latent infection is high, and only 1% of the population will have typical clinical symptoms after infection, and the main clinical manifestations are acute fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, neck stiffness, photophobia, skin ecchymosis, etc., and shock may occur in severe cases, and even death.
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The early symptoms of cerebral flu are similar to those of the common cold, such as mild headache, geothermal heat, sore throat, etc., which are easy to confuse and miss the diagnosis, resulting in delayed treatment, so special attention should be paid to.
How can I prevent cerebral flow?
Get vaccinated against encephalosis
At this stage, there are both free national immunization program and non-immunization program brain flow vaccine options that are voluntarily administered at their own expense.
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1. Immunization program cerebral vaccine
According to the National Immunization Program Vaccine Childhood Immunization Schedule and Instructions (2021 Edition), school-age children will receive one dose of group A cerebral polysaccharide vaccine at the age of 6 months and 9 months, and group A and group C cerebral polysaccharide vaccine at the age of 3 and 6 years respectively, all of which are free immunization program vaccines.
2. Non-immunization program cerebral vaccines
At present, the non-immunization program cerebral conjugate vaccines mainly include: AC cerebral conjugate vaccine, ACYW135 cerebral polysaccharide vaccine, and ACYW135 cerebral cerebral polysaccharide conjugate vaccine.
Other prevention and control measures
In addition to vaccination, other prevention and control measures are equally important as your child grows up, including:
1. Develop good habits of living and hygiene;
2. Pay attention to open windows for ventilation and maintain indoor air circulation;
3. Strengthen exercise, work and rest on time, get enough sleep, eat a reasonable diet, and improve the body's ability to resist diseases;
4. When there are suspected symptoms, you should seek medical attention in time, standardize treatment, and avoid serious health damage;
5. For close contacts of cases, preventive medication should be taken as soon as possible under the guidance of a doctor.
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During the summer vacation, no matter where you are, you should put health and safety first, and I wish you a healthy and happy summer vacation!
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