Answering questions about the corona virus of breast feeding mothers, Dr. Hoang Quoc Tuong (a pediatrician, currently working at Children's Hospital 2, Ho Chi Minh City) has useful shares to help Mothers know the most basic information about the nCoV virus and know the most effective prevention for their children.
The answer is YES .
Because this is a very new virus, to the human body. Viruses cannot live independently in the environment but have a host (plant, animal or human body) to live, otherwise they will die. Each virus has its own host, and they usually reside in those hosts only. And 2019 - nCoV in the most recent studies shows that snakes and bats are its hosts, other studies suggest that there are related species of mammals or birds. But now this wild animal virus can infect humans.
Therefore, they are a strange virus to the human body, our immune system has not yet recognized and destroyed immediately, it needs a learning process. Scientists have not yet studied what the new virus replication and pathogen mechanism is to find out how to treat it as well as vaccines to prevent the disease.
The virus from wild animals can already be transmitted to humans
At 18:35 Geneva time (Switzerland) on January 30, 2020, WHO Director-General - World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the explosion of 2019 - nCoV causes an emergency about global public health. This is the 6th time in WHO history to issue such urgent notification. And so this situation is really dangerous.
The answer is NO .
According to updated information at 9:00 am on February 4, 2020, the world has recorded 20,627 people infected, mainly from China. Vietnam the number of cases has increased to 10. However, there is no evidence to say that Vietnam has an epidemic - that is, the epidemic affects many people in that locality.
Troubleshooting the corona virus: What we need to do is learn how to prevent the spread of disease together with the world.
Fortunately, in this pandemic, scientists have soon determined which virus is causing the disease. Corona virus is similar to SARS - CoV virus every year, so the symptoms are almost the same, so we can somehow turn to prevent the epidemic from spreading rapidly. So we have to be very calm to learn about prevention methods to join the world against the spreading epidemic.
The answer is YES .
Because the disease is caused by a virus, it is important to provide symptomatic support. The evidence is that the first cases in Vietnam have been cured. Therefore, we should believe that our health care sector is fully capable of monitoring and treating this disease.
The answer is YES .
There is no reason we should delay getting vaccinated, especially the flu shot. 2019 - nCoV is absolutely not an influenza virus and the correct flu vaccine does not prevent it. However, if the co-infection is both 2019 - nCoV and influenza, the risk of complications and death will increase. So it is still necessary to get a flu shot for the child during this time.
In particular, the drug TAMIFLU (which is a drug to control the influenza virus) cannot be used to treat diseases caused by 2019 - nCoV. So parents should get their kids vaccinated instead of spending time and money searching for drugs.
Use a disposable medical mask
The answer is NO .
Fabric mask + polyurethane fiber mask has very low protection against nCoV virus as well as other viruses because saliva droplets cannot be isolated and isolated, and large fabric holes cannot prevent pathogens. The disposable medical mask and the N95 mask are equally effective against viruses. For young children, using the N95 is not feasible. Hence the use of disposable medical masks.
Remember that the water-resistant blue outer surface isolates the saliva droplets, the white inner surface enhances the permeability due to the excessive breath. Each person only needs to buy 1 to 2 boxes of medical masks / 1 month is enough.
The answer is NO .
Wearing a medical mask only works to avoid secretions that may contain your virus splashing on other people, but it does not have anti-virus effects completely penetrating you, because the virus is very small. It's not just wearing a mask when you have symptoms. This virus has an incubation period of about 14 days and we have absolutely no symptoms. So the likelihood of us getting infected during the incubation period is extremely high. So in this situation, when going to the street, or in crowded places, even if there are no symptoms, we should wear a mask as a precaution.
If you wear a mask properly, in the right place, you can prevent infection by about 20%. But if you wear a mask and wash your hands, the ability to prevent it will be up to 40%. So the "HAND WASH" is considered the most important. If using a dry hand sanitizer, pay attention to choose a 70-degree alcohol-based one, too high is not good because it evaporates quickly. If you can't afford it, washing your hands with soap is okay, not necessarily an antibacterial soap because so far, there is no evidence that antibacterial soap reduces infection more than regular soap.
The progress of the disease is also complicated, so it is difficult to predict exactly when it is safe for children to go to school.
The answer is NO .
This could have been predicted to be the peak of the epidemic and therefore schools gave the children one more week off. However, the progress of the disease is also complicated, so it is difficult to predict exactly when it is safe for children to go to school.
However, according to epidemiological statistics so far, the rate of infection with 2019 - nCoV in children is quite low, over 50% is seen in middle-aged men. Therefore, it is more feasible to implement measures to prevent, screen and isolate in time suspected or at-risk cases in schools than in prolonged school leave.
To answer questions about corona virus, the doctor adds, the case is suspected or has a specific risk of infection as follows:
Person at risk: A person who came from the present-day danger zone Wuhan or more broadly China within 14 days.
Suspected person: Person who is from the risk area and has suspected symptoms: fever, cough, tired breathing and still in the incubation period.
People at risk should be isolated after at least 14 days. Suspects should be quarantined until they test negative for nCoV. In the South, the test was done at Pasteur Institute, in the North at the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, in the Central of Nha Trang Pasteur Institute.
The answer is NO .
It hasn't been at this point, so taking the precautions is still the most important. In addition, need to monitor and go to the hospital to check in the following situations: When the child has severe symptoms such as high fever, difficulty breathing, respiratory failure; or your child only has symptoms such as fever, cough, and mild runny nose and is a risk or suspect.
See more:
What should you pay attention to when giving birth during the epidemic season?
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