The epidemic of influenza - the beginning of next week

On Tuesday the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko. Chief Medical Officer of the Russian Federation suggested that the mass infection of people will start after the New Year holidays. Officially the winter break ended on 10 January. After a long break, the children again went to kindergartens and schools, and their parents went to work. According to Onishchenko, the first "call" for a flu epidemic we will get after the next weekend. Will surge disease, and more will only get worse.

This statement is the chief doctor of the Russian Federation fully supports the long-term forecast made by the Office in the early fall of 2011. Then, despite the total incidence   flu   and ARI both Muscovites and residents of Russia's regions, the epidemiological threshold has not been exceeded (except in the Chelyabinsk region, where the number of patients has gone beyond the norm by 18%). In the last months of 2011 according to Rospotrebnazdora viral infections had been ill for about 24 million people (22 million acute respiratory infections and 2 million, respectively, flu). Ministry officials claimed that the mass flu epidemic   will be in January 2012.

"2011, more than 30 million Russians were vaccinated from three types   Flu "- Onishchenko report. However, if you believe the official statistics for the same year, our population is 142 million people, and timely injection of the vaccine to make only one-fifth of them.
His predictions are doing and physicians. They argue that the new season mortality rate a flu epidemic   It will not be exceeded. We are faced with the already known strains that many Russians are already ill. It:
• strains Flu   A / H1N1 "California" and likely to "Perth"
• H2N3
• Type B viruses

Flu   - Acute respiratory disease transmitted by airborne droplets. It differs from other similar diseases more severe and serious complications. As a rule, they are particularly susceptible to complications of the elderly, young children, people with chronic diseases of the heart, lungs and kidneys.

Prevention of influenza

First of all, active immunization - vaccination. In the body is introduced a piece of dead or attenuated pathogen, an infectious agent. The virus contained in the vaccine can not cause disease, but the body will begin to actively produce antibodies against foreign microorganisms. When the body gets have a "real" flu virus, the body will not spend time on the production of antibodies, which will actively attack the virus and prevent infection of cells.

To increase the resistance of the body, take vitamins, eat onions and garlic.

ATTENTION!
Such as the anti-influenza drugs rimantadine, Arbidol, amiksin not be taken up to 7 years!
We remind you, you can knock down antipyretic temperature after 38 degrees, as at temperatures up to 38 degrees organism "used" in the form of a protective agent.

At the time of the epidemic need to observe good personal hygiene: as often as possible to wash your hands, wash more often change handkerchiefs, and better to use paper to eliminate the possibility samoinfitsirovaniya.
It is also necessary to prevent hypothermia, fully fed and lead a healthy lifestyle.

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