Pneumonia becomes No.1 killers of children under 5 years old

Pneumonia becomes No.1 killers of children under 5 years old
The edition of China first " guide to prevention and cure of disease of coccus of children's pneumonia " was started a few days ago. Epidemiology chief scientist Zeng Guang of Center for Disease Prevention and Control of China says, as diseases such as measles, ascariasis,etc. are overcome in medical science by the expert progressively, pneumonia and coccus disease are primary cause of disease which causes the death of global children under the age of 5 at present, nearly there are children under the age of 1,000,005 to die of all kinds of pneumonia and coccus disease every year in the whole world. Center for Disease Prevention and Control of China carried on the investigation to the pneumonia children under the age of 5 of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou three places recently, the investigation result reveals, the coccus of pneumonia is infected with and accounted for 50%, mortality has exceeded the morbidity of infant and pre-school children ahead of worry, become the No.1 killer of the children under the age of 5.
Pneumonia and coccus disease are a group of infective diseases that may initiate the serious consequence caused by coccus of pneumonia, including malignant diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia, otitis media,etc., can initiate the serious consequence of damaging etc. of breathing the depleted, cardiac muscle, even cause the death. The children under the age of 5 are still in lower level because of the pneumonia coccus antibodies of their circulatory systems, especially the infant and pre-school children under the age of 2 are easier to attack by coccus of pneumonia. The coccus of pneumonia can be through coughing or sneezing to transmit and hide in the human body for a long time. Relevant investigations reveal, nearly 1/4 of the healthy children carry the coccus of pneumonia in our country.
Zeng Guang says, the means to treat main pneumonia and coccus disease at present is to use antibiotic, he points out again at the same time, because antibiotic of pediatrics of our country is used extremely general, make able to bear the pneumonia coccus of medicine easier and survive, may cause the treatment of the clinical experience regular dosage of antibiotic to fail, initiate the serious consequence, even cause the death, will cause much sequela often after curing.
The children's hospital of Shanghai breathes head of the department Professor Lu Quan and introduces, looks from clinical angle of our country at present, pneumonia the intersection of coccus and disease initial symptom the intersection of airway infection and symptom usually, have a fever, be cold, vomit, ear ache, cough, generally more difficult recognition of these symptoms. Many infants often cough for several days and disappear and take a favorable turn, then present symptoms such as the hyperpyrexia,etc., send section hospital into, delay, treat, pneumonia coccus disease irreversible sometimes in damage that health lead to the fact to children.
Zeng Guang says: "The treatment of the coccus of pneumonia, what counts is and prevent, to prevent is more importantly than to treat. " It is reported, World Health Organization and domestic and foreign pediatrics expert think unanimously, inoculate child against coccus vaccine of pneumonia early, do prevention work well, help the baby to be opposed the antibody of the coccus of pneumonia, avoid suffering from the best way of pneumonia and coccus disease.
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