The number of people infected with mycoplasma pneumoniae has dropped significantly. Experts remind that protection should be strengthened after recovery from virus infection.

Zhang Xiaoyan, deputy director of the Pediatrics Department of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, said that the number of respiratory tract infections admitted to the pediatric department and emergency department of the Provincial People’s Hospital has shown a downward trend since the last two weeks, and the main pathogens are influenza virus and mycoplasma infection. Director Zhang reminded that protection still needs to be strengthened after recovery from virus infection.

Director Zhang said that children are a high-risk group of respiratory diseases in autumn and winter. Children are prone to respiratory diseases because of their low immunity and tender airway mucosa, and the defense function of the respiratory system is not perfect. If the child has ultra-high fever or no improvement trend during the monitoring period, the cough aggravates and affects his normal life, and his mental state is not good, accompanied by drowsiness, increased respiratory rate or dyspnea, frequent vomiting, rash, headache or convulsions, etc., he should take the child to the doctor in time. If it is a child within 6 months, especially within 3 months, the fever is greater than 38℃, which may be a manifestation of serious illness. It is recommended to see a doctor in time.

"In addition, there are some situations, such as the general situation of children is OK, and then there are only some symptoms such as fever, runny nose and cough, but the mental state and appetite are not bad, so you can choose to see a doctor in some community hospitals nearby to avoid the increased risk of cross-infection in large hospitals."

Like children, the immunity of the elderly is relatively low, and they are also high-risk groups of respiratory diseases. Wei Yiqun, deputy director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, said that the elderly people infected with respiratory diseases are very different from the general population. First, they are seriously ill. Because of their poor constitution, many basic diseases and low body immunity, once they get pneumonia, their condition is often more serious. Second, the clinical symptoms are atypical. Pneumonia in the elderly may not be characterized by fever and cough, but by mental state change, slow response, weakness of limbs, rapid heartbeat, anorexia, abdominal pain, diarrhea or nausea, vomiting and other discomfort, which is easy to be ignored or misdiagnosed at the initial stage of infection. The clinical symptoms of senile pneumonia are atypical. If the following signs appear, we should be alert to the possibility of senile pneumonia.

Wei Yiqun: "Like the symptoms of poor spirit, fatigue, obvious reduction in appetite, shortness of breath and unconsciousness. The second is that it can’t be explained by other reasons, such as respiratory failure, heart failure and blood pressure drop. Third, sometimes there may be some problems such as mild cough, yellow phlegm, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. The fourth is some slight fever or high fever that can’t be explained by other reasons, and the blood items are rising. The fifth is some dehydration symptoms without diarrhea, a digestive system disease. The sixth is because other causes have been bedridden for a long time, and subsequent patients are unconscious. "

It is understood that in order to meet the treatment needs of patients, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital has increased the supply of medical treatment, optimized the medical treatment process, and provided innovative medical treatment services. Coordinate the allocation of medical resources in the whole hospital, increase the frequency of emergency and pediatric clinics, extend the service time of diagnosis and treatment, and send relevant departments such as respiratory department and neonatal department to support pediatrics; Increase the reserves of drugs, consumables and reagents related to respiratory diseases. In terms of optimizing the medical treatment process, the pharmacy, inspection, charging, infusion room, atomization room, etc. are intensively configured offline to reduce the patient’s running distance in the hospital; Online, open self-service billing service to reduce the waiting time of patients in hospital. At the same time, the hospital also opened a "green consultation room" to meet the medical needs of special children such as younger children and emergencies.

Wang Jianhua, vice president of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, said: "In order to relieve children’s anxiety, we have also added some puppets or clowns, these puppets or clowns played by the staff, and some cartoon characters. In the whole process, we distributed some candy to the children, made some appeasement, eased the anxiety of family members and children, and then created a better medical atmosphere."

(Starting journalist: Zhou Shirou)