Stating that there is an increase in the incidence of covid, influenza and other viral infections with the arrival of autumn and the opening of schools, experts warn to be more careful in social environments such as schools, shopping malls and mosques.
Recently, there has been an increase in viral infections. Experts warn that especially patients with various chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, COPD, allergies should consult a doctor if they have symptoms such as high fever, cough, sputum, shortness of breath, respiratory distress. He underlines that especially children can easily transmit diseases to each other through sneezing, coughing and close contact in environments such as classrooms. In order to prevent diseases, it is beneficial to take measures such as hand washing and using masks in closed environments, as in the pandemic period.
“Most of these types of flu illnesses can be caused by a viral infection, a virus or a bacterium”
Stating that with the arrival of autumn, the cooling of the weather and the opening of schools, there has been an increase in influenza cases and patients with flu syndrome, Medicana Konya Hospital Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Doğaç Uğurcan said, “We have a large number of both pediatric and adult patients who apply to emergency services, who apply to an outpatient clinic, who come with complaints of high fever, sore throat, dry cough, weakness. Of course, while some of our patients overcome these complaints mildly, there are also patients who have very severe illnesses, who have to be hospitalized, and who are so severe that they cannot go to work. We may need to start medication for most of these patients, and some of them may need hospitalization. Therefore, in this period, if you have flu symptoms such as high fever, sore throat, runny nose, weakness, joint pains, you should not ignore it too much and it is definitely useful to consult a doctor. Most of our patients come to emergency services and polyclinics in this way. Most of these flu-like illnesses can be caused by either a viral infection, a virus or a bacterium. Usually, viral infections are predominant. Since most of them have similar complaints and symptoms, it is very difficult to differentiate them just by looking at the complaints. Separate tests are required for these. In most hospitals, many viruses can cause diseases with similar complaints, such as influenza, covid disease, RSV or parainfluenza. These can be diagnosed with special tests. For this, people may need to apply to a hospital. When should we be careful and when should we apply to the hospital? Especially if you have a persistent fever, if you have a fever of 38-38.5 degrees for more than 48 hours, if your complaints such as cough, sputum, shortness of breath, respiratory distress do not go away, but on the contrary increase, if you have a special disease, especially if you have various chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, COPD, allergies, it is useful to consult a doctor without staying at home too much. It is also useful to start special treatments under hospital conditions.”
“It is useful to be more careful especially in closed and crowded environments”
Stating that there is an increase in the incidence of both covid, influenza and other viral infections these days, Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Doğaç Uğurcan said, “Especially with the opening of schools, children transmit this disease to each other very easily. Especially sneezing, coughing, close contact, living crowded together in closed environments, especially in classrooms, these infections can be transmitted from person to person very easily. We had a pandemic history. For 3 years, we took a lot of precautions. It is useful to apply the measures we took at that time now. In particular, we should avoid very close contact, we should not have too much contact with people who sneeze, cough or have fever. By taking measures such as hand washing and using masks in closed environments, it will be possible to protect ourselves just like during the pandemic period. Therefore, we need to be careful, especially in closed and crowded environments, schools, shopping centers, mosques, all kinds of social environments, it is useful to be a little more careful.”
“If we take precautions, it will be possible to be protected from diseases”
Stating that treatments can be applied for different diseases, Dr. Lecturer. Prof. Dr. Doğaç Uğurcan said, “Especially if your fever does not go down and you have a problem such as cough and phlegm, it is useful to consult a doctor, a specialist quickly. It is useful to consult relevant specialties such as infectious diseases, chest diseases, internal medicine or pediatrics. This winter seems to continue like this. As every year, we will see such viral infections again. If we take precautions, it will be possible to prevent diseases. As we said, especially if you have a chronic disease such as diabetes, blood pressure, heart diseases, you need to pay twice more attention and protect yourself.”
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