What is Infectobesity?

1. What is a respiratory infectious disease?

Respiratory infections

Basic introduction to respiratory infectious diseases

1. What is a respiratory infectious disease?

Respiratory infectious diseases refer to infectious diseases caused by the invasion of pathogens from respiratory tract infections such as the human's nasal cavity, throat, trachea and bronchus.

2. What are the common respiratory infections?

Common cases include influenza, measles, chickenpox, rubella, meningococcal, mumps, and tuberculosis.

3. What are the common pathogens of respiratory infectious diseases?

There are mainly viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma and chlamydia. For example, influenza virus, measles virus, meningococcus, tubercle bacilli, etc.

4. Under what circumstances is it susceptible to respiratory infections?

The respiratory tract communicates with the outside world and is more likely to be attacked by various pathogens, which leads to the occurrence of respiratory infectious diseases.

Winter and spring are the seasons of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases.

Children, the elderly, the frail, those who are malnourished or chronically ill, those who are overworked, and those who are highly stressed are susceptible to respiratory infections.

Clinical manifestations of respiratory infections

Different respiratory infections have different clinical manifestations.

Influenza: generally manifested as acute onset, with obvious symptoms of systemic poisoning such as fever, fatigue, headache and general soreness, and mild respiratory symptoms such as cough and runny nose.

Measles: Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctival congestion, oral mucosa with measles plaques, and maculopapular skin.

Chickenpox: Systemic symptoms are mild, and skin and mucous membranes appear in batches with rapidly developing spotted rash, pimples, herpes, and rash.

Rubella: clinical features are low fever, rash, and enlarged lymph nodes behind the ears and occipital, with mild systemic symptoms.

Meningococcal: Mainly manifested as sudden high fever, severe headache, frequent vomiting, ecchymosis of the skin and mucous membranes, irritability, stiffness of the neck, mental disturbance and convulsions.

Mumps: characterized by acute swelling and pain of the parotid glands with fever and general malaise.

Tuberculosis: a chronic infectious disease, mainly manifested as fever, night sweats, general malaise and cough, expectoration, hemoptysis, chest pain, dyspnea, etc.

Routes of transmission of respiratory infectious diseases

Source of infection: mainly patients or occult infections.

Transmission: mainly through droplets, or through direct close contact or indirect contact.

Population susceptibility: The population is generally susceptible to most respiratory infections. Some people have certain immunity or lasting immunity after getting sick, or obtain certain immunity through vaccination.

How to prevent respiratory infections

Comprehensive preventive measures should be adopted, including:

Open windows frequently to keep indoor air fresh.

Do a good job of household environmental hygiene and keep the indoor and surrounding environment clean.

Develop good hygiene habits, do not spit and wash your hands frequently.

Maintain good habits, drink plenty of water, don't smoke, and don't drink too much.

Exercise regularly, maintain a balanced diet, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and improve your ability to resist disease.

Change your clothes in time to avoid cold.

Children, the elderly, the frail, and people with chronic diseases should try to avoid crowded public places.

If you have fever or cough, you should go to the hospital for treatment. When an infectious disease occurs, you should take the initiative to isolate yourself from healthy people, and try not to go to public places to prevent infection.

Do not buy and take certain medicines yourself, and do not abuse antibiotics.

Children should complete the vaccination on time, and the general population can be targeted for vaccination under the guidance of a doctor.