Noting that this year, especially children born during the pandemic period, children are affected much more severely by virus infections, Pediatric Chest Diseases Specialist and President of Yes to Health Association, Prof. Dr. Elif Dağlı stated that Influenza A, which is currently known as swine flu among the people, is very common in Turkey, besides, the virus that causes respiratory tract infection called bronchiolitis is encountered very frequently, and that Kovid is expected to rise in December, so the triple He said viral infections are at the door.
Pointing out that influenza A is much more common than it was in 2009 when it was first seen in our country, Prof. Dr. Dağlı said, “The hospital beds in the USA are completely full. Children’s beds also make up 30 percent of them, which is at an unprecedented level. When we look at the reason, it is seen that Kovid has started to rise again. In addition, we call RSV, the virus that causes bronchiolitis in small babies. Influenza A has been added on top of that. The fact that 3 different microbes are increasing at the same time makes us think of the triple epidemic we call ‘Triplemia’. The USA is very afraid of this right now. Could it be us too? Kovid has not spread much yet, but there are predictions that it will rise in December He said.
PARTNERSHIP OF VIRUSES MADE THE DANGER
Pointing out that RSV has the ability to “collaborate” with Influenza A and cause more severe lung infections, Prof. Dr. Dağlı said, “RSV normally causes bronchiolitis. It is a picture with wheezing resembling an asthma attack, giving signs of fever and fatigue. On the other hand, Influenza A is currently an epidemic in our country. We see at least a few cases per day. Scientists have shown this with a study. Influenza A enters the cell more easily by using the upper sheath of RSV. Since the immune system recognizes Influenza, it does not take it inside, but the virus achieves this by using RSV. Moreover, influenza normally only uses the upper respiratory tract. While they can settle in their paths, they can use this feature of RSV, which can enter very remote corners of the lung, to go lower and reach the capacity to cause pneumonia. This year, we witness the presence of influenza A in the same patient with RSV. We find this in many of our patients in Turkey as well. The biggest concern of scientists is that if this association continues, this virus may start to become a different virus; third A third virus may emerge, which may become more dangerous than before and cause epidemics that may continue for a longer period of time,” he said.
Mentioning that if this situation is not brought under control now, much more difficult days may arise when winter comes. Dr. Dağlı said, “We are afraid that if we do not take this under control right now, we may also experience double-triple epidemics. Kovid is not very common yet, I hope not, but if it does, they can merge.”
“BABYS OF THE PANDEMIC PERIOD WERE AFFECTED FIRST THIS YEAR”
prof. Dr. Dağlı said that this year, children aged 3-4 years were heavily affected by virus infections, and the reason for this was that the immune systems of these children, whose infancy coincided with the pandemic period, did not develop enough resistance because they grew up in isolation, “Especially in young children in the group under 3-4 years old. we see infections more often. Because these children grew up at home during the pandemic, their bodies did not recognize these germs before. The germs first caught these kindergarten children, and now it’s the turn of older children who have not been vaccinated against the flu. We closed during the pandemic, we opened during the pandemic, that year suddenly other “The germs started to appear, what will happen, we came out on top of it this year, and infections became more severe. It cannot continue like this, because no system can cope with this load. We have to prevent it, because it doesn’t end with treating it,” he said.
“SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN LIKE EPISODE PARADISE”
“Schools have unfortunately become like an epidemic paradise. Do not send your sick child to school, regardless of the reason, even if he has a weak nose, runny nose, etc., even if he has a low fever. Then other children get sick, then teachers, and then the process enters a vicious circle,” said Prof. Dr. Dağlı said, “I know from my own patients that some of them are having a very severe life and we are hospitalized. This situation regarding children’s beds is very unexpected. Normally, adult beds are full. Very few children were hospitalized in Kovid. Now things have started to reverse. In this epidemic. Medicine is not enough for this. We detected Influenza in one of my patients recently, we could not find any medicine. There is no medicine left in the market. We must not touch our face without washing our hands, we introduce microbes into the body through the mouth and nose on the ground we touch. It is very important not to attend crowded meetings in these months. Not to have close contact “I wish we hadn’t taken off the mask, because the mask protected us not only from Kovid but also from other microbes. There is another issue, unfortunately, we did not have enough flu shots. Apart from those in the risk group, families who wanted it could have their children vaccinated against the flu,” he said.
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