Signs of severe influenza warnings

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year globally has about 3-5 million people with severe seasonal flu. In particular, about 290,000-650,000 people died from serious complications of the flu.

Dr. Dang Thi Mai Khue, Deputy Head of General Internal Medicine, Tam Anh General Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City, said people with flu often recovered within one to two weeks, but some cases can also be heavy, need to enter Institute of treatment. Here are 8 dangerous warning signs.

Difficulty breathing or breathing

Difficulty breathing, rapid or shallow breathing are signs of pneumonia or respiratory failure – dangerous complications of influenza. Other serious respiratory symptoms also need to pay attention such as coughing up blood, wheezing …

Persistent chest pain, chest or abdomen

Chest or abdominal pain, combined with shortness of breath may be due to pneumonia or cardiovascular problems. In many cases, the inflammatory myocarditis manifests itself in typical symptoms such as high fever, muscle fatigue, headache, tears, runny nose, diarrhea, cocoon and shortness of breath. After 1-2 days, the patient suffered from breathing much with signs of chest drum, chest pain, and pain in the liver.

Some patients with inflammatory myocarditis may have skin pale, small pulse, cardiac shock, blood pressure drop quickly or cannot be measured. These symptoms worsen over time, quickly leading to death if the patient is not treated promptly.

Persistent dizziness, confusion, cannot be awake

The common manifestations of the nervous system include decreased consciousness, convulsions, localized nerve defects and other abnormalities in the central nervous system. This is a symptom of influenza or influenza.

Epileptic

The flu virus can cause encephalitis, affecting patients’ cognitive ability through manifestation such as less alertness, distraction, decline in memory and even loss of control of certain muscles, leading, leading to convulsions. These complications can cause permanent and disabled brain damage. According to Dr. Khue, children and people with potential chronic neuropathy such as epilepsy, the most vulnerable cerebral palsy when complications of influenza encephalitis.

Do not urinate or reduce the amount of urine

One of the most common causes of rapid flu is dehydration. When fever, the body of the patient is dehydrated through sweat, vomiting or diarrhea. Some of the flu strains also contribute to dehydration, not urinating.

Severe muscle pain

The flu virus attacks the immune system causing pain in the whole body, muscle, joints, slowing down the process of recovery. When joint pain is worse, patients with weakened immune system need specific treatment early.

Serious muscle weakness or loss of balance

The flu causes patients to feel muscle aches, weakness, exhaustion, leading to difficulty balancing, dizziness when moving or standing. In some cases, influenza infections can affect the inner ear, where to adjust the balance, leading to dizziness, the feeling of rotation.

Fever or cough improved but then relapse or worse. If the fever or cough does not decrease or increases above 39 degrees Celsius in many days without improvement may be a sign of the influenza virus that causes infection.

Chronic diseases get worse

When the flu virus attacks, some immune cells in the body are activated to fight and reduce the spread of viruses. This immune reaction is capable of making chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and heart disease worse.

For example, people with asthma with flu often shortness of breath, can activate acute asthma attacks. Patients need to increase treatment or breathing assistance with specialized equipment. In people with diabetes, the influenza virus stimulates the body to produce cortisol hormone and adrenaline that hinder the process of consumer consumption of the cell, leading to dangerous complications of endocrine and metabolic disorders.

Dr. Mai Khue explained that pneumonia is a serious flu complication that can be caused by a purely influenjiang virus or a bacterial infection at the same time. Influenic pneumonia can be acute quickly. At this time, the patient is treated with drugs sometimes not responding in time. Other serious complications caused by influenza include heart inflammation, encephalitis or muscle tissue (muscle inflammation, muscle pattern) and multi -organ failure.

People infected with the flu virus in the respiratory tract may have strong inflammatory reactions in the body, leading to blood infections. Dr. Mai Khue recommends the best way to prevent the flu vaccine. Children aged 6 months and older should be injected with the flu -vaccine every year.