Prevention is better than cure in children with pneumonia

The world’s child deaths due to pneumonia caused by the number of more than AIDS, measles and malaria deaths of children combined; in China, pneumonia is the national death in children under 5 years old the first cause, of which about half are caused by pneumococcus. According to WHO statistics, every year around the world there are 1,000,005 children under the age die of pneumococcal-induced pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis and other diseases.

Pneumococcal nasopharynx on the dwelling UNICEF data show that: about 50% of severe pneumonia caused by pneumococcus. Pneumococcal nasopharynx are usually housed in the premises, spread by coughing or nasal secretions. An infected person through coughing, sneezing, speaking, etc. discharged from the mouth or nasal droplets, the bacteria infect others. Bacteria not only exist due to pneumonia patients, even healthy children or groups of people would still be likely to carry pneumococcus. Therefore, the healthy population spread of pneumococcus are also common. A survey showed that in developing countries, there are about 72% of children under 5 years of age to carry pneumococcus.

When the body’s normal immune function, pneumococcal carriers not develop the disease, and no symptoms, but when the immune system decline, it may cause pneumococcal infections. Since the early symptoms of pneumococcal disease, with the common cold are similar, mainly fever, cough, parents are likely to neglect and waste treatment, pairs of children’s health harm.

Contributed to the abuse of antibiotics is the only pneumococcal antibiotic used to treat pneumococcal infections approach, but because of long-standing abuse of antibiotics, pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics become increasingly serious. According to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou from 2000 to 2002 respiratory tract infection in children in epidemiological monitoring of pneumococcal resistance Show: penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strains the rate increased year by year, for the second-generation cephalosporin resistance rates have The rise of the macrolide resistance rate of 80%.

Because of growing resistance of bacteria present, the treatment of pneumococcal disease, more and more difficult, the rising cost of the treatment cycle is getting longer and longer.

Vaccination, “12″ Prevention is better than “catty” therapeutic vaccines are not toxic to a small number of bacteria injected into the human body, so that the body’s immunity against the bacteria that, when encountered in the corresponding toxic bacteria, can be by vaccine-induced immunity against the bacteria and thus avoid falling ill. Pneumococcal vaccine can actually prevent disease. At present there are many foreign countries and regions started their own children are immunized against pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Since pneumococcal everywhere in the air, but also easy to spread, experts advise, in addition to pneumococcal vaccination, but also pay attention to maintaining a clean home environment and air circulation; particularly resistant to weak children, the children should try to remain patient during the period at home, wearing masks when they go out, and through regular daily contact with objects such as disinfection means for prevention.