We should not ignore the harm done to children pneumonia
Because the initial symptoms of pneumococcal disease and common cold are similar symptoms is not easy to distinguish, it may be a delay healing, resulting in the sick child’s physical health effects, and even irreversible lifelong damage. Therefore, the majority of children, parents have to pay full attention to pneumococcal disease could have caused harm children. Pneumococcal disease is becoming a serious threat to global human health diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that worldwide each year there are about 1,000,005 children under the age die of pneumococcal-induced pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis and other diseases, is the age of one of the most important cause of child deaths. Cause annual global child deaths due to pneumonia than from AIDS, measles, malaria kills a child deaths combined. In Asia, every hour 49 children from pneumococcal disease, leading to death. At the same time caused by pneumococcal meningitis, otitis media and other diseases of high morbidity of children’s physical and mental health has also brought serious damage. Similarly, in China, is a common, highly hazardous diseases. According to the 1996 ~ 2000 deaths of children under the age of five nationwide monitoring results of analysis, pneumonia is the country of death in children under 5 years old the first cause, accounting for 19% of all causes of death, far higher than diarrhea, and accidental suffocation and other common cause of death for children . And pneumococcal pneumonia among children is also an important factor.
The growing problem of drug-resistant pneumococcal
Antibiotics in the treatment of pneumococcal disease, the only effective way. But in recent years with the excessive use of antibiotics, pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics growing problem, increasing the difficulty of treatment. According to 2000 to 2002 in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and 3 Children’s Hospital outpatients 1 month to 5 years of age with acute upper respiratory tract infection in children conducted a survey of multiple antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal rate of 88.7%.
Pneumococcal disease is low public awareness
With the pneumococcus in stark contrast to the high danger is this: In China, the public’s understanding of pneumococcal disease and awareness is still very scarce. According to recently published by the China Preventive Medicine through Sohu’s online survey shows that nearly 80% of the public are not clear about the meaning of “pneumococcal”, and another 60% of the public did not know of children under 5 years of age are at high risk of pneumococcal.
Start “Children of pneumococcal disease propaganda and education”
By the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Wyeth Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in association with “Children of pneumococcal disease publicity and education project” has officially started. The project from day to March 2008 will be through community-based missionary, popular science articles, websites, educational film, various forms of continuing medical education for the public and the relevant medical personnel on all aspects of childhood pneumococcal disease, a series of publicity and education.
China Academy of Pediatrics Professor Yang Yonghong, head of respiratory studies pointed out: Since the early symptoms of pneumococcal disease and common cold are similar symptoms is not easy to distinguish, it may be a delay healing, resulting in the sick child’s physical health effects, or even irreversible lifelong injuries. Therefore, the majority of children, parents have to pay full attention to pneumococcal disease could have caused harm children.