Physician in charge of medical treatment for returnees "Carefully deal with mild cases"

Doctor who was in charge of medical treatment for returnees `` Carefully deal with mild cases '' February 25 19:43

A doctor from Kamogawa City, Chiba, who was in charge of treating a patient who had returned from Wuhan, Hubei Province and had no symptoms with a new coronavirus but a positive virus test, responded to an interview with NHK, He said that it was important to stay calm because no special treatment was required and to ensure that patients with severe conditions could receive tests and treatment smoothly.

About 170 of those returning from Wuhan, Hubei Province on Charter Aircraft 1 stayed at a hotel in Katsuura, Chiba for about two weeks, three of whom were initially asymptomatic but positive for virus testing He was admitted to Kameda General Hospital in Kamogawa City.

Dr. Naoto Hosokawa, a physician at Kameda General Hospital, was in charge of the treatment of three infectious diseases, and interviewed NHK for future reference.

For one of the three patients treated by Dr. Hosokawa, one patient had no symptoms to the end and two had a fever, but did not cause pneumonia. I was observing the progress so I could get well. "

After saying, "Eighty percent of the people do not develop pneumonia and end up with mild cold symptoms even if they become infected." "It is not efficient to perform a test just to seek peace of mind, so I want you to deepen your knowledge and deal with it calmly. If the symptoms are mild, have them recuperate at home and have the severely ill patients undergo testing and treatment It is important to secure a system. "

Regarding the view that the country has been on the brink for the past one or two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the infection in the future, "The situation where unspecified large numbers of people gather because there is a risk of transmitting to people without subjective symptoms. We need to avoid them and work together to reduce the chances of infection. "

Dr. Hosokawa "Correct knowledge of infectious diseases"

Dr. Hosokawa commented on the response at the hotel in Katsuura City: `` To avoid contact with returnees and hotel employees, put meals in front of the door, hand over the thermometer and do not reuse it. The goal was to prevent people from coming into contact with each other and prevent them. "

It means that they quickly brought in a disinfectant, gloves and mask from the hospital to the hotel.

In addition, local people expressed their concerns about the infection, and explained at a briefing from a scientific point of view that they were convinced. It's important that people have the right knowledge of infectious diseases. "