Last night, in the fourth live broadcast of the "New Crown Epidemic Prevention Master Talk" series hosted by Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and Shanghai Municipal Health Promotion Commission Office, Deputy Director of Respiratory Department of Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Chief Physician Cha Qiongfang gave some suggestions for the protection of the elderly.
The elderly are a high-risk group susceptible to the new crown, and their clinical symptoms after infection may be "atypical" and have a certain degree of invisibility.
Cha Qiongfang said that family members should observe the situation of the elderly carefully.
"Many elderly people over the age of 80 are not so sensitive to external stimuli and inflammatory stimuli. Some elderly people may have a body temperature of around 38°C, or even no fever. Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing. In fact, this is just because the body cannot respond. Pay special attention." Cha Qiongfang said that hypertensive patients will experience a drop in blood pressure under the same circumstances; or a significant increase in blood sugar under the same diet; in addition, the mental state of the elderly will obviously change, and the sleep state will not be the same as before. Same.
If the above situation occurs, special care must be taken.
Infected with the new crown, the medicine for the original underlying disease cannot be stopped, and the medicine is still being used as it used to be.
Because the new crown infection will develop into a severe disease, and the underlying disease will also aggravate.
For the treatment of the new crown, it is basically symptomatic treatment. If you have a stuffy nose, runny nose, cough and sputum, and sore throat, you can use the corresponding medicine; if you have a bacterial infection, you can use antibiotics; if you have a fever, you can use some antipyretics.
Cha Qiongfang suggested that the elderly should also avoid repeated medication and excessive medication.
For example, some compound preparations in antipyretics, such as compound acetaminophen and cold medicine crack are all compound preparations. Acetaminophen has a good effect on reducing fever, but some medicines contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which can shrink the nostrils. However, for the elderly with high blood pressure or cerebrovascular disease, the blood pressure may increase after the blood vessels are constricted.
Our reporter Zuo Yan Gao Yang