Zhuang Renxiang, deputy director of the CDC, said that even if the enterovirus epidemic is at a low point, it is still necessary to pay attention to the precursors of severe illness.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] The CDC of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced today the first enterovirus death in China in two years, a 5-month-old baby girl. It reminds the current 2- and 3-year-old group that they have immune debt problems. Even if the epidemic is at a low point, it is still Be careful with the risk of serious illness and death.

However, enterovirus is not an exclusive disease for children. One new case of severe enterovirus was a man in his 30s in the north. It is very rare and is still being treated in the intensive care unit.

Zhuang Renxiang, deputy director of the CDC, said that on January 7, it was announced that a 5-month-old baby girl in the north had a cough and phlegm on December 22 last year and went to the clinic for treatment. Fang reported that he was seriously ill with suspected enterovirus. On the same day, he was admitted to the intensive care unit. He was found to have brain damage, and his consciousness continued to coma. Unfortunately, he died of illness on the 12th.

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In addition, a new case of severe enterovirus was a man in his 30s in the north. He developed symptoms such as fever, lethargy, vomiting, muscle weakness, cough, and dyspnea on December 9 last year. The symptoms continued without improvement on the 13th. He was hospitalized on January 13 this year. On January 13 this year, he was confirmed to be infected with Keshaqi A2 type. He was judged to be seriously ill with enterovirus.

Zhuang Renxiang said frankly that since 1999, including this case, there are only 4 cases of severe enterovirus over the age of 20, of which 2 are in their 20s and 2 are in their 30s. Shaqi type A2 is not the common EV71 type that is prone to severe complications. It is indeed "very rare" and it is difficult to explain it with general theory.

According to the monitoring data of the CDC, there were 1,777 outpatient and emergency visits to the enterovirus department from January 8 to 14 last week, an increase of 36.8% from the 1,299 visits of the previous week, showing an upward trend recently. There are still enterovirus activities; there have been 3 severe cases since last year, including 1 death.

Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that enterovirus has not yet entered the epidemic period, and the current masks are not worn so tightly. It is expected that it will become popular in spring, especially since it has not been epidemic for 2 or 3 years. Now 2 or 3-year-old children have not been infected, so there is an immune debt Special attention should be paid to the problem of enterovirus, even if the epidemic is low, it may still cause severe illness or even death. It is reminded that the way to prevent and treat enterovirus is to wash hands frequently and wear a mask.

The CDC once again reminded the public that infants and young children under the age of 5 are high-risk groups for severe enterovirus, and the course of severe illness develops rapidly, and there is only a few hours of golden treatment time. When infants at home are diagnosed with enterovirus infection by a doctor, they should try to contact Other children should be isolated to reduce contact to reduce the chance of cross-infection, and please pay attention to observe whether there are signs of severe symptoms, such as "drowsiness, unconsciousness, poor vitality, weakness of hands and feet", "muscle twitching (unreasonable fright or sudden Whole body muscle contraction), "continuous vomiting" and "shortness of breath or rapid heartbeat", etc., once the above symptoms appear, be sure to send them to a large hospital for appropriate treatment immediately, and grasp the golden time for treatment.