Warning “open school-rainy season”, be careful of “influenza-dengue fever” outbreaks increasing, emphasizing if you have a high fever, hurry and see a doctor immediately.

Check the disease situation in Thailand Warning for the start of the school term – rainy season, be careful of “influenza-dengue fever” outbreaks increasing, emphasizing that groups at risk for serious illness are children and the elderly. Warning: If you have a high fever, see a doctor immediately. Treated quickly, the results of influenza treatment will be good. Give salt water quickly to reduce death from dengue fever. Concern about measles outbreak increases in 3 southern border provinces; emphasizing that receiving the vaccine is not against religious principles.

On April 24, Dr. Jurai Wongsawat, a qualified medical doctor from the Department of Disease Control, said that epidemiological data for influenza in 2024 found high numbers of patients since the beginning of the year. But the trend is starting to decrease. Only from now on it will be the opening of the school term and the rainy season. which is when the children start school The number of influenza patients will increase again. From the patient information, it can be seen that The rate of illness is more severe in children. Pneumonia is especially common among young children. As for adults, it can be any age. especially the elderly For example, the group sleeping in the hospital with severe symptoms will be group 608, similar to COVID-19 disease because influenza spreads close to COVID. Prevention is not to go near sick people, wash your hands often, and when entering crowded places you must wear a mask. If you feel unwell Put on a hygienic mask first. Prevent from infecting others and should take a break from work In most cases, if you have a high fever, you should see a doctor. Because the sooner you see a doctor, Get antiviral drugs early and the treatment results will be very good. If it occurs later than 2 days, the treatment results will not be good.

For dengue fever, it is still found continuously. The number of patients in 2024 has been high since the beginning of the year and has begun to decrease. But in the rainy season there may be more cases. There are reports of deaths. Most are adults Have a congenital disease You may need to be careful to prevent mosquito bites. You should sleep under a mosquito net and install a mosquito screen in the house. Use mosquito repellent Because besides the general public The patient himself has the virus in his bloodstream. Applying mosquito repellent will prevent the spread of viruses to surrounding society. Destroys mosquito breeding grounds. The people are very involved in helping reduce the outbreak. If you have any suspected symptoms, such as a high fever in the first 2-3 days, a red rash, headache, or abdominal pain, please see a doctor immediately. There is now a blood test available for early diagnosis. Give saline quickly and appropriately. It will help reduce death.

As for measles in 2024, there appears to be a slight increase in outbreaks. Data from 1 Jan. – 19 Apr. has 463 patients. There will be many patients in the 3 southern border provinces. There may be a matter of vaccine coverage that would like to be increased. Most of the patients were children under 5 years of age. From the investigation of the disease, they may not have received all the vaccines or not received them. The epidemic is the school. In which young children under 6 months and 1 year may have severe symptoms, especially those 6 months old who still cannot receive the vaccine. Children can develop severe pneumonia from measles and die. Vaccines are the best protection for children. Parents are requested to get their children vaccinated for measles, mumps, and rubella from 9 months and one and a half years old.

As for concerns in the three southern border provinces, whether receiving the vaccine is against religious principles or not? We review Muslim countries to see whether they are vaccinated or not. in measles vaccines and others injection for children It is found that it is in the immunization programs of many Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia. United Arab Emirates or Malaysia, as for Thailand The Chulalongkorn University Office also announced that can be vaccinated There is a judgment that The Muslim world has studied and compared religious laws. Vaccination, whether polio or other, given to children can actually reduce the rate of illness. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) campaigns to encourage its members from 57 countries in the Muslim world, more than 1.2 billion people, to campaign for efforts to eradicate polio and the rest of the world. Therefore, the burden on parents is to get their children vaccinated. To protect and maintain the integrity of the body that Allah has given.