Experts advise elderly people should be vigilant against flu evolution for pneumonia

Beijing 301 hospital for respiratory Department Director Liu Ning also pointed out that the old man flu, pneumonia and influenza caused by a combination of pneumonia for elderly health has great threat. Therefore, before the arrival of spring and winter flu epidemic, 60 years old, especially those suffering from diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, chronic diseases of the elderly, the flu and pneumonia in conjunction with prevention, preferably in the influenza vaccine while you vaccinated against pneumonia vaccine.

In the 24th meeting of the China Association of health education seminar on the prevention of influenza, theme and Ning Liu introduced into pneumonia in elderly patients with influenza. He said that the new study abroad, over 65 years old because of flu causes lung infections of possibility is per thousand 1.25 2.28; for those who suffer from chronic diseases of the elderly, due to the possibility of an influenza-induced pneumonia, as per thousand 4.76 6.36. These figures are far higher than the other.

Pneumonia in elderly population in the fatality rate is relatively high. The World Health Organization published data show that because of the flu can cause serious complications and even death of crowd, 90 percent of the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, mostly due to the influenza-induced pulmonary infection.

Liu and Ning said that influenza-induced pneumonia, most cases are called pneumococcal bacteria cause. As in recent years the excessive use of antibiotics, resulting in a lot of bacteria to antibiotics resistance to different degrees, therefore through antibiotic treatment of pneumonia, not only in the course of a long, treatment costs are relatively high, the results were not good. For pneumonia, most positive prevention method is pneumonia vaccine inoculation. Pneumococcal vaccination every 5 years, frail elderly people over disease during the first 5 years after vaccination with a second catch-up. In addition, because the elderly with mobility, as well as on the influenza vaccine while you vaccinated against pneumonia vaccine.