In February, almost 5,000 cases of pertussis and 52,000 RSV infections were confirmed – according to the latest data of the National Institute of Public Health PZH. This is a significant, because respectively as much as a two- and three-time increase in the number of cases compared to January. Both diseases can have a serious course and cause serious complications.
In February, almost 5,000 were confirmed. Crack cases, twice as much as in January. Three times more than a month earlier there were also RSV infections, which in February were confirmed in over 52 thousand. people – according to the latest data of the National Institute of Public Health PZH. February was the next month of high -scale infections with these two diseases.
Pouring wave in Poland
Pertussis (in was diagnosed in February in 4,953 people, and from the beginning of the year in total for over 6.5 thousand. An even greater difference can be seen when comparing the latest data with February last year, when 335 cases of cockle were detected.
As the reason for the current growth of incidence among adults, epidemiologists indicate expiration vaccination resistance. With the passage of time since the last vaccination, the level of protective antibodies decreases. In addition, after falling on pouring, there is no permanent immunity, which means that you can get sick many times during your life.
That the curtain wave falls It is necessary to limit the scale of vaccinations against this disease (it is mandatory for children), taking resembling doses by adults (every 10 years) and vaccination of pregnant women for whom it has been free from October 15, 2024.
Lucky chopper especially for children. Symptoms
Pursent is a bacterial infectious disease and is treated with antibiotics. In very young children, it can have a sharp course. – This is usually the third, fourth week of the disease. This is the heaviest period with seizures of coughing, with choking, with choking, with apnea. Such a child is terribly tired during such a robbery – said Dr. Lidia Stopyra, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics at the Stefan Żeromski Specialist Hospital in Krakow, in an interview with TVN24.
Doctors warn that the lack of mapping resistance is dangerous – The incidence of a newborn baby and infant on this disease is associated with a very high risk of complications and even death. The threat in the case of infants is also due to the fact that in such young children the symptoms of the disease may be non -specific – may occur, among others to slow down the heart. Diagnosis can be made late when the disease is already advanced and effective treatment is more difficult.
The so -called Little packet – what it is about
The system response to the increase in cases is to be the so -called The pouring package, which is working on the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate and the Sanitary and Epidemiological Council.
His initial proposal assumes, among others Changes in the compulsory Protective Vaccination Program, but not only. The project provides:
- shifting a second dose reminiscent of chicken vaccination from the age of 14 to the age of 11
- Introduction of an additional resembling dose (after 5 years) in 16-17. years of age
- The possibility of making a vaccination at the pharmacy by pharmacists
- Covering vaccines against pertussis reimbursement
- Introduction of diagnostic tests into the basket of guaranteed services of a primary care physician.
RSV four times more infectious than flu
The latest PZH NIZP data also show a very high number of RSV infections. In February – it was 52,412 confirmed casesfrom what 18.5 thousand concerned children up to the age of two. This means that compared to January, when 16.2 thousand were detected. people, three times more people fell ill.
Four times more infectious than flu virus RSV Is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children under the age of one. It moves along the droplet, attacks the respiratory tract. The disease develops from four to six days. Specialists emphasize that over 90 percent Children will have contact with him at least once until the age of two.
The youngest and people over 65 are the most exposed to complications. Children get seriously ill because The virus can lead to bronchitis and dangerous shortness of breath. In the case of seniors, the disease often ends with hospitalization – according to the Institute, in Europe RSV is the cause of over 270,000 each year. hospitalization of people over 60. From this group approx. 20 thousand people die in the hospital.
PZH NIZP data also indicates that much less than in the same period of last year was recorded confirmed infections coronavirus. In February it was 13.1 thousand. cases – in the same period of 2024 – over 45,000.
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