Flu overtakes COVID today (30 Jan ’23), MD. Manoon Leechawengwong, specialist in respiratory diseases, seriously ill patients, and diseases of the elderly Vichaiyut Hospital Revealed through a personal Facebook page that During this period, the spread of COVID-19 has decreased dramatically while the flu virus has increased . It was the first time that the number of flu patients treated at Vichaiyut Hospital surpassed the number of COVID patients in 3 years
Dr Manoon brought up the case of a 16 year old male patient who had cough for 2 days, fever, body aches, sore throat, small runny nose for 1 day, not tired. ATK test at home showed negative results. Check the vaccination history against COVID-19 It is a 4-dose Pfizer vaccine infected with the COVID virus in September 2022 and a flu vaccination in November 2022.
The patient gave information to friends In the same school, more than 200 people were infected with flu last week because the students in the school wore less masks, a physical exam, the temperature was 38 degrees Celsius, and there lung sounds are normal. Normal fingertip oxygen levels 22 types of influenza A H3 virus were detected by nasal prong method and no other viruses were detected. Diagnosed with flu A, given 2 Xofluza antivirals at once, symptoms improved within 1 day, absent from school for 3 days and wearing a mask when returning to school until the cough stops to prevent infecting others.
Dr Manoon said that Thai people do not have to fear the flu. Influenza is an endemic disease. There is a vaccine and a cure. Please hurry everyone to get the flu vaccine once a year. The vaccine may not protect against flu infection. But it can help reduce the severity of the disease. This patient received the flu shot in November ’22 but was still infected. Preventing infection with influenza, a respiratory infection, is similar to COVID-19. Wear a mask, keep your distance, and wash your hands regularly.
