How to prevent children from having "double positive"? Listen to what experts say...

The currently prevalent XBB variant is a recombinant variant of the novel coronavirus Omicron. Research data show that compared with the earlier prevalent Omicron variant, its ability to spread and escape immunity is stronger, but its pathogenicity has not changed significantly. Look at the epidemic scientifically and stick to the good hygiene habits that have been developed.

Wang Guiqiang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Peking University First Hospital, believes that people who were not infected before, the elderly, those who have not been vaccinated, and those with underlying diseases are the groups of clinical concern and the groups that need key protection. These groups should strengthen personal protection to prevent infection.

The symptoms of "two positives" are very mild, so adjust your mentality to cope with it

The symptoms of "two yang" are very mild. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it belongs to wind-heat cold and shows the characteristics of wind-heat cold. Liu Qingquan, director of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, analyzed that now many places have turned from spring to summer, the weather is gradually getting hotter, and diseases caused by wind-heat will increase. After the second infection, wind-heat cold symptoms appear, such as sore throat, mild cough, low fever, etc. The use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat wind-heat cold is very effective, such as heat-clearing, wind-dispersing and throat-clearing drugs. After taking these drugs, the systemic symptoms of low-fever patients will gradually disappear.

Liu Qingquan said that people should not panic in the event of secondary infection. They should take good personal protection measures, wash hands frequently, avoid places where people gather, and open windows for ventilation.

Maintain a healthy diet and eat light meals

"To maintain a healthy diet, it is best to eat a light diet." Liu Qingquan said that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, people with internal heat accumulation are most likely to be affected by colds caused by wind-heat. Frequent consumption of oily, spicy, and salty foods will quickly cause internal heat accumulation, making it easy to catch a cold or be infected with the new coronavirus. Therefore, a light diet should be maintained, and the stomach and intestines should be kept clear to prevent heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, which will reduce the chance of re-infection.

Children and adolescents should eat less fast food and drink less carbonated drinks

For children and adolescents, eat less fast food and drink less carbonated drinks. Children and adolescents have a yang-heat constitution. Frequent fast food and carbonated drinks will cause heat accumulation in the body, which will greatly increase the chance of infection with the new coronavirus. After they are infected, the chance of spreading the virus will increase because children come into contact with more people when studying and participating in activities at school, making them more susceptible to infection. Maintain a regular work and rest schedule, go to bed early, and eat a light diet.

Elderly people should strengthen personal protection

Wang Liping, a researcher at the Department of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that after entering the "Class B and Class B control" stage, the goal of my country's prevention and control is to protect health and prevent severe illness. Therefore, for people at high risk of severe illness, such as the elderly, especially those over 80 years old and those with serious underlying diseases, they must take good personal protection, avoid going to crowded places, pay attention to hand hygiene, and wear masks when going to crowded and closed environments.

Online discussions about "positive" have attracted attention.

Has the number of “double positive” cases increased?

What's going on when I have sore throat and low fever but the antigen is negative?

What to do after Eryang?

How can people who have not tested positive protect themselves at this stage?

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Source: National Health Commission, People's Daily