Is the plague serious in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital? What is the plague? Can it be cured?

Two plague patients were being treated at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital last night. Plague is a serious infectious disease and these two people should be isolated and treated on the spot. The fact that they were able to arrive in Beijing shows that their symptoms would not be too severe locally, so it should not be primary pneumonic plague. Considering the high possibility of contact with infected rats in Xilin Gol, it is very likely that it was secondary pneumonic plague that developed from bubonic plague.

Is the plague serious in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital?

The current situation will be reported by the official.

The two people were infected with pneumonic plague and came from Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia. It is not clear whether the pneumonic plague is primary or secondary.

How terrible was the plague? Here we talk about the mortality rate.

There are three main types of plague: bubonic plague, septicemic plague, and pneumonic plague. Among them, pneumonic plague is the rarest and most serious type of the three (there are other types of plague that are even rarer, which we will not discuss for now). With modern medical means, the total mortality rate of plague is below 15%; without modern medical treatment, the mortality rate is between 50% and 90%. In particular, the mortality rate of pneumonic plague in this incident was about 50% after receiving modern antibacterial drug treatment; without modern antibacterial drug treatment, the mortality rate reached 100%.

Pneumonic plague is divided into primary pneumonic plague and secondary pneumonic plague.

Primary pneumonic plague is generally considered to be pneumonic plague caused by inhalation of respiratory secretions, droplets, or aerosols from other patients/infected animals (whether plague can be transmitted from person to person is still controversial). Its incubation period is very short, ranging from a few hours to a few days. Patients usually experience difficulty breathing, high fever, pleurisy, sudden cough, and blood in sputum. If appropriate antimicrobial drugs are not used on the first day of onset, the mortality rate of primary pneumonic plague is extremely high in a short period of time.

Secondary pneumonic plague is more common, and is basically caused by untreated bubonic plague, which spreads to the lungs through the bloodstream. Bubonic plague accounts for 80%-95% of all plagues, and is transmitted by direct bites from infected animals or by handling marmots, yellow rats, etc.

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From what is known, they have been receiving treatment since Wednesday and have left Chaoyang Hospital, which has strong respiratory and critical care medicine. For pneumonic plague, the condition of the two should be stable.

At present, two cases have been reported at one time. However, due to the rapid onset of the disease and the current level of disease control and medical conditions, it is not believed that the plague will spread on a large scale.

What is plague? Can it be cured?

1. Plague is a classic bacterial disease, which can be treated with gentamicin. Doxycycline and quinolones are alternatives. The above drugs are very common and widely available, so supply capacity is not a problem.

2. There are also mature plans for emergency prevention, with doxycycline being the main drug.

3. Northern China has always been a natural source of plague, with sporadic cases every year. This is a normal phenomenon, and it is the same abroad. Because there are sporadic cases every year, our medical system is fully capable of dealing with it. I will help you get vaccinated in advance, so that you can be as calm as me when you see relevant news.

What are the dangers of plague?

Plague is a natural plague-focused disease caused by Yersinia pestis, which usually spreads among rodents and occasionally causes human epidemics. It is a Class A infectious disease stipulated in the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. Beijing is not a natural plague focus, but there is still a risk of plague importation and spread.

Plague has an acute onset, a short course, a high mortality rate, is highly contagious, and spreads rapidly. Especially for septicemic and pneumonic plague, if left untreated, the mortality rate is 30%-100%. The incubation period of plague is relatively short, generally 1-6 days, but in some cases it can be up to 8-9 days.

Plague may sound scary, but it has actually existed in both the United States and China for many years, and it is difficult to spread widely in China under the current public health conditions. There are currently effective drugs for plague, so there is no need to panic or spread rumors from unprofessional sources.