...National Health and Family Planning Commission informed in the evening of June at 6, 17, reported a total of 18 cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases, 6 deaths. The current outbreak in the dissemination of state, has not yet found that human-to-human transmission.
It is understood that, as of now, Zhejiang confirmed three cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza, and 2 deaths. First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine experts summarize the H7N9 flu deaths characteristics, found that people infected with the H7N9 avian flu death cases men, smoking men.
Zhejiang patients was the death of the "blitzkrieg"
Zheda a hospital with severe Care unit main Renfang Jiang said in an interview, the virus is just a self-limiting disease, to weather this difficult period, the chance of survival of the patient, is still very large.
He said, because the virus has just appeared, Zhejiang 3 infected diagnosed already critically ill patients. The event of respiratory failure, progress extremely rapidly, respiratory failure, hypoxemia, and with the ventilator, the results are not good.
According to reports, on March 25, doctors see the Hangzhou patients Mr. Yang lungs film is not surprised to two days later, the inflammation of the range from the lower lobe of the left lung, the left lung upper lobe expansion, the rapid emergence of lesions. April 2, patients go to Zheda a hospital, two lungs are basically white lung. After Zheda hospitalized, the patient vital signs stable.
Fang Qiang said that Zhejiang 3 patients basically a feature is suddenly found to aggravate the basic "blitzkrieg".
Patients Zhang, male, 64 years old, Huzhou, farmers. April 4, confirmed human cases of infection with the H7N9 avian flu, sicker that evening, she died.Family memories, prior to the onset of his contact with chickens and ducks live poultry.
It is understood that, in March 29, Zhang symptoms of fever, stop coughing, his family sent him to see a doctor, no hospital stay. 31, 2009 Zhang difficulty in breathing, and an ambulance sent to a hospital in Huzhou City. The day after admission, and soon into severe pneumonia. Just two days separated by 2 April, Zhang's chest X-ray shows has become a "white lung, pneumonia medication, including antibiotics, etc., has almost no effect. On April 4, the group of experts rushed to Huzhou, Zhejiang Provincial Health Department based on the performance of the clinical, laboratory testing and epidemiological findings, the diagnosis of the cases human infection confirmed cases of the H7N9 avian flu. Evening, he died of respiratory failure, despite medical personnel in emergency rescue operations, and ultimately failed to succeed.
Lung function is poor vulnerable to "attack"?
LIANG Wei-feng, deputy director of the Zhejiang University unicameral Infectious Diseases, said that based on the limited information available, he did a statistical. 6 confirmed cases, including death, then Shanghai and his son died of pneumonia in patients with infection also counted, and 8 patients who died, seven were men.
Why more male patients died?
Leung Wai Fung analysis of the H7N9 avian influenza virus "hobby" lung cells, through analysis of the patient's life history, smoking is the key word, the one example smoking for 20 years, one case up to 38 years. Smoking patients with poor lung function patients may easily infected by the "attack".
Leung Wai Fung said that this person infected with the H7N9 bird flu cases, there is a very strange phenomenon, early patient seems to not feel anything, but suddenly increase to 7-11 days of illness, the majority of the patients or respiratory failure, because viral invasions of the main parts of the lungs poor oxygenation, it follows that poor heart and lung capacity, and multiple organ failure....
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