Will going home for the Spring Festival bring the virus to vulnerable people? Are dozens of new crown sequelae true or false?

Now in its third year of the pandemic, many people can finally embark on the journey home for the Spring Festival this year. But while reuniting with the family, people can't help but worry about the relatively vulnerable elderly and children at home.

In the program "Where to Start", He Runfeng, a senior media person, had an in-depth conversation with Miao Xiaohui, vice chairman of the Shanghai Medical Virology Society, and answered several key questions about Yangkang's return home during the Spring Festival.

Q: There are elderly children at home, will returning home for the New Year will bring the virus home?

Dr. Miao Xiaohui believes that people who have been infected with the new crown and have completely recovered no longer have the virus in their bodies, so it is unlikely that they will be infected with the elderly and children when they go home for the New Year. However, people who have not yet been infected travel thousands of miles home for the New Year, and it is very likely that they will be infected when they take various transportation on the way home, and then bring the virus home. So he suggested that those who have not yet been infected "move less", and those who have been infected "go back with peace of mind, and go back if they want to".

Source: Tencent News "Where to Start: Interview with Miao Xiaohui"

Q: Experts say that it is more difficult to prevent the elderly without yang, how often is it safest for people who are yang to go home? What medicine to bring to the elderly when returning home for the New Year?

A: How long is it safest to go home after Yang Kang? According to Miao Xiaohui, an infectious disease expert, the "safe" here does not refer to whether you are contagious, but whether your physical condition can cope with the long journey home and the lively Spring Festival life.

Although some people recover quickly and some people recover slowly, on the whole, after turning yin, that is, there is no cough, no fever, and the physical function is basically recovered, it takes three weeks to go home, which is the best time to go home. In other words, you'd better turn the yin before the end of December so that you can go home before the Spring Festival.

As for the drugs brought home, Miao Xiaohui suggested that antipyretic drugs, cough medicines, phlegm drugs, anti-allergic drugs, drugs for sore throats, etc., these major categories of drugs should be prepared. Even he was not averse to having some antibiotics, but stressed that they could not be abused. Regarding the amount of medicine, he said not to bring more, three days is enough, because once the elderly are not well after taking the medicine for more than three days, they will have to be sent to the hospital for treatment. In addition, he reminded everyone that it is best to bring a thermometer, preferably a mercury column thermometer, using armpit measurement.

Source: Tencent News "Where to Start: Interview with Miao Xiaohui"

Q: There are more than a dozen sequelae of the new crown? Hair loss, insomnia, infertility? Which ones are true?

A lot of people are talking about the after-effects of the new crown, which is also a topic that I am very concerned about. Therefore, I spent a lot of time in the interview asking Dr. Miao Xiaohui about related topics.

First of all, Dr. Miao believes that the term "sequelae" is abused, because sequelae refer to permanent, irreversible symptoms caused by a certain disease, and many of the symptoms we are discussing are only "residual problems" after infection with the new crown, and the symptoms will completely disappear after a period of time.

Secondly, Dr. Miao specifically analyzed several "remaining issues" that everyone has hotly discussed: about hair loss, he believes that it is everyone's imagination, in fact, people lose their hair every day, so there is no need to worry about it; Regarding infertility, he bluntly said that "it cannot be affirmed or denied", and it will take time to observe, but at least there are no relevant research results to support this statement; Regarding becoming stupid, he said that he had also encountered stupidity after Yangkang, but explained that it was because of high fever, ischemia, and lack of oxygen after infection, which caused temporary damage to the brain nerves, but this is a temporary phenomenon and will recover.

In addition, Dr. Miao's dress emphasizes the most serious sequelae of the new crown: psychological disorders. Some people will have a variety of anxiety after infection, worried about becoming stupid, worried about Parkinson's, worried about sudden death, worried about the infection of the elderly and children at home, etc., worried about this and that, so that they are extremely anxious, especially female infected people. These people should not only be psychologically counseled, but also take anxiolytics, which should arouse everyone's vigilance and attention.

Source: Tencent News "Where to Start: Interview with Miao Xiaohui"

Q: The elderly have a high proportion of critical new crown infections, what symptoms should be sought immediately if they occur?

Many people know that they do not necessarily need to be sent to the hospital after being infected with the new crown virus, and many times they can be healthy at home to rest. But the question is, what symptoms does a person need to be sent to the hospital after they have symptoms? Especially in remote areas with inconvenient transportation and lack of medical resources, once the elderly at home are infected, a relatively clear symptom standard is needed to judge whether to send to the hospital.

Dr. Miao Xiaohui spent a lot of time answering this question:

1. Body temperature. High temperature is not an indicator. The body temperature of the elderly is precisely lower than that of the young, so high temperature is not used as a reason to go to the hospital, and the temperature is measured to determine whether cooling drugs are needed.

2. Heartbeat. Normal people's heartbeat 60 to 100 times per minute, if the body temperature of the elderly drops, such as from the original 39 degrees to 37.5 degrees, but the heartbeat is still around 120, then it is not right, or ischemia and lack of oxygen, or heart problems, need to be sent to the hospital.

3. Breathe. At rest, our breathing rate is usually 18-20 breaths per minute. If you breathe more than 30 times, there is a problem.

4. Dry lips indicate lack of oxygen.

5. Delirium. Usually very awake, now sleepy, there is a problem.

6. Be careful when the oxygen saturation reaches 95, and you must be sent to the hospital when it reaches 93.

These indicators can be observed by ordinary people with the help of instruments. Therefore, when I go home for the New Year this year, it is recommended to bring an electronic blood pressure monitor, blood glucose meter, finger clip oximeter, etc. to my parents, grandparents, grandparents, etc., to facilitate daily observation.

Source: Tencent News "Where to Start: Interview with Miao Xiaohui"