Anti-je, don\'t forget to advance vaccination

Prevention of \"je\", don\'t forget to advance vaccination

Text/Hunan provincial Center for disease control and prevention chief physician Liu Jun

The older people of Japanese encephalitis (hereinafter \"je\") of I\'m afraid it would be more impressed, however, the disease seems to be \"hiding\" a lot of years, in the summer of 2003, je in the outbreak in Guangdong children in local areas, this precaution consciousness undermined with people, there is no strict implementation of the plan of Japanese encephalitis vaccine immunization for children has a direct relationship.

You know, people on the Japanese encephalitis virus prevailing susceptible, onset of children is the main population, especially children under 10 years are most susceptible. Here it is necessary to remind parents: prevention of children je, immunization with JE vaccine is crucial.

Diseases of small files

JE, referred to as \"je\" is caused by Japanese encephalitis virus in brain lesions of acute infectious diseases. Je-prone in the summer and autumn seasons, anxious of onset, high fever, unconsciousness, convulsions, tonic spasms and meningeal irritation symptoms, patients often leave serious sequelae after, and the high fatality rate in patients with severe.

Awareness of JE transmission

Mosquito is the main medium Japanese encephalitis virus, and mosquitoes through bites je virus-infected animal and then bite people, people infected. In addition, birds, horses, cattle, sheep, donkeys, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, or as a storage host and the source of the disease.

Je 3 strategy

1. anti-mosquito, mosquito

Mosquito mosquito activity is an important measure in je control work. In je popular season Qian, not only school, and kindergarten to attention this a work, households also to actively take fight mosquito, and anti-mosquito of measures, special note home garden, places of fight mosquito, reduce mosquito density; summer autumn, home to timely installed yarn door, and screens, or using nets, and mosquito, case children was mosquito bites, reduced infection opportunities, effective prevent outbreak of occurs and diffusion.

2. seek medical advice

Je early onset of symptoms and cold are similar, and they are often cold and delayed diagnosis and treatment of early misdiagnosis. Therefore, the je epidemic season, once a child early symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, as early as possible to the hospital for medical treatment. Only to discover to symptomatic treatment, rehabilitation as soon as possible, reducing case fatality rate, reduce complications.

Is necessary to remind parents to actively cooperate with the doctor\'s diagnosis and treatment, as there is no cure against je virus, you must attach importance to symptomatic treatment, seriously good \"Guan\", the Commissioner of customs and customs high fever, convulsions and respiratory failure, and specific measures such as cooling, calming treatment and prevention of respiratory failure in a timely manner.

So, what can parents do? Need to give their children a serious and meticulous care, provides nutrition liquid of high calories, vitamins, maintain a body of water and electrolyte balance, there is a very important point, is to pay close attention to condition the development, prevention of secondary infections.

3. early vaccination

In view of the je there is no specific treatment, immunization with JE vaccine become the most effective way of prevention and control of Japanese encephalitis. Began in the mid 70 since China began to mass immunization with JE vaccine, significantly reduced incidence of je, basically control a nation-wide pandemic.

Although China has incorporated the national childhood immunization, but some rural and poor areas some children fail to immunization vaccination, 2003 Guangdong children Japanese encephalitis outbreak is a warning.

At present, China\'s use of JE vaccine, there are two: one is dead vaccine and the other is a live vaccine. Die vaccination program complexity, common side-effects of vaccination, so now using live attenuated JE vaccine.

Vaccine immunization program:

1 years of age based immune 1 needle; at the age of 2 and 6 strengthen the 1 pin. If vaccination needle no longer after vaccination may lead to a reduction of antibody, early vaccination \"wasted\".

Inoculation site:

Lateral deltoid muscle of the upper arm, subcutaneous injection.

Inoculation time:

General, JE vaccination in China for three months before the epidemic of Japanese encephalitis, namely: April ~ June, to je popular predecessors have enough time to have a resistance of physical fitness (July ~ September each year is the epidemic of Japanese encephalitis in China was at its peak).

After vaccination reaction:

Most vaccinations are no reaction, individual children after the injection may have local redness, pain, will subside within 1-2 days. Minorities have a fever, generally below the 38 ° c. Minorities may also have a rash, angioedema and anaphylactic shock.