Monday, March 2, 2009

Influenza


Definition
Influenza infections are acute breath channel (ISPA), which usually occurs in
epidemi.common form when cold symptoms in the nose more
prominent, while the "influenza" refers to the deviation along
faringitis with a fever and a more sluggish real.
Causes
Many types of viruses cause, among others, Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, virus
Influenza A and B, Parainfluenza, Adenovirus. Usually this disease is cured
itself in 3 - 5 days.
Clinical picture
- Systemic symptoms typical form of acute virus infection symptoms, namely fever, headache,
muscle pain, joint pain, and lost appetite, accompanied by symptoms such as local
to encourage a sense painful throat, dry cough sometimes, nose
choke, sneezing, and nasal mucus thin.
- Throat hiperemia appear.
- In hollow nose looks swollen and konka that hipermia.
- Sekret can be serus, seromukus or mukopurulen when there is infection
secondary.
Diagnosis
- To know the complications, the examination should be performed: auskultasi
tuberculosis, ear status in children, who complained to the EKG chest pain
Treatment
- Advice relax and drink a lot of very important at this influenza.
Simtomatis treatment required to eliminate the symptoms felt
or the weight.
- Paracetamol 500 mg 3 x day or asetosal 300 - 500 mg x 3 a day either
to eliminate pain and fever.
- For children, paracetamol is a dose: 10 mg / kgBB / time, 3 - 4 times a day
- Antibiotics are given only if there is secondary infection.