Infection in many places has increased. What is human adenovirus？

　　Recently, the increase of adenovirus infection in many places has attracted people’s attention.

　　What is adenovirus? What are the symptoms after infection? How to prevent it? Let’s get to know each other!

　　What diseases can human adenovirus cause?

　　Adenovirus, namely human adenovirus. Human adenovirus is an important pathogen causing acute respiratory infection, which has strong environmental viability and transmission ability. Human adenovirus can cause outbreaks in densely populated and poorly hygienic environments. Human adenovirus includes 7 subgenus.
(A-G) at least 116 types.

　　Because there are many types and different tissue tropism, different tissue and organ diseases are caused.It mainly includes acute respiratory infection, conjunctivitis and gastrointestinal diseases..

　　01.Symptoms of respiratory infection:

　　Acute respiratory infection is the most common, which causes common cold and flu-like symptoms. Typical clinical manifestations include cough, sore throat and fever, and severe cases may lead to pneumonia or even death. Types 3 and 7 in subgenus B are the main types of acute respiratory infection in China, and type 55 is the main type of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Acute respiratory tract infections caused by type 1 and type 2 in subgenus C and type 4 in subgenus E are also common.

　　02.Symptoms of eye infection:

　　It is also one of the common symptoms of human adenovirus infection, which can causeEpidemic keratoconjunctivitis, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, pharyngeal conjunctival fever, etc.A variety of eye diseases, and in crowded places such as schools, can cause an outbreak of eye infections, and can also cause "swimming pool fever (that is, pharyngeal conjunctival fever, symptoms include persistent high fever, pharyngitis and acute follicular conjunctivitis)". Types 3 and 7 of subgenus B and types 8, 19 and 64 of subgenus D are the main types causing the above infections.

　　03.Gastrointestinal symptoms:

　　Many types of human adenovirus can be replicated in the gastrointestinal tract of infected people and excreted with feces, but only a few types of infection can cause gastroenteritis and infected people appear.Abdominal pain and diarrheaWait for symptoms. Human adenovirus subfamily F type 41 is the main type causing symptoms of gastrointestinal infection.

　　What should I do if I am infected with human adenovirus?

　　Infected with human adenovirus, those with mild symptoms should try to rest at home, reduce going out, go to public places and have close contact with others.Wear a mask scientifically;
coughorsneezeCover your mouth and nose with paper towels or towels; Avoid sharing cups and tableware with others;Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer when running underwater.. Once the symptoms get worse, such as persistent high fever, palpitation and shortness of breath, you should go to the hospital in time.

　　How can the public prevent human adenovirus infection?

　　At present, there is no human adenovirus vaccine for the general population at home and abroad.The following measures are suggested to prevent human adenovirus infection:

　　01.Epidemic period of diseaseMinimize going out.andGo to crowded and poorly ventilated places.
Place, to avoid close contact with infected people, contact should beWear a mask scientifically, reduce the risk of respiratory infection.

　　02.Develop good personal hygiene habitsWash your hands frequently and avoid touching important parts such as eyes, nose and mouth with unclean hands.

　　03.Keep indoor ventilation, reduce the risk of transmission.

　　04.canUse chlorine-containing disinfectantsThe environment or surface of the object contacted by human adenovirus infection
Disinfect.

　　05.Kindergarten institutions, schools and other key places should strengthen morning and afternoon inspection, absenteeism monitoring, etc., as soon as possible to find the epidemic situation, take timely measures to reduce the risk of outbreak.

　　How can medical institutions prevent hospital feeling?

　　01.In the epidemic season of human adenovirus, medical institutions should strengthen the control of nosocomial infection to avoid cross-infection in hospitals.

　　02.Medical institutions at all levels should strengthen pre-inspection and triage, set up special consultation rooms to receive fever cases, and increase the frequency of cleaning and disinfection.

　　03.The hospitalized cases of human adenovirus infection should be treated in isolation, and the medical instruments, secretions, medical waste and ward environment used by infected people should be disinfected in time.

　　04.Medical staff carry out standard prevention, droplet isolation and contact transmission measures when diagnosing, treating and caring for people infected with adenovirus.