That night, the Infectious Diseases Branch of the Chinese Medical Association held an expert consensus meeting. According to Gu Xiaohong, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and chairman of the Infectious Diseases Branch of Chinese Medicine Association, she told the Beijing Daily client reporter that at this meeting, she and more than a dozen vice-chairmen reached a consensus that COVID-19 should be renamed as COVID-19 Infectious Diseases.
In terms of prevention and treatment, Gu Xiaohong believes that we should pay attention to the cooperation between Chinese and Western medicine, and the idea of prevention should also be changed from passive detection to active prevention. In the case of mild symptoms, you can take traditional Chinese medicine decoction or commonly used Chinese patent medicine for family treatment. If you have symptoms such as fever, cough, chest tightness and chest pain, you should go to the hospital in time.
Gu Xiaohong, Party Secretary of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Chairman of Infection Branch of Chinese Medicine Association.
"COVID-19 has mutated into another disease."
Gu Xiaohong, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, director of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diseases of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, chairman of the Chinese Medicine Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, vice chairman of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, and chairman of the Infection Branch of the Chinese Medicine Association. She is also an expert in the scientific research group of joint prevention and control mechanism in COVID-19, the State Council.
"In fact, when COVID-19 20 19 appeared at the end of the year, it was not very accurate to use the word' pneumonia'. Because quite a few people don't get pneumonia, it may also cause liver function and kidney function damage. After these three years, from the expert's point of view, the virus has mutated into another disease, rarely causing lung infection, mainly infecting the upper respiratory tract, but at the same time it is extremely contagious, so we call it COVID-19 infectious disease. " Gu Xiaohong said.
The mutant strain of Omicron in COVID-19 has a strong spreading ability, and the R0 value exceeds 10, which means that an infected person can infect more than 10 people in natural state. At present, the R0 value of BF.7 sub-branch of Omicron popular in Beijing can be as high as 18.6. With the increasing number of cases, citizens are facing the risk of infection.
"At present, all localities are actively interpreting and implementing Article 20 and the ninth edition of the prevention and control plan, and some policies are being adjusted. How to face COVID-19 is not only a health problem. The Infectious Diseases Branch of Chinese Medicine Association has reached a consensus to change the new coronary pneumonia into an infectious disease in COVID-19. The reason why it is not called' COVID-19 Infectious Disease' is to emphasize its strong infectivity. " Gu Xiaohong said that at present, some experts in Guangdong have proposed to call the new crown pneumonia virus a cold, but the "cold" has not emphasized infectivity. The naming of infectious diseases helps to remind people to take preventive measures, because people with basic diseases should also pay attention to prevent them from developing into serious diseases after infection.
Thinking should shift from passive detection to active prevention.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Sun Chunlan, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China 65438+Feb 1 It was mentioned at the symposium held in National Health Commission that after nearly three years of anti-epidemic, China's medical and health care and disease control system has withstood the test, with effective diagnosis and treatment technologies and drugs, especially Chinese medicine, and the complete vaccination rate of the whole population exceeds 90%.
Gu Xiaohong believes that at present, in the face of Omicron, the cooperation between Chinese and Western medicine should be the focus, and more attention should be paid in the future. The idea of prevention should be changed from passive detection to active prevention. Besides vaccination, Chinese medicine will play a great role in prevention, treatment and diagnosis. "From the point of view of prevention, Huangdi Neijing says that' healthy qi should be kept inside, and evil should not be done', which means that after the internal environment is adjusted, all kinds of viruses and bacteria existing in nature, including COVID-19, may not infect people. So some people will get it, and some people will not get it, which has a lot to do with internal factors. "
Gu Xiaohong said that from the perspective of Chinese medicine, to prevent COVID-19 infection, on the one hand, we should adjust the internal environment, which is called "_ syndrome" in Chinese medicine. On the one hand, we must also find ways to suppress and kill the virus and "strengthen the body and eliminate evil." In winter and spring, we can follow the principle of "one disease for one side" to deal with infectious diseases.
In the past two weeks, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has just experienced an "encounter war" of the epidemic. After the outbreak, COVID-19's TCM preventive prescription was used for prevention. The school decocted the medicine for the students twice a day for three to five days, which played a very good role.
Because the Omicron variant is highly contagious, the existing preventive measures cannot completely avoid the risk of infection. Gu Xiaohong said that once you are hired, you don't have to be too nervous. Both Chinese and Western medicine have methods to treat COVID-19. In Chinese medicine, first of all, we can classify treatment according to whether there is a fever or not. If you don't have a fever and have symptoms such as sore throat, dry cough, general malaise, fatigue and weakness, you can use a simple prescription, usually one medicine a day, which can be effectively relieved after taking it for three to five days. She introduced that in the recent epidemic of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the efficacy of the prescription was verified.
Citizens can also take Chinese patent medicines such as Jinhua Qinggan, Yinhuang Granules and Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid. "We have a cold ourselves and often don't go to the hospital. Just take the medicine for a few days, and it is the same now. " Gu Xiaohong said.
Under what circumstances do I need to go to the hospital for medical treatment? Gu Xiaohong said that if there are symptoms such as fever, cough, chest tightness and chest pain, it means that the condition is getting worse and you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible. If you have some related uncertain symptoms, you should take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.
She specifically mentioned that because of the common fever symptoms after Omicron infection, infected people may choose to stay at home for treatment. In this case, adults or children can use different prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine to treat fever symptoms after COVID-19 virus infection. Compared with taking western medicine antipyretics, it can have a radical effect.
In terms of daily care, during the period of staying at home after infection, we should pay attention to keeping a distance from our roommates. It is best to live in a room alone, wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, and wash cups, towels and clothes separately. Regular ventilation and disinfection in the house can be carried out by chemical disinfection or traditional Chinese medicine disinfection. Diet should be light, eat more fruits and vegetables, and eat less meat, fried and cold food. Work and rest, playing Tai Ji Chuan, Baduanjin, etc. And exercise properly. Don't stay up late, ensure sleep, relax, "calm down and resist COVID-19".