In the training of the Graduate Certificate Program in Innovation in Digital Health Management (HIDA), the 2nd generation, also emphasized on the issue of holistic health care. Director of the Promotion Committee of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University said that the HIDA program focuses on presenting information on 5 areas of medical science that are widely used in Thailand, namely modern medicine. Applied Thai Traditional Medicine chinese medicine equilibrium therapy natural medicine with practical sections to present so that students have the opportunity to choose the science that is most suitable for themselves used to prevent each disease and choose to use it to promote health for themselves It was honored by expert speakers from many places to give lectures and give knowledge.
The training in the 5th week was divided into two academic lectures. In the first phase, Prof. Dr. Thirawat Hemajuta, Head of the Center for Emerging Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society delivered a lecture on the topic of “Coping with Emerging Diseases in the Future” that emerging diseases originate in animals, mosquitoes, tongues, and ticks are carriers of disease from animals to humans. Whether it’s severe or not depends on how much each person’s immune system fights once morest germs. terrible war airborne pathogens
15 years ago, Thai people were in good health. But now Thai people having a congenital disease as a result of the reduced cost of Thai people There is a risk of developing diseases such as obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, cancer, pollution crisis, aging society and dementia that are continuously increasing.
Currently, the Ministry of Health Be fully on the lookout for emerging diseases, especially encephalitis. who still do not know what is caused by infection or caused by any type of virus including beware of hand, foot and mouth disease that often occurs in newborns or children over 15 years of age. It is an infection caused by humans but has not shown any symptoms. Must be diagnosed from patients treated in hospitals, while the World Health Organization or WHO has mobilized the talent of doctors around the world to accelerate the detection of emerging infectious diseases.
In addition, Prof. Dr. Teerawat discussed ways to keep the body healthy, especially sunlight, which gives more than vitamin D, and found that sunlight is beneficial. make healthy Make the body less infected. Walking 10,000 steps a day. Walking in the sun helps to make the body healthy, including adjusting eating habits. Eating a small amount of food, doing IF or in the week do not eat for 1 day, drink only water.
At the same time, Prof. Dr. Thirawat emphasized on preventing emerging diseases that are in the body but do not show symptoms. We have to take care of ourselves naturally. Going out to the sun, sauna and eating foods that are beneficial is to reduce the consumption of flour, rice, sticky rice, focus on vegetarianism, beans, refrain from fruit juices, soft drinks, reduce meat, with recent reports found that eating sweet peppers can be beneficial. clear mind Like someone who gets nicotine from cigarettes, but destroys the lungs.
In the second part, the lecture was by Prof. Dr. Teeraphong Tanthawichian, Acting Head of the Clinical Medicine, Tourism and Adult Vaccines. Assistant Director, Saowapa Institute, Thai Red Cross Society gave a lecture on the topic “A vaccine that should be known in adults and the elderly” that now Thailand We are stepping into a fully aged society, so we need to focus on vaccination to prevent disease. reduce the morbidity rate Reduce the rate of hospitalizations
The vaccination among the elderly is important reduce mortality prevent illness To prevent Thailand from losing expenses Elderly people should be vaccinated for tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B, influenza, coronavirus and pneumonia, which are important vaccines. If there is an infection causing the death of an elderly patient.
During the covids, Thai people are less infected with influenza. Because the result of wearing masks, washing hands, leaving a distance and in the future will make people more careful. for influenza vaccination Help reduce strokes, reduce mortality from myocardial infarction. Less chest pain, fewer heart attacks, equal to cardiac catheterization. In the US, 70% of the flu vaccine has been vaccinated, while regarding 30% in Thailand have been injected.
Prof. Dr. Theerapong further said that there have been 4 strains of COVID-19 mutated from Wuhan to Omicron. that prevents the vaccine from recognizing itself And in Thailand, the first injection is more than 70%, but the booster numbers not yet high The last dose of coronavirus vaccine that everyone should be vaccinated with must be an MRNA, all Americans of all ages. Need to get 2 shots of vaccination because 2 injections reduce mortality, 3 injections reduce mortality, reduce hospitalization. For the elderly, 4 injections are needed to reduce severe illness by 4 times and reduce hospital stays. So when covid mutates A new vaccine is required.
At the same time, Prof. Dr. Teerapong said regarding the shingles vaccination that at present, people over 50 years of age are at risk for infection. and people with impaired immune systems The 85-year-old may die. and have a chance to have a stroke That has a chance to be 3 times more than normal people if shingles is a disease that occurs in the elderly. who do not know when symptoms will occur Each year, there will be an increase in the number of Thai people suffering from shingles, especially the elderly. which is the whole world Women are more likely to have shingles than men. Over the past 10 years, women have had shingles 8% more than men. Americans have increased their shingles vaccine. It should be injected in people aged 60 years and over. The government should allocate the budget. To carry out the procurement of vaccines distributed evenly and equally because it is a fundamental human factor.
