2024-01-06 01:00:25
Augusto Maza Villadiego, internist at HUC.
When to go to the doctor?
When the symptoms are mild, you should implement self-care measures since the flu is generally self-limiting; That is, it does not require antibiotics to cure and takes between five and seven days, indicated the internist. Read: “Get vaccinated”: doctors’ recommendations once morest COVID and the flu
“What corresponds is self-care: staying home if necessary, using PPE and taking general measures such as constant hydration and hand washing. If there is also fever, pain or general discomfort, you can take pain relievers such as Acetaminophen, and that virus self-militates,” explained Maza Villadiego.
Only in those cases that do not evolve favorably and/or that may become complicated, because the patient has other underlying diseases, is it recommended to attend healthcare centers.
“If following two or three days you do not experience improvement, go to a first-level health center. Sometimes patients go directly to second and third level clinics and hospitals and what they do is collapse the Emergencies, the care is very slow and those who should be treated are not really attended to,” the doctor indicated.
And he reiterated: “We have to take care of ourselves to try to ensure that this flu does not infect everyone in the family, becoming a chain of contagion and passing from one house to another, from one family to another.”
In Colombia, through Resolution 2121 of December 18, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection repealed Resolution 555 of 2023 “By which the mandatory use of face masks is established and self-care measures are maintained” .
The new rule stipulates that “it is up to each person living in the national territory to use the mask as a measure of care for themselves, their loved ones and society in general in the presence of symptoms of acute respiratory infection, that is, cough. , fever, sore throat, muscle pain, with less than 7 days of evolution. Likewise, you should take extreme care measures and avoid contact with other people if risk situations are identified or any of the family members have comorbidities associated with a greater risk of serious illness from COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.”
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