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Prevention & Treatment

Q：How to prevent Flu?
A：
  • Take good health habits to stop the spread of virus
    1. Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Discard the tissue in the trash after you use it.
    2. Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
    3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Virus spreads this way.
    4. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick.
    5. If you are sick with flu–like illness, stay home from work, school, and errands for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities.
    6. Get adequate of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
  • Get vaccinated against the flu
    Vaccination is the best protection against flu. During this time, flu viruses are circulating in the population. An annual flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get flu and reduce the chance that you will spread it to others.
Q：What are the antiviral agents?
A：First generation anti-viral drug primarily restricts the replication of Type A flu virus. However, this class of medicine does not inhibit the Type B virus, even has some neural side effects, and easily submits to setbacks caused by resistance. Second generation medicine containing a substance called neuraminidase inhibitor (including Tamiflu® and Relenza®) that can restrain the spread of the flu virus. They are also effective on both Types A and B of the flu virus, with the additional merits of not yielding easily to viral resistance, and having less side effects (limited to a few cases of nausea and vomiting).
Q：Can anyone get this type of medicine at government expense, even if they have not joined the National Health Insurance program?
A：As long as a patient meets the criteria for taking antivirals, the physician will prescribe the medicine.
Q：Who should not take antiviral agents?
A：This medicine may be unsuitable for people who are hypersensitive to Oseltamivir phosphate or to Zanamivir and substances used in capsules. They must be cautioned against taking this medicine.
Q：What are the side effects of Tamiflu® and Relenza®?
A：
Tamiflu®: Only a few people experience side effects, the most common side effects are nausea (9.9%), vomiting (9.4%), and diarrhea (6.6%).
Relenza®: The most common side effects are dizziness, sinusitis, runny or stuffy nose, cough, diarrhea, nausea, or headache. Relenza® may also cause wheezing and trouble breathing in people with lung disease.
Q：How to deal with adverse effects during a patient’s a treatment period?
A：Should adverse effects occur during the treatment period, the patient should stop medication immediately and return to the hospital where the medicine was prescribed for further examination and assessment.
Q：Can antiviral agents be used to combat flu again after having taken it for one period of treatment in the event of a relapse or a repetition of the illness?
A：Yes. The medicine will still be effective in fighting the illness should the patient falls ill again.

最後更新日期 2012/11/5