”It's scarier than the coronavirus”...Anxiety spread over respiratory disease originating in China at daycare centers and mom cafes = South Korea

While respiratory diseases such as mycoplasma pneumonia and rhinovirus are spreading in China and pediatric hospitals are being paralyzed, South Korea is also spreading the word about ``respiratory diseases that originated in China'', mainly at nursery schools and mom cafes.
Anxiety is widespread. According to the current status reported by the Disease Control Agency from 218 hospital-level medical institutions on the 28th, the number of patients hospitalized with mycoplasma pneumonia has steadily increased since the end of August.
126 people were recorded from October 22nd to 28th (43week's), 173 people were recorded from October 29th to November 4th (44week's), 226 people were recorded from November 5th to 11th (45week's), and 11 Month 12th to 1st
On the 8th (46 weeks), there were 230 people, showing an increasing trend. This is a 4.4 times increase compared to last year's 46weeks, when there were 52 patients.
Mycoplasma pneumonia is a type of pneumonia that mainly occurs between the ages of 5 and 9, and is caused by infection with Mycoplasma bacteria.
occurs. Infection is usually accompanied by a high fever of over 38 degrees Celsius and a severe cough, as well as a cough that produces sputum for about 3 to 4 weeks. Characteristically, general antibiotics and antipyretics do not work well, so it is not recommended to order
They say they have to use homemade antibiotics. Lee Joo Young (38), a parent I met this morning at a nursery school in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, said, ``Recently, my child was in China.
When I heard that there was a pneumonia epidemic mainly in Japan, I made my children put their masks back on. When the coronavirus broke out, it was difficult for my child to go to the hospital, so I'm being careful in advance."
Ta. An official at a nursery school I visited said, ``After social distancing was lifted, people are working without masks, but recently more children are wearing masks when entering and leaving the nursery school.'' "Ta"
explained. Meanwhile, Mama Cafe is also seeing a lot of reviews and concerns about respiratory illnesses. A user of a mom cafe, Ms. A, said, ``I'm a mother of two children, but I have mycoplasma.''
Pneumonia was scarier than coronavirus. Two weeks later, the fever did not subside, and three weeks later, the diagnosis was finally made. Since this pneumonia is said to be prevalent in China, I am very worried that it will spread further.
I'm worried," he said. Another mom cafe user, B, said, ``My 8-year-old child has contracted mycoplasma pneumonia, but he is suffering much more than when he contracted the coronavirus.He went to a pediatric hospital.
Even though it's difficult to go there, I'm worried that the pneumonia virus is spreading, especially among children." The Disease Control Agency considers it to be an infectious disease that has been circulating periodically. disease control agency
An official said, ``In the case of mycoplasma pneumonia, it is a normal pneumonia that periodically spreads.We are continuing to monitor the outbreak situation in China, and are monitoring the supply and demand of domestic antibiotics.''
I made it clear. Experts have advised that this is the time to address the new respiratory disease. Ma Sang-hyuk, vice president of the Korean Vaccine Society, said, ``The new epidemic of mycoplasma pneumonia, etc.
The disease cannot be dealt with clearly because there are no accurate experts within the Disease Control Agency. Rather than just communicating internally, seek advice from outside experts in order to create efficient epidemic prevention policies.
We have to create a system," he said.