Medical news August 4: Be careful with skin diseases during the rainy season
Heavy rains lasting nearly two weeks in the northern provinces pose potential health risks, with skin problems considered quite serious.
Skin diseases are rampant during the rainy season.
Dr. Pham Thi Minh Phuong, Head of the Examination Department, Central Dermatology Hospital, said that when the weather changes, there is a lot of rain and wind, high humidity; many flooded areas... make people susceptible to skin diseases.
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| When the weather changes, there is a lot of rain and wind, high humidity; many flooded areas… make people susceptible to skin diseases. |
Especially during the rainy season, the most common skin diseases are skin diseases caused by bacteria and fungi.
The most common fungal skin diseases are athlete's foot and toenail fungus. The main cause is that people wade in water a lot, causing the skin to soften and its ability to protect against the environment to decrease, making it easier for external agents such as fungi to penetrate. Fungi easily grow in hot and humid environments, so during the rainy season, people are susceptible to athlete's foot, toenail fungus, etc.
In addition, bacterial dermatitis occurs mainly in humid, rainy weather. The skin is no longer as elastic as before, so it is easily invaded by bacteria other than fungi such as impetigo, boils, and folliculitis, causing bacterial dermatitis.
In addition, when people wade in water a lot, the water can contain many allergens and irritants, leading to irritant contact dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis on the feet.
According to this expert, recently, the Central Dermatology Hospital has received many cases of foot fungus, toenail fungus, groin fungus... dermatitis caused by infection. The number of patients has increased by 30% compared to the dry season.
One thing to be warned about is that patients often have the habit of self-treating, listening to friends' advice to use different types of medicine, but in reality, skin diseases are very diverse, each type of disease has different medicine. Therefore, many people treat incorrectly by applying leaves, soaking leaves, or going to the hospital when there are complications due to using medicine of unknown origin.
In addition, some people like to soak and apply leaves but do not know that this will cause irritation, dry skin, cracking, and even ulcers. If the patient is not treated, the condition will worsen, leading to complications such as itching, ulcers, discharge, swelling, heat, and redness.
Regarding treatment, Dr. Phuong emphasized that when people have skin problems, they need to find a dermatologist for early treatment. People need to change their habits during the rainy season, such as not wearing damp socks or damp shoes, which can cause inflammation of the intertriginous area due to fungus and bacteria; they must have the habit of cleaning their body every day; they should not go to random doctors, but need to go to the right doctor and get the right treatment.
To prevent skin diseases, people in flooded areas need to pay attention to environmental hygiene, ensure hand and foot disinfection, and use protective equipment such as boots and rubber gloves when in contact with dirty water sources to avoid contact with disease-causing factors.
If you have to wade through rainwater, you must clean it when you get home, dry your hands and feet, and dry your shoes before using them again.
Warning about children swallowing small magnets found in toys
Vietnam - Sweden Uong Bi Hospital (Quang Ninh) has just received a 5-year-old patient residing in Hong Thai Dong - Dong Trieu who was hospitalized due to swallowing a magnet in a toy.
According to the family, while playing at home, the magnet from the toy accidentally fell out, the child picked it up and swallowed it. The family quickly took the child to the hospital.
At the hospital, the child was examined and an abdominal X-ray determined that there was a foreign body in the digestive tract located in the right iliac fossa. The child is currently being cared for and monitored at the hospital.
According to Dr. Vuong Thi Hao, Head of the Hospital's Pediatrics Department, some foreign objects accidentally swallowed by children can be removed through the digestive tract, but some foreign objects require surgery or endoscopy to be removed.
As in the case of children, they will be closely monitored if there are complications or if they cannot pass through the digestive tract. Doctors will prescribe intervention to remove the foreign object for the child.
When swallowing foreign objects, if not detected and treated promptly, it can lead to dangerous complications such as: scratches on the intestinal and stomach mucosa, intestinal perforation, stomach perforation, bleeding and most dangerously, the risk of death.
Therefore, parents need to be vigilant when children play with toys. If they accidentally swallow a foreign object, they need to quickly take the child to the hospital for examination and timely treatment.
Especially after swallowing, if the child has signs such as: vomiting, vomiting blood, abdominal pain, fussiness, pale skin, cold hands and feet, then emergency care is needed immediately. At the hospital, the child will be diagnosed, the condition determined and have different directions.
Opening of Vaccination Unit to serve people
Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital has just opened a vaccination unit to serve the people.
With a team of dedicated, highly qualified doctors and nurses, fully equipped with facilities and equipment, and support from hospital specialties such as Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and other specialties, people coming to the hospital for vaccination will be served professionally, enthusiastically and thoughtfully.
In particular, when registering for vaccination at the hospital, in addition to vaccination services, people also receive health care advice and treatment if needed.
The hospital's vaccination unit has all necessary vaccines for all ages such as BC meningitis vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine (Synflorix, Prevenar 13), flu vaccine (Vaxigrip, Influvac Tetra), cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil 4, Gardasil 9)...
In addition, the hospital always provides adequate tetanus vaccines and tetanus antitoxin serum to serve the needs of patients in the maxillofacial plastic surgery department and the public.
Vaccine preservation process is in accordance with regulations, with a cold chain system that meets international standards, vaccine quality is always guaranteed.
The hospital also applies an information technology system to help people easily register for vaccination, proactively remind them of vaccination schedules, keep vaccination history, look up easily, and have preferential programs for people to register for vaccination packages for children of all ages.
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