Lao Cai: Recorded 2 positive cases of whooping cough

According to a report from the Lao Cai Center for Disease Control, in May, the province recorded 2 children with whooping cough. Both cases were hospitalized in critical condition, requiring ventilators and high-dose antibiotic treatment.

According to epidemiological investigation, two children, LTA, 17 months old and THG, 3 months old, both residing in Duong Quy commune, Van Ban district, were hospitalized in a state of acute respiratory failure, with severe coughing, very low SPO2 and had to be put on a ventilator.

After receiving information from Lao Cai Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, the Provincial Center for Disease Control took samples of 2 suspected cases of whooping cough and sent them for testing to confirm the diagnosis. On May 10, 2024, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology sent a response form with positive test results for B.Pertussis bacteria (whooping cough bacteria).

Children with whooping cough are being treated at Lao Cai Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital.

After receiving the results, the Provincial Center for Disease Control requested Lao Cai Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital to arrange a suitable isolation treatment room for the two whooping cough patients, both to ensure effective treatment for the patients and to ensure epidemic prevention and control activities, avoiding cross-infection.

After more than a week of intensive treatment, the patient has overcome the critical stage, his health has gradually stabilized and he is in the recovery stage.

Vaccination is an effective measure to prevent whooping cough and many other infectious diseases.

To proactively prevent and control whooping cough, the Provincial Center for Disease Control has issued a document announcing the results and requesting medical units in the whole province to strengthen measures to prevent and control the spread of the disease in the community and cross-infection in hospitals. In particular, the Van Ban District Medical Center is required to coordinate with the Duong Quy Commune Health Station to continue to strengthen monitoring and investigation of related cases; and to propagate people to go to medical facilities when there are signs of whooping cough. Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen vaccination activities in Duong Quy Commune, conduct screening and vaccinate as soon as possible for subjects who have not been vaccinated or have not received enough doses of vaccine, especially whooping cough vaccine.

According to statistics from the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), in the first quarter of 2024, the country recorded 127 cases of whooping cough, an increase of 7.9 times compared to the same period in 2023. The disease mainly appeared in some provinces and cities in the Northern region. The health sector recommends that whooping cough is an acute infectious disease and can cause many dangerous complications. The most effective way to prevent the disease is to get vaccinated against whooping cough fully and on schedule.

Whooping cough vaccination schedule for children:

- Fully inject 3 doses of vaccine containing whooping cough: In the Expanded Immunization Program, the SII vaccine (DPT-VGB-Hib) is injected into children at 2, 3, 4 months of age or can inject vaccines containing whooping cough in service vaccines such as Pentaxim, Hexaxim, Infanix Hexa as early as 6 weeks of age.

- Booster shot of whooping cough vaccine when the child is 18 - 24 months old (DPT, Pentaxim, Hexaxim, Infanix Hexa).

Currently, the supply of vaccines is sometimes interrupted by the national expanded immunization program. Therefore, mothers need to closely follow the local vaccination schedule or take their children to vaccination service facilities so that their children are fully vaccinated on schedule.

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