The peak of SarsCoV2 infection, associated with that of influenza, is expected for the Christmas period. The fearsome “Flurona” – from flu, flu in English, and rona, coronavirus contraction – as experts define it, which is generating more and more infections throughout Italy.
Precisely for this reason, specialists recommend vaccination prevention , especially among frail and elderly people.
«We still have time to administer the booster doses of the anti-Covid vaccine available in the updated preparations (Omicron observes Alessandro Rossi, president of the Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care.
But in Cagliari there were dozens of angry elderly people who contacted the editorial staff of Unionesarda.it . Lastly, this morning, Mrs. Giuliana explains: «As soon as I saw the recommendations of the experts on TV who invited people to get vaccinated against Covid with the possibility of doing so also through a dedicated telephone number – I am elderly and previously, via the web, not I had the chance to do it – I called. A very kind operator answered me, but he informed me that my appointment will be on February 14th. When perhaps, by then, I will have already been hit by flu and Covid, and I am therefore wondering the meaning of it all."
Like Giuliana, many others, who have already been postponed to February for administration since last week. «They tell us that they have many doses in the warehouses and to hurry up, especially us who are fragile and sick – specifies Mario, whose appointment has been set for February 1 – But then when we call they send us back in two months, madness».
SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS – Among the symptoms , generally mild and mainly affecting the upper respiratory tract: rhinitis, hacking cough, pharyngitis, laryngitis, low-grade fever .
For treatments, the recommendations from a few months ago remain current, which see the doctor's prescriptive intervention based exclusively on clinical decisions. «Remote monitoring of the infected patient is the first medical intervention, using an oximeter and scales to evaluate the most important symptoms», notes Ignazio Grattagliano, head of Covid-19 activities and vice-president of Simg. «In symptomatic cases - he continues - the use of paracetamol to counteract fever, headache, arthromyalgia, in addition to NSAIDs there are mouthwashes, particularly useful also in topical form. In high-risk subjects including immunosuppressed people, especially if vaccination has not been carried out or not updated with the latest boosters, early initiation of specific therapies with antivirals available in general medicine - he continues - allows the infection to be resolved in the vast majority of cases ».
Masks, distancing and hand washing remain the basic measures to prevent the spread .
(Unioneonline/vl)