The doctor gave advice on relieving the symptoms of the Hong Kong flu

Hong Kong flu should be treated with an antiviral agent, and to relieve symptoms, you need to stay at home and sleep as much as possible. Internist and immunologist Irina Yartseva told about this on Wednesday, December 24.

She advised in a conversation with Lenta.Ru To relieve symptoms, take antipyretics or painkillers, drink plenty of water and lie down as much as possible.

The therapist added that the Hong Kong flu occurs in different ways - someone has more cough, someone has sinusitis, and there are also complications in the form of diarrhea or vomiting. If the main blow falls on the throat, it should be gargled, Yartseva concluded.

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Schoolchildren and pregnant women are at risk.

Earlier in the day, the press service of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) Moscow Region reported that the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections and influenza in the region is at a seasonal level without exceeding thresholds, the Moscow City News Agency reports.

On December 11, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, announced on the same day that an excess of epidemic indicators for influenza had been recorded in 17 regions of Russia, IA Regnum reports. In this case, the most common is variant A(H3N2). According to Popova, the highest incidence rate is recorded among schoolchildren. She added that the peak incidence may occur by the beginning of the New Year holidays, reports NSN.

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