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Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia issued a three-level forecast of plague. Can plague be prevented and controlled?

Plague is preventable and controllable. Plague is a natural focus disease with acute onset, rapid spread, high mortality and strong infectivity. It is a Class A infectious disease stipulated in the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, ranking first among 39 legal infectious diseases, also known as? Number one disease? . It caused three pandemics in the world, and countless people died. Although the plague is terrible, it is not invincible and can be prevented and controlled. When there were no antibiotics before, if you got plague, it was basically hopeless. But now, timely antibiotic treatment can reduce the death rate of plague. It is suggested in "Brief Introduction to Diagnosis and Treatment of Plague" that those who are suspected to be diagnosed with pneumonic plague should be isolated from the respiratory tract and treated according to the doctor's advice. It should be noted that unless the medical staff has made a diagnosis, do not use drugs, including antibiotics. In plague outbreak areas, symptomatic patients should go to health centers for treatment. Patients with pneumonic plague must be isolated and treated by trained medical personnel wearing personal protective equipment. Timely treatment, correct medication, careful nursing, disinfection and isolation. For plague, the daily preventive measures are mainly to reduce the bite of infected fleas or reduce the possibility of contact with patients with pneumonic plague. 1) Avoid traveling or activities in epidemic areas and contact with rodents (rodents, marmots, etc.). );

2) Avoid close contact with plague patients, try to keep a contact distance of more than 1 m with patients, wear a mask and wash your hands frequently;

3) Take necessary measures to prevent flea bites, such as using insect repellent, which can generally drive away fleas;

4) In order to prevent the spread of plague, close contact with people within 2 meters should be avoided to reduce the stay time in crowded places;

5) Don't touch dead animals in plague areas, and use insect repellent;

6) If you have been to an epidemic area, your body temperature should be measured for 2 weeks. If you have fever, chills, lymph node pain, hemoptysis and other symptoms, you should seek medical attention immediately and inform the doctor of your travel history in the epidemic area. It is better to use antibiotics early.

If you suddenly have a fever, chills and difficulty breathing during the onset, you must pay attention to it. You must be highly suspicious of whether you are recruited and seek medical advice in time. Plague is a Class A infectious disease with strong infectivity and high mortality. However, early detection and early treatment with antibiotics can achieve a good therapeutic effect, so don't panic, do a good job of prevention and control, and we can completely overcome it.