Whether or not hospitalization is required for influenza A, the specific situation should be decided by whether the patient’s condition is serious or not, mild to moderate type of influenza A does not require hospitalization, while severe type of influenza A requires hospitalization.
1. The situation that does not need hospitalization: usually healthy, no underlying disease, no obesity, advanced age and other serious risk factors, although fever, headache and other symptoms, can be outpatient antiviral treatment as prescribed by the doctor, usually can be cured.
2. The need for hospitalization: the patient’s symptoms are not relieved after taking medication and gradually aggravated, and even hypoxia, dyspnea and other symptoms, or usually have a cardiopulmonary disease, the symptoms of this critical, it is recommended to be hospitalized.
Patients infected with influenza A, should be treated accordingly, the use of medication the sooner the better, eat more light food, do not stay up all night, do not smoke and drink, once infected with influenza A, to do a good job of effective isolation of patients, try not to go to a crowded place to gather, to prevent cross-infection, the use of medication must follow the doctor’s instructions, do not take the medicine privately.