High incidence of tuberculosis after Chinese New Year

  The Spring Festival is approaching, and people returning to their hometowns and subsequently to the city are tired of traveling, and spend a long time in a crowded, airless car environment, and mycobacterium tuberculosis is also very easy to infest passengers through droplets, causing the spread of tuberculosis. During the Spring Festival, friends and family gatherings are frequent, in the warmth of the time to exchange glasses, indoor air conditioning open, lively, coupled with the dry climate in winter, low humidity in the air; cold weather, closed windows, not conducive to ventilation; at the same time, people’s irregular diet and rest time, also led to a decline in resistance, once the source of tuberculosis infection, it is easy to let the tuberculosis bacillus take advantage of the situation.  We would like to remind the general public that there is a hidden danger of TB transmission while having fun during the Spring Festival, and there is a peak incidence of TB inpatients in our hospital every year after the Spring Festival, which has to be prevented.          How to effectively prevent the transmission of tuberculosis?        While celebrating the Spring Festival, we should pay attention to the details of life, forbid spitting, do not go to crowded places or poorly ventilated rooms; it is best to cover your mouth with paper or handkerchief when coughing, do not move forward when others cough; try to avoid facing each other when talking with others, do not get too close; let yourself stay in a well-ventilated, sunny room, and disinfect your home often if you can.  In addition, we should pay attention to a reasonable diet, balanced nutrition, eat high-protein, high-calorie, vitamin-rich food; to combine work and rest, to ensure sufficient sleep and appropriate outdoor activities, to enhance physical fitness and improve resistance; at the same time to make their own body and mind relaxed, do not have too much pressure, to keep the mood as happy as possible.