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La pandemia no ha pasado, sigue entre nosotros. Pero, al mismo tiempo, vemos cómo poco a poco se han ido retomando diversas actividades tanto a nivel laboral como educativo. Sin ir más lejos, escuelas y colegios abrieron sus puertas a la presencialidad a contar de marzo. Moverse por las principales ciudades del país es similar a lo que teníamos previo a la llegada del coronavirus.
En medio de este escenario, y viviendo ya la temporada de otoño-invierno, los y las especialistas advierten que se podría ver un aumento de enfermedades respiratorias estacionales. El académico y broncopulmonar del Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile y presidente de la Sociedad de Enfermedades Respiratorias, doctor Guillermo Zepeda, plantea que -a diferencia de los años anteriores- este 2022 podría existir mayor presencia de enfermedades respiratorias. En 2020, prácticamente no hubo circulación de virus estacionales. Lo mismo ocurrió en 2021, donde se experimentó una baja considerable de casos. Pero el académico advierte que este año ya están apareciendo casos de virus respiratorio sincicial e influenza, entre otros.
“I hope there is a little difference with what has been the last two years, this year will be very similar to what we experienced before the pandemic, from 2019 until now,” says Dr. Zepeda.
The virologist and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, Vivian Luchsinger, explained that “we have static breathing viruses like those that have a greater flow and, therefore, a large number of cases at certain times or seasons of the year. ” year. ”We are infected with influenza, syncytial virus, rhinovirus, adenovirus, among others.
With winter’s altitude and low temperatures, closed breathing apparatus is also accessible. But what should not be confused with COVID-19? Professor Vivian Luchsinger said: “There are some differences, but the fact is that they are not clinically indistinguishable. ” Furthermore, it turns out that in the case of the influenza virus, “this infection is very particular to what COVID-19 was in previous variants, because now Omicron occurs more as a non-unusual response, however, the previous variants produce a picture very similar to flu or Los Angeles flu”
For his part, the biochemist and professor at the University of Talca, Marcelo Olivares, in a verbal exchange with the program “Con Ojo Clínica” of the UChileTV channel, marked the difference between a temperature and a complaint that is not unusual. “In general, the culprits are very short processes, where I feel bad, for example one or two days with a runny nose, and also a little sore throat, a few hours of eye pain, but recovery is also very fast. Array While with a reproach we are at a slightly higher point. When a boy attacks the grief with the total body, it is like when a boy says “I don’t have a truck on top”, with headache, fiber, nasal congestion, sneezing, secretions, my grief with the body, it is more serious, it is very delayed, it lasts more than 3 to five days,” he describes.
Likewise, the bronchopulmonary doctor of the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, Guillermo Zepeda, said that “unfortunately this virus did not have a particularity, a sign or a clinical picture that had characteristics, that a guy can simply say in advance that it is a virus. “”No, before the pandemic there were certain characteristics, for example, the flu virus that has a strong fiber, which greatly affects the general condition, headache, structure pain, muscle pain. ”
Finally, that “the preventive measures in the context that are helpful for the coronavirus, that the use of masks, common manual washing, physical distancing, are incredibly effective, effective and efficient, also to cut infections by other respiratory viruses “.