Family doctors are demanding that masks be mandatory in health centers due to the resurgence of influenza and Covid-19

The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SemFYC) demands the implementation of “extraordinary” protection measures in health centers due to the rise in coronavirus cases. flu And Covid-19 In recent days, such a rebound Mandatory mask useOr distribution of hydroalcoholic gels, space separation, or specific ventilation procedures for waiting rooms.

In addition, you are asked to go to these centers “only” if you need medical care, as these types of infections usually have a self-limiting course, which means a tendency towards infection. Spontaneous healing, without the need to resort to any specific treatment. “These operations are a clear example of The importance of health education Self-responsibility in population health, semFYC said.

the main Recommendations To deal with this condition, they focus on resting for a few days, minimizing contacts and, if possible, staying home until you feel better, in addition to consulting a health professional only if you are a person at risk (elderly, pregnant, immunosuppressed or with chronic diseases) or in Unfavorable development situation.

If you go to a health center, it is best to do so Go with a mask Sufficient to avoid transmission of infection to other people in the center and to the professionals who work there.

Threesome?

The current situation in which emergency services in health centers are under severe pressure indicates that “tridemic“, when in fact it is “an inappropriate term, because it can give a sense of a Coinfection “There are actually very few cases of coinfection,” explained spokesperson for the semFYC Working Group on Infectious Diseases, José María Molero.

At the same time, the medical community also pointed out The importance of vaccination In all age groups, including minors, because they are the “main transmitters of influenza”, explained Ana Pilar Javier, coordinator of the Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Prevention Group of the Preventive Activities and Health Promotion Program semFYC, among themselves and adults. .

“If typically one in 10 adults (10%) has influenza, among children this can rise to three in 10 (30%),” he says.

During the last week of 2023 High rates of influenza infection Detected in primary care in a group Less than one year old888.4 cases per 100,000 people were recorded for influenza alone.