2023-11-12 17:00:27
In Mexico, more than 127 thousand new cases of pneumonia and bronchopneumonia in 2021, mainly affecting the population at the extremes of life: children under 5 years of age and adults over 65 years of age, although it can occur at any age. In 2020, just over 57 thousand people died from pneumonia and influenza.
What is pneumonia?
It is a type of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and in which the air sacs of one or both lungs become inflamed. These can fill with fluid or pus (purulent material), causing the most common symptoms such as: fever, cough with phlegm or pus, chills and difficulty breathing.
Pneumonia can be caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi and can spread through different routes. Viruses and bacteria commonly present in the nose and throat can infect the lungs when inhaled. Likewise, you can spread by airin droplets produced when coughing or sneezing.
Vaccination of the disease in Mexico
Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent deaths from pneumonia. Specifically, the immunization against Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib), pneumococci, influenza, measles, COVID-19 and whooping cough It is the most effective way to prevent this disease.
In children, to prevent the disease, a vaccine is given at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, with a booster between 12 and 15 months. In the case of those over 65 years of age, a dose is applied every 5 years. According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018-19, Pneumococcal biological vaccination coverage in boys and girls aged 1 and 2 years was 85.3 percent.
Today is celebrated World Pneumonia DayTherefore, on this day, we try to encourage protecting children under five years of age and the elderly, vaccinating them against influenza and pneumococcus to prevent this disease.
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