Why are my flu symptoms worse than those in COVID-19？ Expert： The symptoms are similar, and there are not many critical cases.

　　Many people feel that flu is more serious than COVID-19’s symptoms.

　　"My little friend COVID-19 had almost no symptoms when he was infected. This time, he had a high fever. He still had loose bowels at two o’clock this morning and vomited at four o’clock." A parent of a child in Beijing told the People’s Daily Health Client reporter.

　　"When I was in COVID-19, I only ate a few ibuprofen. This time, the H1N1 flu burned again at night, and I was particularly afraid of the cold. I felt more serious than COVID-19’s symptoms." A patient who is experiencing swine flu told reporters.

　　Li Dong, the chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases of Beijing You ‘an Hospital, once said that the symptoms of COVID-19 and A-stream are similar, and the severity varies from person to person. There is no more serious case of A-stream than that of COVID-19 in clinic. Wei Hou, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, also said, "A stream is characterized by high fever. Although the clinical manifestations seem serious, after using the special drug oseltamivir, the body temperature will drop quickly and the condition will improve."

　　Children with influenza are treated in the Second Hospital of Shanda University. New Times reporter Wang Hanbing photo

　　Li Dong once told the People’s Daily Health Client reporter that some people in COVID-19 did not have serious fever, but there were also many people with severe symptoms such as headache, sore throat, muscle aches and cough. On the contrary, most people had symptoms of influenza A for less than a week. "At present, the number of influenza cases has increased for about a month, but we have not seen too many serious cases. Compared with COVID-19, there should not be so many serious cases."

　　The same is true from the situation of children’s illness. Wei Hou told the People’s Daily Health Client reporter that the characteristics of swine flu are high fever, sore throat and muscle pain, and the temperature of most children is above 39 degrees. A new feature of swine flu this time is that some children also have gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. However, after oseltamivir anti-influenza drugs, the children’s body temperature will return to normal in 48 hours, and they will recover in 5 days. There are few cases of persistent cough and myocarditis after COVID-19 infection.

　　On March 20th, Guan Wei of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a document, and Wang Dayan, director of the National Influenza Center of the Institute of Virology of China CDC, said that the influenza activity had reached its peak in mid-March.

　　"At present, the number of patients with influenza A is gradually decreasing, and it is expected that the peak will pass in about 2-3 weeks." Wei Hou also pointed out that "as the weather gets warmer, the activity of influenza virus is also declining, and most children have been infected with this round of influenza, and there will be influenza antibodies in their bodies for a period of time. In the short term, parents need not worry too much about repeated infections."