Winter is the season of high incidence of pneumonia

Winter is the season of high incidence of pneumonia
The high incidence of tuberculosis is the season of a year in December to March next year's cold season, the elderly pneumonia in the winter of the highest incidence rate, accounting for 60% to 70% of people over the age of 80 died of pneumonia as the first cause Bit.

Older persons in all organ recession, the lower immune function, particularly immunoglobulin A decline in growth with age, so very susceptible to respiratory infections secondary to pneumonia. As the elderly potential complications of the disease, so the elderly pneumonia high mortality rate. In addition, many elderly people suffering from chronic diseases such as anaemia, diabetes, heart disease or cancer, often easily triggered pneumonia, coupled with serious air pollution in recent years, the lung damage.

The prevention of pneumonia and the most important thing is to pay attention to cold winter warmth; reasonable physical activity, so that the body can adapt to hot and cold weather changes to the regular room ventilation, maintain clean air, but also adoption of a healthy lifestyle, such as not becoming Tobacco, not alcohol; attention to food and clean water for the benefit of dilution from the sputum; active treatment of chronic diseases, particularly respiratory disease.