What Is HMPV That Spreads In China? Check Symptoms And Drugs

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China's YOGYAKARTA is being highlighted because of the emergence of infections with Human Metapneumovirus aka HMPV. Even the Head of the National Institute for Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases of the CDC China Kan Biao said that human metapneumovirus is one of the common cases that can be found in hospitals in various provinces in China. What is HMPV itself can be understood as a respiratory-related disease. For more details, see the following explanation.

Reporting from the Cleveland Clinic, HMPV is a virus that infects the upper respiratory tract. This virus is also capable of infecting the lower respiratory tract, triggering recurrence of asthma, to exacerbate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PPOK).

When a person is infected with HMPV, the symptoms that appear are similar to the common cold, but there are also those with this infection who show severe symptoms. These symptoms can occur especially in someone who is infected with HMPV for the first time. This reason makes children have great potential to be infected with this disease and shows severe symptoms.

Apart from children, the elderly aged 65 years and over also have great potential to experience severe symptoms of HMPV infection. Especially if the elderly have weak immunity and have problems with previous breathing.

As explained earlier, the symptoms that will appear when a person is exposed to HMPV resemble the common cold or are similar to the COVID-19 trial. Some of the symptoms that may appear are as follows.

Transmission of HMPV can occur between person and person. Transmission occurs through contact or droplet, for example as follows.

HMPV can attack anyone but the risk is greater for some vulnerable groups, namely as follows.

Reporting from Antara, Friday (3/02/2025), until now there has been no special treatment for handling HMPV. Handling will usually be given only to reduce certain symptoms that appear, such as using a fever reduction, cough reliever, and other drugs according to the symptoms they have.

In cases of severe HMPV infection, further treatment is needed, especially for children or patients who have certain health conditions.

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