How To Avoid The Spread Of Influenza Especially In Winter

Use of Nebulizer and Inhaler for Respiratory Treatment

Question:

How to avoid spread of infection mainly influenza in winter.

The medical consultant of the Meteorological Office’s Health Forecast Unit, DR. William Bird has stated that winter is the season where more than average numbers of people are carrying influenza due to extreme chilly weather. At the winter season, the outer virus hardens to a rubbery gel, which can shield the virus whenever it passes person to person.  On the other hand, at warm temperature that protective gel melts into a liquid phase. In last year, around 9 million children under the age of 18 have faced asthma among which 4 million of them have faced massive attack (health.gov.au, 2017). After this kind of incident, large numbers of medical practitioners have raised their serious concern on how to avoid the spread of influenza especially in winter. Therefore, while conducting an in-depth research I have decided to select this specific topic in order to get a solution on how to avoid the rate of infection especially influenza in the winter season. 

In order to give a healthy and happy life to the society I have focused on making a critical evaluation on how to avoid the spread of influenza especially in the season of winter. While going through different reliable and valid papers I have come to know that the rate of using nebulizer is huge than using inhaler. Different scholars have provided their own opinion regarding the importance of using inhaler for a patient having problem in respiratory. I have gathered different kinds of opinion from different resources. A group of medical practitioners opines that with the emergence of technology the process of medical treatment is changing gradually. In order to make the entire process of treatment quick and systematic the doctors prefer to use nebulizer instead of inhaler. Children especially have to face innumerable difficulties in using inhaler (Rosenthal et al., 2012). However, it has been observed in the medical scenario that massive infection is getting spread from person to person due to the increasing rate of using nebulizer. Especially in winter, people are facing innumerable infectious diseases due to the rapid growth of using nebulizer. Therefore, I have selected this particular issue for conducting detailed overview on how to avoid rapid growth of influenza especially in winter.

We often experience the high body temperature during the winter season. We have named it as the Flu, which is even considered as Influenza. It is notable that during the winter season, people face misbalancing in their respiratory systems that is popularly known as ‘cold’. When it goes in the severe form, we call it ‘flu’. We characterize ‘flu’ by the quite sudden onset of feverishness that creates chills, headache, nasal discharge, loss of appetite, and muscle aches. It is important for us to understand the concept of influenza at the initial stage. Influenza is conceptualized as a microscopic infectious virus that invades the cells of our body and causes cold. Influenza is highly contagious and it spread via sneezes and coughs of an infected person. It is experimented that during the winter, the cover or envelop of the influenza virus becomes hard to a rubbery gel and spread from one person to another. On the contrary, this influenza virus turns out to be in a liquid form during the warmer temperature. This liquid phase is incapable of protecting the virus against the elements due to which the virus cannot spread from person to person. At the severe level of the influenza attack, we often notice that kids struggle with their respiratory systems. The doctors prescribe the help from inhaler for the instant oxygen flow and when it becomes severe, the nebulizer is used.

Differentiation Between Use of MDI and Nebulizer

Inhalation process helps in delivering the route for the treatment of both non-pulmonary and pulmonary conditions. An asthmatic child faces difficulties in the respiratory system when the influenza virus attacks the health. The current marketplace has the quick respond to the changes as per the requirements. The inhaler has the instant solution for the respiratory issues when the flu attacks the asthmatic patients. On the other hand the nebulizer is a device, which takes the liquid solutions that later turns into the fine mist for inhalation process. We have noticed that inhaling through nebulizer is much time consuming whereas inhaler works instantly with the pump suction system. The influenza attacked patients are sometimes admitted to the hospital where they are treated with different medical instruments. When the nebulizer is used for the patients, it may carry the influenza virus from one person to another. Hence, it is quite clear that the influenza virus spread through the nebulizer machine. However, in case of inhaler, the risk is less. The simple metered-dose inhaler or MDI is quite user-friendly and provides the instant solutions. People can carry the inhaler in their pocket whereas nebulizer takes the space and time to use. There is the misconception that nebulizer therapy is quite stronger than the MDI. However, we have observed that the use of MDI is more effective for protecting people from being infected.

The study has been much analytical that helped me in gathering the adequate knowledge about the disease and the origin of the disease. When I research about any particular are of study, it is essential for me to clarify the conceptual ideas about the subject matter. In this research area, I started gathering information about the origin of the influenza virus that affects the human body. During the cold temperature, the infectious germs transmitted mostly from person to person. The asthmatic patients sometimes suffer more during the cold season as their respiratory system becomes misbalanced. The asthmatic patients are generally looking for the instant solution when they identify the respiratory malfunctioning. This capstone experience has been much promising for me to understand about the instant treatment that would be useful for the people who have been suffering from influenza virus. I have recognized that the influenza virus can be transmitted through the nebulizer machines during the clinical treatment. However, the use of the inhaler machine is quite safer in such regards. It was important for me to learn about the basic differentiation between the use of MDI and Nebulizer in terms of transmission of the viruses. It has been observed that the flu or the influenza disease is mostly seen when the temperature goes lower. The continuous degradation of health may cause the severe respiratory issues for the asthmatic patients. Hence, in such cases, it is necessary to avail the proper treatment for recovering the patients from such severe issues.

This experience of this capstone study is quite helpful for me in understanding the medical field and the relevant treatment for the patients. Gathering the adequate knowledge about the origin of the disease is necessary to analyze the condition of the human health. I have learnt that Influenza is highly contagious and it spread via sneezes and coughs of an infected person. It is experimented that during the winter, the cover or envelop of the influenza virus becomes hard to a rubbery gel and spread from one person to another. The influenza attacked patients are sometimes admitted to the hospital where they are treated with different medical instruments. When the nebulizer is used for the patients, it may carry the influenza virus from one person to another. Hence, it is quite clear that the influenza virus spread through the nebulizer machine. I could differentiate the use of inhaler and the nebulizer in the medical industry. The experience and the knowledge would help me in understanding the recovering method. The long term learning would even helpful for me to research on the relevant areas that need special concentration on the human health. 

Transmission of the Influenza Virus in the Winter Season

While dealing with the experience I have primarily focused to give an in-depth overview on how to reduce the rate of influenza in the season of winter. While dealing with the issue I have paid concentration on evaluating the effectiveness of inhaler and nebulizer for reducing the rate of infection. I have made an effective comparative analysis over there whether inhaler is more effective than nebulizer in reducing the respiratory disease. At the same time, it is undeniable that several factors are there due to which the rate of infection is getting increased effectively. However, while evaluating I have identified some of the major areas, which I can improve while analyzing my experience. The steps of improving the capstone experience are as follows:

• The data that I have collected for evaluating the ways of reducing infection in winter could have been more contemporary
• I could have focused on discussing the steps of reducing the rate of infection in winter rather than sticking to the effectiveness of nebulizer and inhaler only
• I have evaluated the entire issue based on secondary data collection technique. However, in order to make the research more effectively I could have conducted an effective primary data analysis as well. The primary purpose of primary data collection method is to directly communicate with the respondents. In this specific research issue, I could have involved the patients directly in order to collect an immediate response from them. As a result, I would be able to gather data and information on how the patients are getting infected due to the use of nebulizer excessively.
• In addition, while sharing my experience I could have involved the opinion of some of the eminent scholars in a detailed way for making the paper more relevant.

In order to evaluate this particular issue on how to reduce the rate of influenza in winter I have used Gibbs model for analyzing the issue critically. This particular model is constituted with six major factors, which are as follows:

Description: (description of the issue)

After making an in-depth research on the rate of spreading influenza it has been observed that winter is the season where the rate of influenza is getting highly increased. In this kind of situation, large number of people in this specific season is facing disastrous consequence after being affected in this situation (Huang et al., 2013). Therefore, I have identified the possible ways on how to reduce the rate of infection in the season of winter.  

Feelings:

I have chosen this specific topic after observing the huge number of people who are affected in influenza. In addition, I have also observed that people-using inhaler is the most effective solution of reducing the rate of influenza. Nebulizer cannot measure the dose of a medicine properly.

Evaluation:

In quest of giving a healthy and happy life to the society I have focused on making a critical evaluation on how to avoid the spread of influenza especially in the season of winter. While going through different reliable and valid papers I have come to know that the rate of using nebulizer is huge than using inhaler.

Analysis:

I have analyzed that with the emergence of technology the process of medical treatment is changing gradually. In order to make the entire process of treatment quick and systematic the doctors prefer to use nebulizer instead of inhaler.

Conclusion:

In the medical scenario is can be stated that massive infection is getting spread from person to person due to the increasing rate of using nebulizer. Especially in winter, people are facing innumerable infectious diseases due to the rapid growth of using nebulizer.

In order to reduce the rate of infection an effective action plan can be implemented which is as follows:

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Rosenthal, V. D., Álvarez-Moreno, C., Villamil-Gómez, W., Singh, S., Ramachandran, B., Navoa-Ng, J. A., … & Arrieta, P. (2012). Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care units of 5 developing countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium findings. American journal of infection control, 40(6), 497-501.

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