中高齡小兒麻痺患者症候群問題 社福團體籲設統一門診窗口

中高齡小兒麻痺患者症候群問題 社福團體籲設統一門診窗口

 小兒麻痺症患者步入中高齡後有症候群問題,需要醫師與家屬更加了解患者的痛苦,並建立統一門診窗口,解決患者需求。(台南市慈光身障協會提供)

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小兒麻痺患者在邁入中高齡後需面對症候群問題,很多家屬與醫療人員並不清楚,台南東區扶輪社25日舉辦座談會,檢討過去看診的心得,建議醫療機構能開設統一門診窗口,設立特別門診與看診時段;並期許衛福部將小兒麻痺症候群相關教育,成為醫師換照的必修課題,以及培訓專門醫師。

台灣至少有4萬至10萬的小兒麻痺人口,小兒麻痺盛行於1955年至1966年期間,倖存的患者很多已步入中壯年,其中許多人已出現小兒麻痺症候群(簡稱PPS),患者開始抱怨有關節疼痛、肌肉痠痛、耐力減退或較易疲勞等症狀。

患者出現這些症狀,會找各科醫師(包括骨科、復健科、神經科)看診,但各科說法不同,更多患者針對出現PPS症狀後,苦惱不知該找哪科醫師。

台南東區扶輪社25日舉辦座談會,由成大名譽教授蔡景仁發表「建構小兒麻痺者健康醫療照護模式」,建議醫療機構能開設統一門診窗口,設立特別門診與看診時段。政府並需培訓相關專業醫師。

蔡景仁表示,小兒麻痺者與PPS者的最佳照護方式仍待探索,在還沒有研發出具有療效的藥物之前,醫療處置則需要有跨專業領域的醫療團隊,由個人化與全人醫療照護的基本原則出發。

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Polio this week as of 2 August 2017

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Polio this week as of 2 August 2017

  • Read the latest WHO & UNICEF situation report on the outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Syria.
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  • Pakistan and Afghanistan programs continue coordination at the national and sub-national levels, with special focus on improving the quality of program implementation (supplementary immunization activities & surveillance) in the southern corridor (Quetta Block – Greater Kandahar) with ongoing WPV1 transmission.
  • Summary of newly-reported viruses this week:  Pakistan – one new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)-positive environmental samples.  See country-specific section below, for more details.

Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases

Total cases Year-to-date 2017 Year-to-date 2016 Total in 2016
WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV
Globally 8 31 19 3 37 5
—In Endemic Countries 8 0 19 0 37 2
—In Non-Endemic Countries 0 31 0 3 0 3

Case breakdown by country

Countries Year-to-date 2017 Year-to-date 2016 Total in 2016 Onset of paralysis of most recent case
WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV
Afghanistan 5 0 6 0 13 0 19-Jun-2017 NA
Democratic Republic Of The Congo 0 4 0 0 0 0 NA 18-Apr-2017
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0 0 0 3 0 3 NA 11-Jan-2016
Nigeria 0 0 0 0 4 1 21-Aug-2016 28-Oct-2016
Pakistan 3 0 13 0 20 1 11-Jun-2017 17-Dec-2016
Syrian Arab Republic 0 27 0 0 0 0 NA 6-Jun-2017

NA: onset of paralysis in most recent case is prior to 2016. Figures exclude non-AFP sources. Lao PDR cVDPV1, all others cVDPV2. cVDPV definition: see document “Reporting and classification of vaccine-derived polioviruses” at [pdf]