Arnaldus Department advised follow medical recommendations during a cold snap.

Valencia, January 2012- the Department of health Valencia – Arnau of Vilanova – Lliria recalls the importance of follow during these dates follow the recommendations issued by the Ministry of health in its campaign of prevention and attention to health problems resulting from the cold is intense in the Comunitatframed within the programme of prevention and attention to health problems resulting from extreme temperatures.

With this campaign, the Ministry of health reports on its website on the risks of cold in the Comunitat. From the direction we want to help spread these recommendations, always ensuring the best care to our patients ”, points Alberto Monforte, Manager of the Department.

The program activated health emphasizes the special attention during the months of cold to risk groups such as older persons, the infants and nursing mothers, people with chronic illness, the poor, and people who do sports outdoors in cold areas and the Group of climbersmountaineers, or hunters.

Vaccination campaign

Seasonal flu vaccination campaign, which aims to prevent the disease and its potential complications, still active. From the direction affect the importance of especially risk groups come to your health care center and be vaccinated.

Persons at high risk include adults or children with chronic cardiorespiratory disease; and the chronically ill living in closed institutions.

On the other hand the moderate risk group includes patients with chronic metabolic processes, renal dysfunction, Hemoglobinopathies, or immunocompromised, over the age of 59 years, children subjected to treatments with salicylates, pregnant women, and people with morbid obesity.