水痘：去年英格兰有超过3000名儿童住院
摘要
英国卫生安全局（UKHSA）的新数据显示，去年英格兰有超过3000名18岁以下的年轻人因水痘住院。1 5岁及以下儿童首当其冲，占2025年向UKHSA各地区卫生防护团队报告的所有临床水痘病例的70%以上。住院率最高的是最年幼的儿童：1岁以下儿童的住院率峰值最高，为每10万人5.8例，而1-4岁儿童为每10万人2.3例。虽然水痘通常可自行好转，2 但该感染可导致更严重的并发症，如胸部感染和惊厥3，需要住院治疗。UKHSA表示，这些数字仅反映了该国水痘真实负担的“一小部分”
English
More than 3000 young people under 18 were admitted to hospital with chickenpox in England last year, new data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show.1Children aged 5 and under bore the brunt of the illness, accounting for over 70% of all clinical chickenpox reports made to regional UKHSA health protection teams in 2025.The highest rates of hospital admission were seen in the youngest children: those aged under 1 had the greatest peak admission rates of 5.8 per 100 000, which compared with 2.3 per 100 000 in 1-4 year olds.While chickenpox usually gets better on its own,2 the infection can lead to more serious complications such as chest infections and fits3 that require hospital treatment.The UKHSA said that the figures captured “only a fraction” of the true national burden of chic