[Comprehensive] Anti-mite masks become explosive models for e-commerce big data or national health indicators

This year, in winter, the city was surrounded by haze and many northern cities once faced with masks. The reporter visited a number of pharmacies in Beijing and learned that, whether it is medical masks or anti-mite masks against PM2.5, the sales volume in January this year rose by 3 to 40% compared to usual. At the same time, sales of health-protection products such as masks, air purifiers, and PM2.5 detectors on major e-commerce platforms also rose sharply.

According to the “2016 National Health Big Data” report released recently by the “Ping Ming Hao Doctor”, the largest mobile internet health care service platform in China, the number of daily average mask sales has been 3842 since the beginning of winter in 2016. One can see that in the face of air pollution, masks have become an important “just-needed” on the user’s health shopping list. At the same time, the sales volume of lungs and cough medicines such as autumn pear paste, fat sea, and Chuanbei ointment also increased significantly.

At the same time, according to data from Pingyao's doctors' interviews, the amount of consultations on respiratory diseases has increased by nearly 30% since the beginning of winter this year, among which children under 5 years of age and those aged over 60 accounted for 63.1%.

"Every time a smog day comes, the number of users who come to the inquiry for respiratory problems will increase a lot, and the symptoms will mainly focus on uncomfortable throat, poor breathing, and coughing." Dr. Xie Hong, senior medical director of the doctor, told the reporter, "The respiratory tract Is the most sensitive part of the air pollution response, for patients with poor health, especially the elderly and children, before the doctor can use the mobile medical APP for a simple pre-judgment, the use of online consulting platform and take scientific and reasonable measures to reduce The frequency of going to the hospital will reduce the frequency of secondary illnesses that occur during outbreaks of respiratory diseases, and prevent cross-infection during hospital visits and visits.