 Dr. Tanvi Gupta
Little knowledge about
basic amenities can keep us
healthy. Water borne diseases are any illness caused by drinking water contaminated by human or animal faces which contain pathogenic organisms. In simple words it is referred as infectious diseases which spreads through water.
Main causes.
Taking bath in contaminated water.
Drinking contaminated water.
Washing, using contaminated water.
Consumption of food which is made using infected water.
Some of the common water borne diseases are Typhoid, Diarrhea, Cholera, Dysentery, Giardia, Hepatitis, Polio etc.
General symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea, lethargy, allergic reactions, chills, vomiting and in severe cases liver enlargement, jaundice, aseptic meningitis.
Principle of treatment
There are two ways to treat infectious diseases.
One is to reduce the effect of the disease and the other way is to kill the cause of the disease.first part include medical assistance like making use of antibiotics .second part includes social awareness and is much more important because prevention is always better than cure. Various preventive measures are
Drink clean water.
Use clean water for washing fruits vegetables utensils.
Stop discharging toxic substance into river lake etc
These diseases are extremely harmful not only to persons health but to their productivity and to the welfare of the community. So it is important that suitable panacea should be taken. |
