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| Waterborne diseases on increase, docs recommend preventive measures | | | Sandeep Bhat
Early Times report
Jammu, Sept 8: Though diarrhoea cases have been reported in the Jammu region, the numbers of cases of waterborne diseases like malaria and typhoid have started increasing dramatically during the rainy season.
With the onset of the monsoon, the number of persons complaining of malaria and typhoid at the OPD of the Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu, alone is more than 50 on any odd day.
On the other hand, the number of diarrhoea patients visiting the GMCH is approximately 200 per day while at Shri Maharaja Ghulab Singh Hospital nearly 30-50 patients (children below five years) are reportedly visiting the OPD everyday.
Health experts at the GMCH maintain that incessant rain leading to stagnation of water in low-lying areas, besides a sudden fall and rise in the temperature have been causing diseases.
They believe that poor sanitary conditions, contaminated food and wrong dietary habits are also responsible for the spread of diseases during the monsoon. The malaria and typhoid cases are more prevalent among non-vegetarians, they add.
"The under-construction sites, potholed roads and lanes, pits in and around the localities provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other disease causing germs," says Dr Bharat Bhushan Gupta, Head of Department, Medicine, and Head, Division of Gastroenterology at the GMCH. "People should take care that water in the water-coolers are changed periodically, as stagnant water could be a breeding ground for mosquitoes," he said. "Flies and mosquito repellants should be used, boiled water, hygienic food and only pasteurized milk should be consumed."
Another physician, Dr Kewal Krishan, says the symptoms of weakness, cold and tiredness should not be ignored, as these could be the symptoms of typhoid. "People should immediately consult a physician for headache, backache, diarrhoea, constipation and loss of appetite."
"If tongue becomes dry and develops white patches in the middle causing oily tastes in the mouth, it could also be a symptom of typhoid, besides inflammation of bones," Dr Kewal adds. "Patients should take complete bed rest and live on liquid or easily digestible diet till the fever subsides," he recommends. |
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