Monsoon Diseases - How to stay away
Hepatitis and typhoid: Eating out is a strict no-no during monsoons. Instead, stick to homemade food and drink only boiled water to avoid hepatitis.
Leptospirosis: With puddles and dirty water everywhere, you need to be extra careful about leptospirosis. Take a shower as soon as you reach home and wash your feet.
Cholera: Food contamination is quite common during monsoons. Hence, make sure you eat warm and freshly cooked food, cover your food, wash your hands with soap and water and drink filtered water.
Malaria and dengue: Monsoons and mosquitoes go hand-in-hand. This season, use mosquito screens, spray insecticides, avoid storing water and use mosquito repellent devices/creams to prevent diseases caused by mosquitoes.
Cough and cold: Reached office or college in wet clothes? Don't stay wet for long. Always carry a pair of socks and clothes in your bag on a rainy day.
Stomach infections: During monsoons, your ability to digest food decreases and chances of food contamination is high. So, drink a lot of water, eat easy-to-digest and warm food, wash your hands and avoid raw or undercooked food.
Fungal infections: The folds of the skin (like armpits) and space between toes are ideal breeding grounds for fungus during monsoons. Hence, keep your body dry, wear sandals (as they allow fresh air) or use anti-fungal soaps while bathing. For kids clean between toes with ear buds. more
Leptospirosis: With puddles and dirty water everywhere, you need to be extra careful about leptospirosis. Take a shower as soon as you reach home and wash your feet.
Cholera: Food contamination is quite common during monsoons. Hence, make sure you eat warm and freshly cooked food, cover your food, wash your hands with soap and water and drink filtered water.
Malaria and dengue: Monsoons and mosquitoes go hand-in-hand. This season, use mosquito screens, spray insecticides, avoid storing water and use mosquito repellent devices/creams to prevent diseases caused by mosquitoes.
Cough and cold: Reached office or college in wet clothes? Don't stay wet for long. Always carry a pair of socks and clothes in your bag on a rainy day.
Stomach infections: During monsoons, your ability to digest food decreases and chances of food contamination is high. So, drink a lot of water, eat easy-to-digest and warm food, wash your hands and avoid raw or undercooked food.
Fungal infections: The folds of the skin (like armpits) and space between toes are ideal breeding grounds for fungus during monsoons. Hence, keep your body dry, wear sandals (as they allow fresh air) or use anti-fungal soaps while bathing. For kids clean between toes with ear buds. more
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very useful thread. Must be brought to the attention of authorities. A must step in order for collective public health. Sadly, this will go unnoticed. Our expenditure on cleaning city must go high and a serious cleanliness and drainage cleaning regime is required to be in place. MCD so far has failed to deliver the same. more
Jul 17
GOOD Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Shikha Jain" To: Subject: New post "Monsoon Diseases - How to..." in [All about Health in Delhi] Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2015 4:06 PM more
Jul 17
Waterborne diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that most commonly are transmitted in contaminated fresh water. Infection commonly results during bathing, washing, drinking, in the preparation of food, or the consumption of food thus infected. According to doctors, waterlogging on roads and lanes of city localities are an open invitation of water-borne diseases and corrective measures should be taken to keep diseases at bay. Several cases of water-borne diseases have been reported at the hospital with the onset of monsoon. Preventive measures should be made mandatory in hospitals before starting monsoon. Prevention is always better than cure.. more
Jul 16
