Rainy season ․․․ Season of diseases
There is a risk of spreading various types of diseases in them
After rains and floods in the rainy season, there is a great risk of spreading various types of diseases that can take an epidemic form. To control these diseases, it is very important to follow simple and general preventive measures. Diseases caused by rains and floods are water-borne diseases, malaria, eye diseases, skin diseases.
Different types of germs are found in dirty water. Drinking or using contaminated water causes most of the stomach and intestinal diseases. For example, cholera, periodical fever, dysentery, diarrhea, indigestion, stomach worms, etc.
The following preventive measures must be followed to avoid these diseases.
1. Clean water should be used for drinking and if possible, boil water during epidemic days and use it for drinking and cooking.
2. Avoid eating rotten fruits and raw vegetables. Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before using them.
3. Keep food and drink items well covered to protect them from flies. Because flies play an important role in spreading germs of various diseases from one place to another.
4. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water before cooking. Dirty hands cause disease.
5. In case of diarrhea, give children salt water and continue other foods. Salt water can also be given to adults.
6. During epidemics, everyone should get vaccinated against diseases.
Malaria fever is caused by a germ that enters the blood of a healthy person through a mosquito bite and causes the disease.
After rains and floods, dirty water accumulates in the form of ponds and pools. Mosquitoes easily breed in such places. These mosquitoes bite humans while they are sleeping or awake and cause malaria fever. To avoid this, close the dirty water ponds and pools in your surroundings with lime or soil so that mosquitoes cannot breed in these places.
Cover yourself while sleeping at night to avoid mosquitoes and use mosquito nets if possible. Spray mosquito repellent in your homes. In case of malaria fever, use medicines as per the doctor's advice. Take the full course of medicine so that the malaria germs can be completely eliminated from the body.
Due to the humidity in the air and the fog caused by the sun due to rains and floods, there is a high possibility of eye diseases increasing.
There may be a risk of eye irritation and even eye ulcers. There may be swelling, irritation, and watery eyes. To avoid all of these, it is very important to follow the following safety measures. Children should be strictly prohibited from bathing in dirty water from rain, streams, and ponds. Eyes should be washed with clean water several times a day.
Consult a doctor if eye pain worsens.
There is a great risk of outbreaks of boils and scabies in flood and rain-affected areas. Follow the following safety measures to avoid skin diseases. People of all ages should take special care of body hygiene. Young children should be kept clean and bathed with clean water.
In case of scabies, do not use other healthy people's items in the house. If one person in the house gets scabies, then all the members of the house should use the medicine to relieve scabies. In case of scabies on the body, one should avoid scratching because the germs can transfer to the wounds formed by the scabies and take the form of boils.
In the months of July and August, the heat intensity and sun exposure increase. It gets so hot that everyone runs away from home. It becomes difficult to leave the house. Nature has designed the body in such a way that when it gets very hot, the human skin acts as an air conditioner and sweating makes a person feel some comfort and coolness.
Going out in extreme heat and sunlight can cause heatstroke, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. In sunstroke, the person becomes completely paralyzed due to the extreme heat. In this condition, there is no sweating at all. The temperature reaches 106 degrees Fahrenheit, and the skin becomes completely dry. In such a situation, the patient should be immediately taken to a cool place and massaged with cold compresses on the arms and legs, and the patient should be taken to the hospital immediately.
Apart from sunstroke, excessive sweating in high heat leads to a severe deficiency of water and salt in the body. In such a situation, there is severe pain in the stomach and legs and there is a feeling of great weakness. If sweat and salts are excreted from the body in large quantities, then the person becomes completely dehydrated in this situation. In this situation too, immediate medical aid is required. In such a situation, the deficiency of water and salts is immediately corrected through drip.
To avoid sunburn and the ravages of sunstroke in the heat of the day, follow the following tips:
1. Do not go out unnecessarily in high heat, especially during the day.
2. When going out, be sure to wear a cloth or towel. From time to time, wet the cloth and put it on your head.
3. When going out,
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