3 dangerous diseases attack people after floods

The environment is often seriously polluted by sewage from sewers, sanitation facilities dissolved in water. This is the cause of some outbreaks.

3 diseases easily break out after flooding

According to preventive health experts, after the flood and storm, there are three major disease groups that often break out in residential areas.

The first is a group of diseases that arise directly from diseases in the flood and storm areas . These include some dermatological diseases such as interstitial fungus, onychomycosis; finger interstitial inflammation, toes (folk called 'foot-feeding water'); rashes; dermatitis .; pink eye.

After the flood, environmental pollution caused many diseases to break out

Accordingly, eye diseases and skin infections are mainly transmitted by dirty water. So it is necessary to regularly bathe and wash your face with water made in, disinfect to prevent eye pain and skin diseases. Next are common gastrointestinal diseases such as cholera, dysentery, typhoid, bacterial infection, food poisoning caused by other bacteria (E.coli, Campylobacter .) or amoeba, Giardia. This group of diseases is usually easy to cause fluids with basic symptoms such as abdominal pain, tenacity, acute diarrhea.

Hepatitis A and E viruses, some diseases such as pinkeye, otitis media infections . or Leptospira bacterial disease can also occur in flooded areas although the frequency is less frequent.

The third is the group of diseases arising due to disease vectors arising strongly after floods and storms. This is dengue fever, fever due to the highly contagious virus and widespread outbreak. Typical of these are dengue fever, viral fever and malaria fever. Stagnant water, hot and humid weather enable mosquitoes and viruses to proliferate causing illness for humans. Therefore, the best way to prevent disease is to kill mosquitoes, kill larvae (larvae) and prevent mosquito bites.

Kill the larvae by dropping the guppies and flagfish into the water storage areas to kill the larvae. Removal of mosquito breeding sites: collection and disposal of waste items around the house are places that can contain rainwater to create mosquito breeding sites such as broken bottles, butter tubes, shells and coconut shells, tires .; Cover water containers such as water tanks, jars, pots, and jars; Turn over water containers when not in use. Put salt or small kerosene into the bowl of the foot of the cup (cupboard), regularly replace the flowerpot (cotton vase). Spray insecticide chemicals around the residence.

Mosquito control by: wearing long pants, long-sleeved shirts, especially children. Sleep in the curtain even during the day. Use mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent cream, electric mosquito net to kill mosquitoes . Impregnate mosquito repellent into blankets, curtains. For patients with dengue or malaria in the curtain, avoid mosquito bites and transmit the disease to others.

To proactively implement disease prevention measures, not to spread disease, outbreaks, Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health has just issued a recommendation: People need to eat cooked, cooked and cooked. Ensure food safety, regularly wash your hands with soap.

Perform water wash, water wells, water containers and use chemicals such as Cloramin B or Aquatabs or other chemicals recommended by the Ministry of Health to disinfect water used for eating and living.

In addition, people need to ensure environmental sanitation by sprinting to where to clean the environment there, organizing the collection, processing and burying animal corpses. Use powdered lime or chemicals recommended by the Ministry of Health to handle burial. Spray insecticidal chemicals to spread disease in areas at risk.