'Be hygienic to keep dengue at bay'

'Be hygienic to keep dengue at bay'

LARGE number of patients affected from dengue-Like diseases are seen in some parts of the district and therefore the public are getting panicky They should go to the hospitals and take proper treatment. Hygiene is the only way to keep oneself away from the infection.

The District Health Department has been taking all possible efforts to prevent the spread of dengue. informed Ashutosh Salil. Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad Chandrapur.

An awareness workshop was organised at Panchayat Samili, Rajura under the joint auspices Zilla Parishad. Chandrapur and District Health Department in the chief presence of Ashutosh Salil. Ankush Kedar. Additional Chief Executive Officer. Dr Deepak Selokar. Assistant Director. Leprosy Department. Dnyaneshwar Sapate. Block Development Officer. PS Rajura. and Nannaware. District Malaria Officer. Sarpanch. Gram Sewaks. School Headmasters, and employees of the Health Department in RajuraTaluka were largely present.

Dr Selokar acquainted the villagers with the causes, symptoms. and remedies of dengue. He remarkably focused on the reasons of dengue and precauiions to be taken to keep away from the infection of the disease. Dr Selokar further informed (hat the dengue is caused by mosquito- Aedes Aegypti.

Aedes Aegypti is found in the rural as well as urban areas and it grows in the water accumulated in empty pots, tins, lyres, plastic bottles, disposable cups, glasses, cooler tanks and other such things stored in the houses or surrounding areas. The symptoms of dengue are severe fever, vomitting. severe headache, pain in the eyes, and red rashes/pimples on the skin. The platelets in the patient's body get decreased to a great extent and may cause death due to heavy bleeding or shock.

The fact is that there are no medicines for dengue but regular pills of paracetamol, drinking maximum water and taking medicines as per the symptoms are the solutions to reduce the intensity of dengue. Therefore the patients, in spite of getting panicky of the disease, should go to the nearby hospital and take proper treatment, said Dr Selokar.

It was also informed that disposal of the empty pots, tins, tyres, plastic bottles, disposable cups, glasses, cooler tanks and other such things where water is accumulated is the only precaution to keep away from the infection of the disease,

Posted in: News 2014