Heat, polluted water cause acute diarrhoea
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Scorching heat and acute crisis of drinking water are causing various diseases, particularly diarrhoea, with around 1,000 people - mostly children and slum-dwellers - hospitalised everyday at ICDDR,B in the city, reports UNB.
Expert physicians said the patients with complaint of serious dehydration are getting admitted to the ICDDR,B everyday, and their number is about 4-5 times higher than the number in normal situation.
"Everyday around 1,000 diarrhoea patients got admitted to ICDDR,B over the last few days, and most came here with severe diarrhoea," said a physician of ICDDR,B at Mohakhali in the city.
Identifying the combination of scorching heat and contaminated water as the "first reason" for diarrhoea, she said the diarrhoea germs during this season can easily affect the people, and cause the disease. "Many patients come from the city's slum areas, which suffer from chronic shortage of pure drinking water."
She also informed that some patients are affected with viral diarrhoea that gets cured after some days even without treatment.
Expert physicians said the patients with complaint of serious dehydration are getting admitted to the ICDDR,B everyday, and their number is about 4-5 times higher than the number in normal situation.
"Everyday around 1,000 diarrhoea patients got admitted to ICDDR,B over the last few days, and most came here with severe diarrhoea," said a physician of ICDDR,B at Mohakhali in the city.
Identifying the combination of scorching heat and contaminated water as the "first reason" for diarrhoea, she said the diarrhoea germs during this season can easily affect the people, and cause the disease. "Many patients come from the city's slum areas, which suffer from chronic shortage of pure drinking water."
She also informed that some patients are affected with viral diarrhoea that gets cured after some days even without treatment.