More fever cases reported from Alappuzha

Monday, July 11, 2011: The hospitals in district are overflowing with patients due to the recent outbreak of rat fever, H1N1 and other contagious diseases in Alappuzha. According to sources, another person from Karuvatta has been confirmed with Typhoid.
As many as 578 fever cases have been reported in the district till Sunday. The Health Services director has warned against washing and bathing in murky waters and has instructed the use of gloves and socks for animal caretakers and agricultural workers to prevent the spread of rat fever.
They have also been directed to take a weekly preventive medicine, which is available at the primary health centres, free of cost. The symptoms of rat fever are high fever, headache, body ache, red eyes and muscle cramps.
The preventive measures aimed at mosquito control include destruction of mosquito breeding spots such as broken vessels, bottles, coconut shells, tyre, garden pots, sheaths of plants, hollows of trees and even the coconut shells used for collecting rubber latex, which will collect water in them. To prevent the spread of epidemics, patients are advised to use handkerchiefs while coughing and sneezing.
Those who have cold and cough are also advised complete rest at home.
Pregnant women, affected with fever, should consult a doctor at the earliest and get the appropriate treatment.

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