Wednesday, September 21, 2011: According to the recent reports, the
number of patients being hospitalized with dengue, yellow fever, cholera
and rat fever in the state is on the rise.
Until now 36 persons have died of rat fever in Kerala. In Kottayam
around 100 persons have been admitted to several hospitals with yellow
fever. The Health department authorities today informed that an expert
team of doctors will visit Kozhikode district in the view of the recent
outbreak of contagious diseases including cholera and rat fever.
Meanwhile the district collectors have called for a meeting of the
panchayat secretaries in Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod districts for
chalking out various steps to check the spread of various diseases.
Dengue has the symptoms of sudden high fever and severe headache,
pain behind the eyes and nausea. 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.
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