Beware and Prevent 8 Disease of the Flood Season

Beware and Prevent 8 Disease of the Flood Season

The rainy season in Indonesia is characterized by high rainfall. Heavy rain with extreme weather changes often bring many health problems ranging from flu, typhus, dengue fever and others. How to prevent it? Especially if there is a flood like that recently came. Floods often cause problems for health but also affect health. Many infectious diseases that come from flooding.

Variety of Disease of the Flood Season

River overflowing when it rains either a little or a lot will get a dirty puddle that enters the house.
A flood will bring a dirty puddle into the house. It is certain to kill various germs such as W. coli, Salmonella and Shigella, Hepatitis virus, typhus, and others.

This variety of viruses, germs and bacteria is the result of household pollutants, factory waste, agriculture, which are carried into sewage water, food waste, human and passing feces, carcasses, pesticides and insecticide poisons, fertilizers, various metals due to rusty building pipes, and others . No wonder when flooding, many diseases also come to flood-affected residents.

The following is a list of diseases that you should be aware of during the flood season:

Diarrhea

Diarrhea is one of the many infections that occur in all developing countries. WHO records that every year around 2 million children around the world dominate under 5 years of age die from diarrhea. Indonesia is a country with a figure of around 8.5 percent (170 thousand) of children who die from diarrhea.

Generally occurs due to lack of clean environment, a little availability of clean water, lack of nutrients in the body that is lost due to reduced amount of body fluids along with diarrhea. Generally diarrhea is experienced by many infants and children, people with bad conditions, and who have weak immunity.

Symptoms of diarrhea such as abdominal pain, frequent and defecation (bowel movements), severe stomach cramps and fever. At a serious level, diarrhea can be mixed with mucus and blood.
The cause of diarrhea is due to consumption of food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, or parasites. There are diarrhea sufferers who can recover after a few days but some can take a long time. In the rainy season and flood this diarrhea caused by salmonella, shigellam and cholera.

Dengue fever

Dengue fever (DHF) is also an infectious disease that is often experienced in Indonesia during the transition season, especially in January. Because it needs special attention to prevent dengue fever. The disease caused by Aedes Aegepti mosquito bites is not only experienced by children, but also adults.

Symptoms begin with a fever with a rash, severe headaches, back pain, muscle and joint pain, and rashes. Not a few people who sometimes underestimate this disease, and come to the doctor when it is severe and can not be helped. Need attention to immediately see a doctor and do a blood check in the laboratory to get certainty of dengue fever or not. If there are symptoms of an unknown disease in your family, you should consult a doctor.

Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)

ARI is a condition when a person experiences an infection in the respiratory tract such as the nose, throat, and lungs. Symptoms of ARI are actually like flu, fever, cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain. ARI is generally caused by viruses, bacteria or organisms that come from unhealthy environments. During the rainy season or floods with high humidity levels can increase the risk of ARI. Generally, ARI is experienced by children and the elderly who have weak immune systems.

Malaria

Indonesia is one that has a high rate of malaria. Even though the number has tended to decrease, we need to be aware. The existence of a pool of water due to heavy rain or flooding from a river or gutter overflow can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes. This condition can increase the risk of malaria. Symptoms of malaria are fever, chills and acute fatigue. Malaria is not treated immediately, it will be fatal because it can disrupt blood supply to vital organs.

Typhoid fever

This disease generally occurs frequently during the rainy season or flood season. Data from the Ministry of Health noted that this disease is experienced by around 81 percent for every one hundred thousand people. In society there is often a misunderstanding by equating typhus and typhus, even though these two terms are different. Typhoid fever (typhus) is an infection that occurs in the small intestine due to Salmonella bacteria in feces or animal feces, and can then infect humans through contaminated water and food. Typhus is a disease caused by Rickettsia bacteria that does not appear in Indonesia.

What are the symptoms of typhoid fever? These symptoms are headache, nausea, fever that does not go away, no appetite, and sometimes accompanied by diarrhea. Typhoid fever, if not treated immediately, will be fatal and a combination of infections such as liver, gallbladder, pneumonia, meningitis, kidney disorders and heart valves.

Influenza or Flu

One common disease during the rainy season or flood season is flu. The flu itself is actually one of the many diseases that are experienced by the people of Indonesia. The flu is caused by influenza viruses type A, B, or C. The way this virus is transmitted is through exposure to bodily fluids such as saliva, snot infections, which can be transmitted through the mouth, count, hands that have been contaminated with flu viruses.

The flu will attack the respiratory system and will cause symptoms of dizziness, fever, cough, aching, aches, sore throat, weakness, and others. Flu is generally not dangerous, but for some people like the elderly who have weaker body conditions can cause serious pneumonia.

Asthma

Cold weather that often accompanies the rainy season can be a trigger for asthma attacks on sufferers. When a person breathes quickly, the exchanged air does not get warm, thereby increasing cooling and swelling of the airways.

The presence of rainfall and flooding will generally make the air more humid and cooler. For people with asthma this condition can trigger asthma attacks. Especially if many elderly people who have a history of asthma will often recur. Asthma is characterized by shortness of breath and in severe conditions the sound of breathing is interrupted or sounds 'ngik-ngik.' In severe asthma conditions can cause fatality and result in death. Do not underestimate asthma, especially in children and the elderly.

Leptospirosis

This disease is also a subscription when there is a flood. This disease is an acute infection due to leptospira bacteria that is transmitted by animals, namely mice. This disease is the only epidemic infection transmitted directly through polluted water. These bacteria enter the body through the skin, bruised or open sores, eyes that come in contact with dirty water or flood.

Symptoms that are felt in leptospirosis infections include: mild headache, muscle aches, fever to the presence of severe bleeding in the lungs. If not treated, leptospirosis will cause kidney damage, meningitis, respiratory problems, liver failure, and even lead to death.

Prevent Flood Season Disease

Maintaining health for the whole family remains a family priority. During the rainy season provide maximum protection so that your family does not experience serious illness. Preventing being one of the best ways to maintain health, including:

Strive to get clean water for use

• Be sure to wash your hands with soap especially before eating
• Wash thoroughly all food ingredients
• Check the whole family carefully, if anyone is sick immediately to
• Give more attention to toddlers and the elderly because they are generally more susceptible to disease
• To ensure an illness immediately to the doctor and check the laboratory or other examination
• Clothes try to dry and clean so as not to get sick
• After the flood subsides, clean all furniture affected by the flood with disinfection or anti-bacterial
• Use anti-mosquito lotion to avoid diseases caused by mosquito bites
• Clean the water storage area in the bathroom and inundated areas to avoid the spread of mosquito-borne diseases
• Strengthen the body's condition with healthy food and if necessary consumption of vitamins and supplements

Seeing the many diseases during the rainy season and flood season it is fitting for everyone to take better care of the health of the whole family, especially children and the elderly.

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