#rat fever

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මේ වසරේ ගතවූ කාල සීමාව තුළ මී උණ රෝගීන් 3317 ක් වාර්තා වී ඇති බව සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය පවසන අතර වැඩිම මී උණ රෝගීන් පිරිසක් රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් වාර්තා වී ඇත.

වැඩිම රෝගීන් පිරිසක් මැයි මාසයේදී වාර්තා වී ඇති බවත්, ජනවාරි, මාර්තු හා ජූනි මාසවලදී ද රෝගීන් 717 ක් වාර්තා වී ඇති බවත් එහි වසංගත රෝග විද්‍යා අංශය පවසයි.

ලෙප්ටොස්පයිරෝසිස් ලෙස හැදින්වෙන මෙම රෝගී තත්ත්වය සාමාන්‍ය ව්‍යවහාරයේදී මී උණ ලෙසින්…

New Post has been published on https://www.thisdaynews.net/2018/09/04/breaking-news-india-battles-rat-fever-outbreak-after-worst-floods-in-a-century/

Breaking News: India battles ‘rat fever’ outbreak after worst floods in a century

The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after the worst flooding in a century.

A health ministry spokesman said as of Sunday there had been nearly 200 confirmed cases of what is locally called rat fever.

The rat fever is the waterborne disease leptospirosis transmitted via the urine of infected animals, with symptoms including muscle pain and fever.

The surge in cases comes after torrential rain beginning on Aug. 8 flooded almost the entire state, killing hundreds of peoples destroying thousands of homes and causing at least 200 billion rupees (2.81 billion dollars) worth of damage.

Health Minister K.K. Shailaja said that the health ministry began distributing preventive medicine in September and warned about the outbreak of leptospirosis and other waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera.

Local media reported three leptospirosis deaths on Monday.

“The victims had unfortunately not taken preventive medicine,” the minister said.

Overall, nine deaths from the disease have been confirmed, but the number may rise to over 40 pending full medical reports, the ministry spokesman said.

Leptospirosis rarely spreads from person to person and can be treated with common antibiotics.

“In the past week, we have seen about 30 deaths in Kozhikode and Wayanad,” said Mohammed Javeed, Internal Medicine Specialist at a private hospital in Kerala, referring to two of the worst flood-affected districts on the state’s southwest coast.

Javeed said the state had leptospirosis cases every monsoon season as paddy fields fill with water, increasing the chance of infection for farmers, especially through wounds such as cuts.

He said, of particular concern, however, is that some of the victims this year did not have usual symptoms such as mild jaundice, blood in urine or bleeding spots on the skin.

“This time it is a fast, progressive infection. The recent deaths indicate clearly the threat of an epidemic,’’ Javeed said.

केरल में बाढ़ के बाद अब ‘रैट फीवर’ का तहलका, अब तक 12 की मौत

हाल ही में केरल सदी की सबसे बडी आपदा से गुजर, अभी वो जख्म भरे भी नही थे की एक और मुसीबत सामने आ गई है।

दरअसल राज्य में बाढ़ के प्रभाव के बाद अब ‘रैट फीवर’ का खौफ फैलता दिख रहा है। सिर्फ ‘रैट फीवर’  ही नहीं इसके अलावा कई अन्य तरह की बीमारी, बुखार की खबरें भी सामने आ रही हैं। राज्य के अधिकतर हिस्सों से बाढ़ का पानी तो उतर गया लेकिन पीछे छोड गया बुखार की परेशानी। जिसके कारण राज्य में अभी तक 12 मौतें…

12 people died in Kerala from Leptospirosis

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