IN CASE OF FLOOD
Natural disaster in the world such as floods make an enormous impact on the environment and society. In areas largely inhabited by people, there are both positive and negative environmental effects of flooding. Floods can distribute large amounts of water and suspended river sediment over vast areas. In many areas, this sediment helps replenish valuable topsoil components to agricultural lands and can keep the elevation of a land mass above sea level.
On the negative side, floods disrupt normal drainage systems in cities and typically overwhelm sewer systems. Thus, raw or partially raw sewage spills are common in flooded area. Additionally, if the flood is severe enough, destruction of buildings that can contain a large array of toxic materials (paints, pesticides, gasoline, etc..) can cause the release of these materials into the local environment, which is not good. Floods disrupt many people's lives each year and personal tragedies due to flooding occur frequently.
The most common flood-related disease are infectious diseases spread primarily through contaminated water. Though these disease are spread either directly or through flies or filth. Most intestinal diseases are infectious and are transmitted through faecal waste. Thypoid, Cholera, Paratyphoid fever and Bacillary dysentery because of bacterial infections. Infectious Hepatitis (jaundice) and Poliomyelitis because of viral infections and Amoebic dysentery because of Protozoal infections. Another water-related killer is Malaria, is just as potent in this region and the vector-borne diseases, along with dengue fever.
Other flood-related diseases which are not mentioned in the article is skin infections within the flood victims at the flood relief centre such as scabbies, mange and skin rash. Scabbies is caused by a type of mite and it is very contagious. The most coomon symptom of scabbies is extreme itching, particularly at night. Scabbies causes the skin to become red and blistered. Areas of skin affected by scabbies include between the toes and finger, around the wrist, folds of the elbow, armpits, beltline, abdomen, genitalia, nipples, buttocks and the groin. Babies and small children may get it on the face , scalp or soles of the feet.
Scabbies is transferred by direct skin to skin contact within flood victims. It can also be transferred by contact with clothes or bedding that has been contaminated by an infected person. A very common way to get scabbies is to shake hands with an infected person or during physical contact. Scabbies mites only infest humans not the animals and can survive for three or four days if they are away from the human body.
The only way to curb the water-borne and symptoms of scabbies are is to improve the people’s hygienic behaviour and only drinking the boiled water. The simple act of washing hands before eat can reduce the number of diarrheal cases and infections. Everyone living with an infected person with scabbies, as well as intimate contacts, should be immediately treated by Dermisil. The infected persons clothing and bedding needs to be washed in hot water and ironed so as to kill the mite and all of its eggs. So, everyone should be treated at the same time to prevent reinfestation with scabbies from other persons who might be infected but do not have any symptoms yet.
On the negative side, floods disrupt normal drainage systems in cities and typically overwhelm sewer systems. Thus, raw or partially raw sewage spills are common in flooded area. Additionally, if the flood is severe enough, destruction of buildings that can contain a large array of toxic materials (paints, pesticides, gasoline, etc..) can cause the release of these materials into the local environment, which is not good. Floods disrupt many people's lives each year and personal tragedies due to flooding occur frequently.
The most common flood-related disease are infectious diseases spread primarily through contaminated water. Though these disease are spread either directly or through flies or filth. Most intestinal diseases are infectious and are transmitted through faecal waste. Thypoid, Cholera, Paratyphoid fever and Bacillary dysentery because of bacterial infections. Infectious Hepatitis (jaundice) and Poliomyelitis because of viral infections and Amoebic dysentery because of Protozoal infections. Another water-related killer is Malaria, is just as potent in this region and the vector-borne diseases, along with dengue fever.
Other flood-related diseases which are not mentioned in the article is skin infections within the flood victims at the flood relief centre such as scabbies, mange and skin rash. Scabbies is caused by a type of mite and it is very contagious. The most coomon symptom of scabbies is extreme itching, particularly at night. Scabbies causes the skin to become red and blistered. Areas of skin affected by scabbies include between the toes and finger, around the wrist, folds of the elbow, armpits, beltline, abdomen, genitalia, nipples, buttocks and the groin. Babies and small children may get it on the face , scalp or soles of the feet.
Scabbies is transferred by direct skin to skin contact within flood victims. It can also be transferred by contact with clothes or bedding that has been contaminated by an infected person. A very common way to get scabbies is to shake hands with an infected person or during physical contact. Scabbies mites only infest humans not the animals and can survive for three or four days if they are away from the human body.
The only way to curb the water-borne and symptoms of scabbies are is to improve the people’s hygienic behaviour and only drinking the boiled water. The simple act of washing hands before eat can reduce the number of diarrheal cases and infections. Everyone living with an infected person with scabbies, as well as intimate contacts, should be immediately treated by Dermisil. The infected persons clothing and bedding needs to be washed in hot water and ironed so as to kill the mite and all of its eggs. So, everyone should be treated at the same time to prevent reinfestation with scabbies from other persons who might be infected but do not have any symptoms yet.
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