My Late Blog Assigment

Floods are the most common natural disaster in both developed and developing countries and occasionally of devastating impact cause by high rainfall, tidal extremes and structural failure. A flood is a natural event that can have far reaching effects on people and the environment. Floodwater can seriously disrupt public represents a serious health hazard, along with standing water and wet materials in the home. Bacteria, mould and viruses, cause disease, trigger allergic reactions, and continue to damage materials long after a flood. Findings indicate that no significant change of concern was observed in the prevalence rates of common diseases such as Fecal-oral disease, Vector-borne disease and mental health.

Fecal-oral diseases are infections of the intestinal tract. Symptoms include fever, nausea, cramps, headache, vomiting, and diarrhea. Diarrhea can cause dehydration, which means the body lacks enough fluid to function properly. Acute diarrhea is usually related to a bacterial, viral, or parasitic infection. Chronic diarrhea is usually related to functional disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease.

A vector-borne disease is one in which the pathogenic microorganism is transmitted from an infected individual to another individual by an arthropod or other agent, sometimes with other animals serving as intermediary hosts. Many important infections are transmitted by mosquitoes, which breed in, or close to, stagnant or slow-moving water. The transmission depends upon the attributes and requirements of at least three different living organisms: the pathologic agent, either a virus, protozoa, bacteria, or helminth.

The World Health Organization recognizes that the mental health consequences of floods have not been fully although it is generally accepted that natural disasters. The main evidence relates to common mental disorder, posttraumatic stress syndrome, and suicide. Posttraumatic stress disorder arises after a stressful event of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature and is characterized by intrusive memories, avoidance of circumstances associated with the stressor, sleep disturbances, irritability and anger, lack of concentration and excessive vigilance.

The precaution need to be taken by the flood victim to reduce the possibility of illness, disease or injury. Never use contaminated water to wash dishes, brush your teeth, wash your hands, wash and prepare food, make ice or make baby formula. Always wash your hands with soap and safe water that has been boiled or disinfected before preparing or eating food, after toilet use, after participating in flood cleanup activities, and after handling articles contaminated with floodwater or sewage.

The contaminated area contains harmful bacteria and viruses and needs to be cleaned up as soon as possible. Appropriate clean up procedures includes use rubber gloves, boots and eye protection. Remove and discard contaminated household materials that cannot be cleaned or disinfected. .Clean and disinfect all contaminated areas with hot water and detergent. Then disinfect the contaminated area, cleaning mops, brooms and brushers with the bleach solution. Clean and dry dirty footwear and wash your clothes separately after clean up. Wash your hands and any affected parts of your body with soap and water.

Flood victim need to prevent food via direct contact or indirectly during interrupted power supply by throw away food that has an unusual odour, colour or texture and perishable foods including meat, poultry, fish, eggs or leftovers that have been left at above 5 degrees Celsius for more than 4 hours. Destroy all canned food if the can is open, bulging or damaged and containers with screw-caps, snap-lids, crimped caps, twist caps, flip top lids and home canned foods. Finally, the flood victim should do frequently medical check up to avoid any disease and illness.

Musmarlina Omar
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