Bengaluru: a typical case of flu, cold, and cough which is usually the department of outpatient in the hospital in Bengaluru during the rainy season has slumped this year, say doctors.
Reason: Compliance with Covid’s appropriate behavior is like wearing a mask and frequent hand washing.
Because of the fear of the Covid contract, people who are cleansed, but mask adherence especially has helped reduce upper respiratory infections, the doctor said.
The fact that the school is closed, because children have lower infection exposure, are other reasons for the decline.
Dr.
Preeti Galagali, pediatrician, said July and August were when infections such as influenza, flu, cold and cough among peak children.
However, it hasn’t happened this year.
“Actually, the combity of masks, maintaining cleanliness and staying away from the crowd has helped reduce influenza cases throughout the world,” Dr.
Galagali said.
“Around this time in pre-covid years, we will see 70-80% of children come to OPD with cold and cough complaints.
Now, only about 10%.
We have seen a dramatic decline in asthma.
Many children are Being in an inhaler does not require them.
“Dear Down Toodr Sudha Menon, Director of Internal Medicine, Fortis Hospitals, said the number of cases of cold breathing cases and far fewer this year compared to what was seen in this previous time.
“There is no surge in case of dengue fever,” said Dr.
Menon.
“The reduction is extraordinary.
In the past week we have seen three influenza cases, much lower than what we usually see in previous years.
We were flooded with people who were contracted with dengue fever and upper breathing.” Waterlogging for the month -Bulan Monsun generally caused an increase in the case of dengue fever in previous years, said Dr.
Menon.
However, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara (BBMP) authorities have urged people not to drop their guards and insist that people who have symptoms such as colds, cough or fever may not ignore it and vice versa must undergo a Covid-19 test.
“There is no surge in cases of dengue fever or flu,” said a BBMP medical officer.
“But people should not ignore prevention of Covid.
We suggest that people be tested for Covid if and when fever or cold continues for more than one day.” Leptospirosis Bangerbesides, Fortis Hospital has seen four cases of leptospirosis, bacterial infections , in the past week.
Leptospirosis is spread mainly by contact with water or soil contaminated by urine infected animals, especially mice.
This disease is also characterized by high fever, severe body pain, red eyes and even jaundice yellow.
Two of the four patients have visited a farmhouse and doctors who care for them suspicious they may have consumed water that might have been contaminated by urine mice.
“They were tested for Covid but infections were ruled out and so we began investigating other infections.
We have seen four cases like that,” said Dr.
Menon.