Gurgaon: Sixty-year-old Kalyan Singh from Palam Vihar was taken to the emergency ward of Gurgaon Civil Hospital on Tuesday with symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including shortness of breath.
The doctor provides it with nebuliser and steroid injection, as well as injecting bronchodilators and oxygen cylinders.
With the quality of the air deteriorating after Diwali, the doctor reports an increase in the number of patients with respiratory pressure, with some estimating numbers to 25% more than ordinary legs.
“We get serious patients with respiratory pressure in the hospital outpatient department.
Fever cases, coughing, eye infections also increase.
The number of patients will increase in the coming days because of the high level of pollution,” said Dr.
Virender Yadav, the head of the medical officer, Gurgaon.
On Saturday, Mohan Jain, a resident of 42 sectors 52 years old, was treated at Columbia Asia hospital with chest pain.
“He could not sleep properly since Diwali.
He was taking pills but finally coughed all night and had difficulty breathing,” said Madan Jain (48), his brother.
The doctor places the patient to oxygen for a day and then releases it.
However, the family was for a moment fear when Mohan also suffered from heart disease.
The city of the city does not only affect parents but also affects children.
A nine-year-old boy, a resident of sector 28, was placed on a nebuliser on Monday.
His father, Gautam Mahajan, reported that he was at home but on Nebuliser.
“This is the second time my boy is put on a nebuliser.
It happened last year when air quality was in the ‘severe’ category.
This time, he can’t eat anything from Sunday.
We tried to feed him, which made him sick.
He’s too young To have a breathing problem, “Rued Mahajan.
The doctor said that in particular, increased levels of PM 2.5 had affected the respiratory health of the population of the city, which arrived at hospital with obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory pressure.
Besides Nebuliser, some doctors reported an increase in demand for flu shots.
Dr.
Piyush Goel, a senior consultant, lung and critical treatment, Columbia Asia Hospital, said, “We witnessed the increase in flu demand because many people had problems breathing now.” Dr.
Manoj Goel, Director, Pulmonology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, said, “Footfall OPD patients with respiratory problems and other related increases by 40%.
Patients present symptoms such as increasing coughs, chest congestion, breathing difficulties, colds, fever, eye infections , skin rash etc., there has been an increase in asthma attacks of 25% and a lung infection of 20%.
Emergency acceptance because acute respiratory disease has surged by 30%.
“He suggested city residents, especially those who had lung disease There was already before and Covid-19 infection, to avoid it out.
The doctor also suggested city residents to see their doctors immediately if there were symptoms.
Dr.
Arunesh Kumar, senior consultant and head of the Department of Pulmonology, Paras Hospital, “People must also have a balanced diet rich in protein and avoid outdoor activities during extreme pollution such as from 7-10 in the morning and from 5-9 in the afternoon.”