Noida / Ghaziabad: With some cases typhus scrub recorded in the last few days, doctors have warned people who opposed to stay in wet places for a long time.
According to them, those whose immune systems compromised are more susceptible to infection, which, if not treated long, can cause kidney damage and liver, along with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), a condition that affects the ability of blood to clot.
This might also be fatal for some people.
While Ghaziabad reported 24 cases of typhus scrub this year, the latest cases were reported on Friday, in Noida, three cases had been recorded.
The district has not seen cases in the past six years.
Dr.
Ajay Kumar Gupta, Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Super Special Hospital Max Vaishali, Ghaziabad, said: “Typhus scrub is not a new disease.
But there is a slight increase in the number of cases this year.
People with low immunity are more susceptible to infection.
Residents must avoid Living in a moist area for a long time and those who work in the park or go to the park regularly need to be careful.
“Last time Ghaziabad reported the TIFUS scrub case was in 2002 (2 cases).
All 24 cases detected this year came from private hospitals.
Dr.
RK Gupta District Supervision Officer said: “We monitor all patients carefully.” At the Institute of Government Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, doctors said the number of patients with fever has increased substantially over the past few weeks.
Explain the nature of the disease transmitted through vectors, brigadiers (pensioners) from Rakesh Gupta, Director, GIMS, said: “Most of them have cyclic trends.
They peak every year In the future.
Sometimes, once there are clusters and precautions not taken on time, many people are infected at once.
“Noida health officials said they were alert and intensive drives were being carried out in areas from which three cases were reported.
“We have supervised fever in all households in the area, getting eliminated bushes and insecticides have been sprayed.
Anti-larvae drive is also active,” said Rajesh Sharma, District Medical Officer, Noida.
Typhus scrub infections are characterized by high-grade fever, headaches, body pain and rashes.
Dr.
Meena J, the consultant, the Pediatric Department, Aakash Healthcare, Dwarka, Delhi, said: “We have patients, six seven years old, who have a fever for almost two weeks.
He was diagnosed with a typhus scrub through a blood test and was thrown away later.
But sometimes – Sometimes, the disease can be fatal.
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