Healthy China | Expert: Be alert to these diseases after rainstorm and flood rainstorm | flood | Healthy China | Expert
Recently, Chongqing and other areas in China have experienced heavy rainfall, with some rivers experiencing floods exceeding the warning level, causing geological disasters such as flash floods and mudslides. What diseases should we be alert to after rainstorm and flood? How should individuals take good health protection measures? The reporter interviewed Professor Meng Qingyi from the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army of China.
1. vigilance against insect-borne infectious diseases
Insect-borne infectious diseases belong to vector-borne infectious diseases. It is a disease with arthropods such as mosquitoes, fleas, ticks and other arthropods as the main vectors. It is highly destructive and contagious. After the flood, the density of mosquitoes has increased sharply, and they have frequent contact with the population, and the possibility of insect-borne infectious diseases is very high. There are many kinds of mosquitoes. There are three common types of Anopheles, Aedes and Culex. Mosquitoes are the media. The most typical infectious disease is dengue fever. Secondly, we should pay attention to prevent ticks. After ticks bite, those with serious illness can continue to have a high fever and die of organ failure.
2. vigilance against rodent-borne infectious diseases
Experts say rats can spread infectious diseases such as plague, epidemic hemorrhagic fever and leptospirosis. After the flood, the rat hole was submerged. Most of the rats survived because of their good swimming ability, and they would migrate to the surrounding high-lying residential areas and other places. With the migration, the density of rats increased and the risk of disease transmission increased.
3. vigilance skin disease
Experts say that skin diseases caused by heavy rains and floods mainly include fungal infections, bacterial infections, and dermatitis. If the hands and feet are soaked in water for a long time, the barrier function of the skin and mucosa is destroyed, it is easy to induce fungal infection, causing fungal skin diseases such as tinea pedis and tinea cruris; in addition, there are often some floating objects in the flood, which are prone to bumps in the process of disaster resistance, resulting in trauma. Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative bacteria can easily enter from the wound, causing bacterial infections such as folliculitis and pus sores; finally, because the flood contains many bacteria, fungi, and pollutants, people who are allergic to it are exposed., It is more likely to cause skin diseases including eczema, dermatitis, erythema and papules.
4. vigilance against respiratory infectious diseases
The temporary tents and houses lived in the affected areas were relatively simple and crowded, the air circulation was not smooth, and the sanitary conditions were relatively poor. In addition, the diet was irregular, the temperature difference between day and night was large, and people's resistance decreased, which was prone to the spread of respiratory infectious diseases, such as influenza and influenza.
5. alert to accidental injuries
In addition to the above-mentioned diseases, experts said that after heavy rains and floods, attention should be paid to accidental injuries such as snake bites, choking, and heatstroke. After being bitten by a snake, you must rush to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. If possible, it is best to take a picture of the snake with your mobile phone, so that the doctor can identify and treat it in time. In addition, the flood may contain a lot of drug-resistant microorganisms. After accidentally choking water, it is easy to cause special lung infections. Therefore, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible when choking water. Finally, the summer weather is hot, to beware of heat stroke.
6. considerations
Experts said that after the rainstorm and flood, safety comes first. On the premise of safety protection, we should pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands frequently and take a bath frequently; wear long clothes outdoors to prevent mosquito bites; in addition, people are prone to anxiety, depression, despair and other bad emotions in flood disasters, which can seriously cause mental illness. Therefore, maintaining an optimistic attitude will help to actively deal with and rebuild their homes.