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Indonesia, Java: Beware of Respiratory Illness during rainy season (Pikiran Rakyat, November 11 2011)
[Source: Pikiran Rakyat, full text: (LINK). Automatic translation from Bahasan to English, edited.]
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Beware of ARI and diarrhea in Rainy Season
Friday, 11/11/2011 - 06:34
BANDUNG (AFP) .- Along with the arrival of the rainy season, people are expected to guard against acute respiratory infections (ARI), including cough and cold and diarrhea. Based on the experience they had done before, both diseases are most common in the community.
This was said by the Head of the Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine (FK) Unpad / RSHS, dr. H. Primal Sudjana, Sp.PD-KPTI, MH.Kes., The "AP" in Bandung, Thursday (10/11). "In the rainy season, Ispa including cough and cold a lot of attacking people because of cold weather leading to decreased immune system," he said.
While diarrhea Primal said many people as possible to attack the waste water-borne much rain so that could contaminate drinking water sources. Meanwhile, for regions that are common flood alert also to the disease leptospirosis.
"Leptospirosis is a disease transmitted through rat urine. Because some places are also being merembak hepatitis A, then we must also be vigilant against the disease. To prevent it need to implement a clean and healthy lifestyle, maintaining personal hygiene, home and surrounding environment, "he said.
Asked about the bird flu (H5N1), Primal said the disease can occur at any time, not associated with changes in seasons or weather. Bird flu is transmitted from birds to humans in an area that has been declared endemic. Strict monitoring should be done when suddenly there was poultry that died suddenly in large numbers.
"Agencies concerned should immediately intervene to ensure the bird flu or not. People associated with poultry, poultry suspected of either bird flu or not, still have to maintain hygiene after contact with poultry, wash hands with soap and animal husbandry can be separated if the distance is not so easy to man transmission from birds to humans, "he said . (A-62/das) ***
-Friday, 11/11/2011 - 06:34
BANDUNG (AFP) .- Along with the arrival of the rainy season, people are expected to guard against acute respiratory infections (ARI), including cough and cold and diarrhea. Based on the experience they had done before, both diseases are most common in the community.
This was said by the Head of the Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine (FK) Unpad / RSHS, dr. H. Primal Sudjana, Sp.PD-KPTI, MH.Kes., The "AP" in Bandung, Thursday (10/11). "In the rainy season, Ispa including cough and cold a lot of attacking people because of cold weather leading to decreased immune system," he said.
While diarrhea Primal said many people as possible to attack the waste water-borne much rain so that could contaminate drinking water sources. Meanwhile, for regions that are common flood alert also to the disease leptospirosis.
"Leptospirosis is a disease transmitted through rat urine. Because some places are also being merembak hepatitis A, then we must also be vigilant against the disease. To prevent it need to implement a clean and healthy lifestyle, maintaining personal hygiene, home and surrounding environment, "he said.
Asked about the bird flu (H5N1), Primal said the disease can occur at any time, not associated with changes in seasons or weather. Bird flu is transmitted from birds to humans in an area that has been declared endemic. Strict monitoring should be done when suddenly there was poultry that died suddenly in large numbers.
"Agencies concerned should immediately intervene to ensure the bird flu or not. People associated with poultry, poultry suspected of either bird flu or not, still have to maintain hygiene after contact with poultry, wash hands with soap and animal husbandry can be separated if the distance is not so easy to man transmission from birds to humans, "he said . (A-62/das) ***
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