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Temperature change brings along typhoid, diarrhoea
Shimona Kanwar, TNN | Apr 16, 2012, 04.31AM IST
CHANDIGARH: With the sudden change in temperature, typhoid has reared its ugly head in the city. And hospitals have started getting 40-45 cases of typhoid accompanied with diarrhoea daily, especially in children. "We have been getting cases of typhoid and 10 to12 children are being diagnosed with the disease every day. With the rise in temperature, the bacteria causing it are expected to only multiply,"said Dr Sadbhavna Pandit, a paediatrician at Government Multispecialty Hospital, 16.
Besides typhoid which is both a food and water-borne disease, viral diarrhoea has also emerged with over 50-55 cases being reported from all across the city daily. "These seasonal diseases occur with the change in temperature every year. I have been getting 20-25 cases of typhoid daily. However, this time the duration of diarrhoea and vomiting has increased to over a week. Viruses keep on modifying genetically and the virus this year is different too and is leading to increase in frequency of vomiting and diarrhoea," said Dr R S Bedi, a city-based paediatrician.
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Shimona Kanwar, TNN | Apr 16, 2012, 04.31AM IST
CHANDIGARH: With the sudden change in temperature, typhoid has reared its ugly head in the city. And hospitals have started getting 40-45 cases of typhoid accompanied with diarrhoea daily, especially in children. "We have been getting cases of typhoid and 10 to12 children are being diagnosed with the disease every day. With the rise in temperature, the bacteria causing it are expected to only multiply,"said Dr Sadbhavna Pandit, a paediatrician at Government Multispecialty Hospital, 16.
Besides typhoid which is both a food and water-borne disease, viral diarrhoea has also emerged with over 50-55 cases being reported from all across the city daily. "These seasonal diseases occur with the change in temperature every year. I have been getting 20-25 cases of typhoid daily. However, this time the duration of diarrhoea and vomiting has increased to over a week. Viruses keep on modifying genetically and the virus this year is different too and is leading to increase in frequency of vomiting and diarrhoea," said Dr R S Bedi, a city-based paediatrician.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12682650.cms