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Source: http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=20783 & section=6
Mystery fever in State, Docs clueless
R Gomathy Sankaravel | Sat, 26 Dec, 2009,03:47 PM
At a time when the medical fraternity is battling swine flu, a mystery fever is silently afflicting the people across the State.Two persons, one of them a police constable, have died of the fever in two villages near Mudukulathur in Ramnathapuram district recently.
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Though there has been no exact cause for the death, the health officials have said the two victims had symptoms of high fever.?My wife has been ill for a week and got admitted to a hospital with symptoms like those of chikungunya?, Krishna, a farmer from Sattur in Virudhunagar district, said.
Strangely, the doctor attending on her said that he was not in a position to disclose the name of the fever owing to some ?internal? pressure exerted by the officials concerned, Krishna added. Some complained that chikungunya has come back.
Another incident from the outskirts of Chennai showed how grave the problem is. A two-and-a-half year old boy Dhaksinamurthy in Perunkalathur died of the mysterious fever recently. Residents feel that perennial sewage overflow in their locality had led to mosquitoes breeding which in turn has caused the spread of the disease.
?After our repeated demands went unheeded, residents of Velu Nagar at Perunkalathur proposed to constitute ?Velu Nagar Residents Association? shortly to attend to their problems,? said Mohammed Dastagir.
According to a media report, Principal Secretary and director of the Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy G A Rajkumar said siddha drugs could be used to treat chikungunya without side-effects.
?The Nilavembu Kudineer Chooranam,? prepared with nine ingredients and ?Amukkara Chooranam,? made with five ingredients are most effective?, he added. Dr Rajkumar further underlined the need for creating awareness among the masses of the efficacy of Siddha drugs in healing the disease.
When contacted, Health Secretary V K Subburaj said it was not a mysterious fever but a viral fever caused by seasonal change and mosquitoes. ?We are taking all steps to take stock of the situation?, he said.
When asked about some deaths reported because of the mysterious fever, he said that it was not owing to the viral fever alone. ?But the persons who died had some other complications earlier which might have turned out to be fatal?, he added.
Source: http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=20783 & section=6
Mystery fever in State, Docs clueless
R Gomathy Sankaravel | Sat, 26 Dec, 2009,03:47 PM
At a time when the medical fraternity is battling swine flu, a mystery fever is silently afflicting the people across the State.Two persons, one of them a police constable, have died of the fever in two villages near Mudukulathur in Ramnathapuram district recently.
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Though there has been no exact cause for the death, the health officials have said the two victims had symptoms of high fever.?My wife has been ill for a week and got admitted to a hospital with symptoms like those of chikungunya?, Krishna, a farmer from Sattur in Virudhunagar district, said.
Strangely, the doctor attending on her said that he was not in a position to disclose the name of the fever owing to some ?internal? pressure exerted by the officials concerned, Krishna added. Some complained that chikungunya has come back.
Another incident from the outskirts of Chennai showed how grave the problem is. A two-and-a-half year old boy Dhaksinamurthy in Perunkalathur died of the mysterious fever recently. Residents feel that perennial sewage overflow in their locality had led to mosquitoes breeding which in turn has caused the spread of the disease.
?After our repeated demands went unheeded, residents of Velu Nagar at Perunkalathur proposed to constitute ?Velu Nagar Residents Association? shortly to attend to their problems,? said Mohammed Dastagir.
According to a media report, Principal Secretary and director of the Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy G A Rajkumar said siddha drugs could be used to treat chikungunya without side-effects.
?The Nilavembu Kudineer Chooranam,? prepared with nine ingredients and ?Amukkara Chooranam,? made with five ingredients are most effective?, he added. Dr Rajkumar further underlined the need for creating awareness among the masses of the efficacy of Siddha drugs in healing the disease.
When contacted, Health Secretary V K Subburaj said it was not a mysterious fever but a viral fever caused by seasonal change and mosquitoes. ?We are taking all steps to take stock of the situation?, he said.
When asked about some deaths reported because of the mysterious fever, he said that it was not owing to the viral fever alone. ?But the persons who died had some other complications earlier which might have turned out to be fatal?, he added.
