Karachi: Due to climate change and environmental pollution in the city of Quaid, adenovirus has become uncontrollable.
According to Express News, the cases of cold, fever, cough and chest infection have increased rapidly in the last 15 to 20 days due to climate change in Karachi. More than a thousand patients are coming to Civil Hospital with these symptoms every day.
AMS Civil Hospital Dr. Harish Kumar said that 782 cases of AD virus and acute respiratory tract infection were reported in OPD of Civil Hospital on Saturday, while today the number has increased to 1,275.
He said that most of the patients are coming with headache, cold and fever and cold but if their blood pressure test is done it is normal, this fever lasts for about a week.
He said that special care should be taken of children and elderly people, he suggested citizens to use boiled water and masks while avoiding substandard food.
He said that when patients come to us with complaints of fever and sore throat, we give them antipyretics, antibiotics and cough medicines from the hospital itself. The weather is cool in the night and evening while hot in the afternoon, the number of these cases is increasing due to climate change and environmental pollution.
Civil Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Abdul Latif Shaikh said that 90 percent of the reported cases are viral infections while some are caused by bacteria.
In this regard, Dr. Imran, the emergency in-charge of the civil hospital, said that the cases of diarrhea have also increased twice as compared to normal in the hospitals. In the past, 4-6 cases of diarrhea were reported in the civil hospital, but now 10 to 12 cases of diarrhea are being reported in the civil hospital daily.
He said that due to contaminated water, diarrhea is intensifying in patients, due to lack of water and salts in the patient’s body, their kidneys are also affected.
Dr. Faisal Javed, general physician of Jinnah Hospital Karachi, said that Adeno is not a new virus, there is a vaccine for it, it is possible to prevent it through influenza and corona vaccine, diabetics and asthma patients should be more careful.
He said that since it is a viral infection that is capable of being transmitted from one person to another, there is no need to panic or panic, just citizens should maintain social distance from each other and wear masks.
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