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Flood fury: health dos and don'ts
Ehtasham Khan
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August 03, 2005 14:38 IST

Incessant rains have devastated most of Maharashtra and are lashing southern Gujarat and parts of Central India. The downpour is likely to increase in some areas as the monsoon advances.

The resultant water logging due to floods, brings with it many diseases. In the absence of adequate healthcare facilities, these have the potential of turning into epidemics.

Dr K K Aggarwal, president of the Delhi Medical Association (DMA), has some tips for the thousands of flood-affected people.

The problems can be divided in two categories:

PTSD causes anxiety and depression. In some cases, people may develop water phobia.

Also read: PTSD: Post traumatic stress disorder

Physical problems could be of two types.

This could then spread to other parts of the cities and towns. The problems could be severe in slums and congested neighbourhoods. Therefore, Mumbai residents have to take extra precautions.

Aggarwal says so far no epidemic has been reported from the flood-hit areas but cases pertaining to these diseases are bound to increase. It is up to the government to control these cases and not let it become epidemic.

The DMA president offers some words of advice for the city's residents:

And the rest, forget it. If one takes these precautions, there will not be any problem.

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