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NIPHA alert sounded
The district administration has become cautious in view of the high risk NIPHA virus deaths in Kerala. Collector Pravin Kumar instructed the medical and health officials and superintendents of the private hospitals to take precautions to prevent the emergence of the NIPHA virus cases by creating awareness among people.
Visakhapatnam: The district administration has become cautious in view of the high risk NIPHA virus deaths in Kerala. Collector Pravin Kumar instructed the medical and health officials and superintendents of the private hospitals to take precautions to prevent the emergence of the NIPHA virus cases by creating awareness among people.
As Visakhapatnam has airport, instructions have been issued for identification and treatment of the immigrants from other areas with the NIPHA virus symptoms. The Collector also instructed the medical officials concerned to identify the patients with symptoms, sending the samples to the pathology lab National Institute of Virology, Pune, and to take precautions to prevent the spread by taking preventive measures.
Since, there are no standard treatment guidelines, instructions have been given to prevent the spread of the disease by creating awareness among the people, Pravin Kumar said. In view of the seriousness of the virus, a five-bed isolation block was created at Rajendra Prasad Ward in King George Hospital, the Collector said.
How it spreads: Eating the leftover fruits consumed by bats, from pigs to other animals, animals to human, humans to human through saliva, urine and other body fluids. By screening blood tests and viral tests, the disease can be diagnosed.
Symptoms: Fever, headache, vomiting, muscle pains, difficulty in respiration, dizziness. Symptoms appear in 10 to 12 days after infection. Convulsions and encephalitis in some cases also. Later, the patient goes into coma. Brain fever occurs in the last stage and death follows.
Precautions: Avoid leftover food of animals, bats and birds and caution should be maintained regarding the consumption of food items at bat inhabitation places. Hands should be thoroughly washed after visting the NIPHA virus affected people and the care takers of the patients should wear gloves, N95 face masks and aprons while serving the patients.
