Sudden drop in the temperature coupled with rain has increased the plight of the residents in the capital city as they have started falling prey to viral fever.
Among the worst affected are children and senior citizens due to their fragile immune system. Medicos told that infants and senior citizens should take extra precaution in order not to fall into the clutches of viral fever and other infections.
Several cases of viral fever has started coming due to the fluctuation in the temperature. The Doon Group of Hospitals figure clearly highlighted that two dozen fresh cases of viral fever cases per OPD (Out Patients Department) are being reported everyday.
The temperature drop has caused an increase in viral infections with children and old persons being more affected due to their fragile immune system.
Meanwhile, Doon Hospital administration claimed that hospital has full stock of life saving drugs and are being disseminated free of cost to patients and strict instructions are also issued to prescribe generic medicines to patients and to discharge patients in order to admit other serious patients. Medicos told that symptoms of almost all the viral fevers are like which includes cough, cold, body pains, redness of the eyes, fever etc. but each virus will cause a particular different kind of viral fever.
According to medicos, sunny days and cold nights is also one of the important reasons for people fallen prey to the viral related infections now-a-days.
After conforming that residents have started suffering from viral infections and the cases have been increasing, Dr NS Bisht, physician, Doon Hospital said that immune system of the body should be strong enough in order to face such viral infections.
He said that though the fever is affecting all age groups, the incidence is slightly more in elderly and children as their immunity is low. He informed that most of the diseases caused by virus will be prevented by our immune system.
While issuing warnings to parents, Dr Bisht told that children are also very prone to the viral infections due to their low immunity level and should immediately seek doctor consultation if child is suffering from high fever.