Sudden drop in the temperature coupled with incessant rain has been causing huge inconvenience to infants and senior citizens in the capital city.
Medical officers told that infants and senior citizens should take extra precaution in order not to fall into the clutches of viral fever and other related infections. Medicos also issued warning that those who had undergone the brunt of cardiac arrest, brain stroke or suffering from diabetic should take extra precautions now-a-days to remain healthy. The frequent fluctuation of temperature in the capital city has caused an increase in viral infections and allergy related diseases with children and senior citizens are being more affected due to their fragile immune system. The Doon Hospital figures clearly highlighted that number of patients complaining of infections has increased manifold now-days.
However, Doon Hospital administration claimed that hospital has full stock of life saving drugs and ruled out that any of the diseases will turn epidemic in the coming days. Doon Hospital figures clearly highlighted that one dozen fresh cases of viral fevers have been reported everyday. The cases of viral infections have been increasing day after day in the capital city. Medicos warned that senior citizens and infants are most vulnerable interms of falling prey to the viral infections due to their low immunity level. After expressing his concern that number of patients suffering from viral infections has increased now a days, Dr KC Pant, senior physician, Doon Hospital said that immune system of the body should be strong 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. "Symptoms of almost all the viral fevers are like which includes cough, cold, body pains, redness of the eyes, cold fever etc. but each virus will cause a particular different kind of viral fever," he said, adding that respiratory virus will cause pneumonia and different virus will cause different diseases.
Sharing same views, Dr DP Joshi said that infants and children are also very prone to the viral infections due to their low immunity level. He said that viral infection may reach brain and lungs if it is in children hence it is advisable to consult doctor as earliest. He said that precautionary measures are the best solution to prevent any virus to attack to the body.