DENGUE IN LUDHIANA AND HOMEOPATHY
As per latest reports of Health Department published in Newspapers in recent few days, a warning alarm has again knocked the residents of the Ludhiana and moreover all across the Punjab. As per recent data from various Hospitals and Clinics of Ludhiana, almost 10+ fresh Dengue cases have been registered in the very fresh monsoon season of 2011. When residents of the Ludhiana and Punjab were almost trying hard to settle down the mental trauma of last year’s Dengue cyclone that blew away more than 1000 lives in Ludhiana and surrounding towns and cities of Punjab, at the same time again this year with just few monsoon rains Dengue has alarmed the state with fresh new cases.
Here I will nowhere talk about the role of Health Department or Government in preventive measures because it will be the wastage of time as everyone is well versed with the system of this country. Let’s here talk about what Homeopathy has to offer to the residents of the Ludhiana and moreover Punjab.
Last year I had some marvelous experiences with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever cases and the best one in ICU of a leading hospital of North India where a patient on Ventilator with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever progressing to Acute Kidney Injury (Failure) and Fatal Hemorrhages was almost declared as Dead by the hospital faculty and after Homeopathy intervened the case, within 48 hours the same attending physician who declared the case as lost one, announced it a miracle in front of his colleagues, my colleagues and parents of the patient.
Here I need not to mention in details that what we did last year because boasting in Medical Sciences is nowhere accepted at all as each and every epidemic is a challenge at your end with different intensity every year. So let’s talk about what Homeopathy has for this season to save the maximum of precious lives before it gets too late.
As we know the role of Allopathic System of Medicine is very limiting in treatment of Dengue but at the same time Management of Critical ill patients is their best part that they do with best care and dedication for all epidemics. Allopathic System has no specific Medicine for Dengue and Homeopathy has a number of medicines for the same but then where lies the difference every year and why we end up with a huge loss every year?
The main aspect if LACK OF AWARENESS of the patients that Homeopathy has anything to do with Dengue. They definitely change this mind set when an experienced Homeopath of the area intervene in final end stage and save the patient but not most of the time because we too have certain limitations in end stage conditions. So better the patients and a common man should be aware that Homeopathy can save them from Dengue in both preventive and therapeutic states but mostly and only when intervention is carried out in initial attack of the disease.
Everyone among Homeopathic Fraternity knows that we have so many good indicated medicines for Dengue and few of them are Crotalus horridus, Phosphorus, Eupatorium perforatum, Arsenicum album, Rhus toxicodendron, China officinalis and many more. Before announcing any Genus epidemicus this year, we need to have few cases so that we could access after analyzing the few of these cases by collecting common symptoms of this year’s Dengue epidemic.
Rest what need to be prescribed is our internal matter for Physician’s but what a common man asks is that how to be safe in such epidemic or how to prevent it, which needs to be followed very strictly to lower down the number of infected patients.
So here I need to share few tips for my patients, a common man and everybody who will be reading this because Prevention is better than Cure but Intervention of right medicine at right time with right jerk is much more important in Epidemics, specially like Dengue.
The guidelines below will give you an overview of how you can prevent the Aedes mosquito from breeding.
Prevent Mosquito Breeding (Growth)
- Clear any stagnant water in your air cooler unit.
- Remove water in plant pot plates. Clean and scrub the plate thoroughly to remove mosquito eggs. Avoid the use of plant pot plates, if possible.
- Loosen soil from potted plants to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water on the surface of the hardened soil.
- No tray or receptacles should be placed beneath and or/ on top of any air-conditioning unit so as not to create a condition favorable for mosquito breeding.
- Change water in flower vases. Clean and scrub the inner sides of vases. Wash roots of flowers and plants thoroughly as mosquito eggs can stick to them easily.
- Clear fallen leaves and stagnant water in your scupper drains and garden. These leaves could collect water or cause blockages to the drains, thus resulting in the buildup of stagnant water.
- Discard items that collect rain or run-off water, especially old tyres. Keep containers outside the home and gutters dry.
- Insist that public-health officials safeguard your community by eliminating stagnant water sites in construction and wastewater treatment areas.
Precautions for Safety from Mosquito Bites
· Sleep on a bed inside a mosquito net.
· When outdoors, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants. Wear longer clothing that covers exposed skin in the arms and legs to thwart bites.
· Apply insect repellants on skin. Use mosquito patches, sprays, or use high-tech gadgets such as the ultrasonic anti-mosquito repellant.
· Warn children not to play near still water.
· When available use air-conditioning. Attach screens to all windows and doors.
· Avoid hanging clothes in dark corners as these serve as hiding places for mosquitoes.
Warning
· Do not ignore mild symptoms of fever, body pains, and rashes on body or infections. Do
visit the nearby Physician to properly diagnose and treat the condition.
· Self-medication or prescription of quacks (unregistered practitioners) / pharmacists is just like suicide in such cases because you never know which medicine is going to act in opposite direction in such cases like Aspirin can worsen Dengue patient’s condition very progressively. So always do visit a registered Medical Practitioner whenever you experience any symptoms.
· Taking some home remedies, which is a fashion in Dengue season, like Juices of some fruits or some leaves or anything else is nowhere beneficial in Dengue. Only medicines can save a Dengue patient if intervened in time.
We Doctors surely will play our best part this year too but still it will be easier to fight this epidemic if society plays its role in sincere way because prevention, early diagnosis or treatment in initial stages can save so many lives.
As I breathe, I hope…
