Cases of death due to Nipah virus were also reported in Kozhikode district of Kerala in 2018 and 2021. The first case of Nipah virus in South India was reported in Kozhikode on 19 May 2018.
Kozhikode : Two people have died due to Nipah virus in Kozhikode district of Kerala. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed this on Tuesday (September 12). According to the report of news agency PTI, the first death occurred on August 30 and the second death occurred on Monday (September 11). Health Minister Mandaviya said that a central team has been sent to Kerala to take stock of the situation and help the state government in Nipah virus management.
After discovering the unnatural death of two people in Kozhikode district, the state government had sent 5 samples to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for testing. These samples were sent so that it could be found out whether they are infected with Nipah virus or not. Out of these 5 samples, one sample was of the deceased, while 4 were of his relatives. Apart from this, the state health department had also issued an alert on Monday (September 11) after the death of these two people.
Cases of death due to Nipah virus were also reported in Kozhikode district of Kerala in 2018 and 2021. The first case of Nipah virus in South India was reported in Kozhikode on 19 May 2018.
State Health Minister Veena George said- Precautionary steps are being taken.
Meanwhile, State Health Minister Veena George reached Kozhikode district. He chaired a high-level meeting to assess the situation. After this he told that the government is taking all precautionary measures. The Kerala government has also set up a control room in Kozhikode. People have been advised to use masks as a precaution.
He said that the first death occurred in a private hospital. The deceased's children, brother and his relatives are being treated as they are suffering from fever. George said that many people had come to the hospital and efforts are on to trace the people who came in contact with the deceased or his family.
What did the Chief Minister say?
State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote in a post on Facebook on Tuesday that the government is taking the death of two people seriously. The Health Department has issued an alert in the district suspecting Nipah virus infection as the cause of these deaths. The CM said, "There is no need to worry. People who were in contact with the two are being traced and treated. Taking precautions is the only way to deal with the situation. I appeal to you that health Cooperate in the action plan prepared by the department.
How does Nipah virus spread?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Nipah virus spreads from animals to humans by eating infected fruits. If any animal has this disease and has eaten any fruit. Then by eating that infected fruit the disease spreads to humans. This is a rapidly spreading disease in humans. Nipah virus infection can spread easily from one person to another.
Symptoms of Nipah virus:
This type of problem can appear in the body after Nipah virus infection. For example, dangerous diseases like swelling in the brain and encephalitis can also occur. Its symptoms may include fever, headache, cough, difficulty in breathing. At the same time, severe vomiting may also occur. Its serious symptoms include stomach pain, seizures and coma. According to 'World Health Organization', the number of people dying from Nipah ranges from 40 to 75 percent.
What is its treatment?
According to the 'World Health Organization', no medicine or vaccine is currently available in the market to protect against Nipah virus. If you want relief from Nipah virus, as soon as its initial symptoms appear, immediately consult a doctor without wasting time. According to the 'World Health Organization', if we want to eliminate Nipah virus or control its increasing cases, then this is the only solution. That is to make more and more people aware about it. It is very important to make the public as much aware as possible about this disease so that the symptoms of this disease are not ignored by considering it as minor fever or flu.
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E-cigarettes weaken the body's immunity
San Francisco : A British study revealed that electronic cigarette smoke negatively affects the activity of some key components of the human body's immune system.
A research team from the University of Birmingham in Britain found that electronic cigarette smoke disrupts the work of white blood cells of the “neutrophil” type, which are considered the human body’s first line of defense against diseases and infections.
As part of the study published by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers drew blood samples from healthy, non-smoking donors, and then exposed the white blood cells in these samples to forty puffs of electronic cigarette smoke, and this amount represents the limited daily exposure to smoke. .
During the experiment, the research team exposed half of the blood samples to smoke saturated with nicotine, and the other half to smoke containing nicotine-free alternatives.
It turned out that white blood cells (neutrophils) that were exposed to smoke saturated with nicotine and smoke containing alternatives remained alive, but they became stiff in a way that made them unable to carry out their immune role in the face of dangers threatening the body.
“We found that after a short period of exposure to e-cigarette smoke, the cells are still alive, but they are not moving actively enough to carry out their traditional defensive functions,” says Aaron Scott, associate professor of respiratory diseases at the University of Birmingham.
He added in statements to the Medical Express website, which specializes in medical research: “The interesting thing is that vapors that do not contain nicotine had the same negative effect on immune cells, just like vapors that contain nicotine.”