In India mysterious fever' kills dozens of children

 

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In Uttar Pradesh, 50 people have died of mysterious fever in the past week

Fifty people, mostly children, have died in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the past week due to the 'mysterious fever'.

When children wake up, they are drenched in sweat and have a high fever.

Some of them complain of severe headache and joint pain while some complain of dehydration and nausea. Some children have scars on their legs and arms.

In six districts of Uttar Pradesh, where hundreds of people have been hospitalized due to a mysterious disease, the mysterious fever has so far killed 50 people. None of the patients with this mysterious fever have tested positive for corona.

At a time when the second wave of India Code is slowly coming out, this new disease has frightened people and the headlines of 'mysterious fever' are appearing in the newspapers.

Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Etha, Kasganj and Ferozeabad are the districts in the state where most cases of this mysterious fever have been reported. Doctors in these districts believe it is the dengue virus that is making people sick.

Doctors say patients are being brought to the hospital with low platelets. Patients infected with the dengue virus have lower platelet counts.

In Ferozabad district, where a mysterious disease has so far killed 40 people, including 32 children, the most senior doctor, Nita Kalshristha, said patients, especially children, were dying fast.

Dengue virus is a tropical disease that has been spreading in India for hundreds of years. The dengue virus is found in hundreds of countries around the world, including 70 Asian countries. There are four types of dengue virus and children are more likely to die from the virus than adults.

The spread of dengue virus is common in Uttar Pradesh

Mosquitoes breed in wastewater accumulated near human populations. "Humans provide the opportunity for mosquitoes to breed, and only humans can get rid of them," said Dr. Scott Hillstead, an expert on mosquito-borne viruses.

Every year, more than 100 million people worldwide are infected with the dengue virus. According to the World Health Organization, the mutual harm of dengue and cod to the world's population could be catastrophic.

But it is not yet clear whether the 'mysterious fever' in Uttar Pradesh is really spreading dengue.

In the state of Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of about 200 million and poor quality of public health system, such mysterious diseases appear after every rainy season.

Uttar Pradesh was hit by Japanese encephalitis or meningitis in 1978, which has killed 6,500 people so far.

The disease is most prevalent in Korakhpur district at the foot of the Himalayas, where floodwaters accumulate in many places where mosquitoes have a chance to thrive.

In 2013, a vaccination campaign was launched in Korakhpur district to prevent encephalitis, which has significantly reduced the incidence of encephalitis. This year, 428 cases of encephalitis have been reported in Korakhpur in which 17 children have died.

Many children in Korakhpur district have died of encephalitis or meningitis

Bush typhus has also been spreading here since the monsoon season. Scientists have found Bush typhus germs on wood that people keep indoors for fuel.

Most children develop a brain canker when they touch firewood kept in the house or go to the bushes for defecation where the Bush Typhus germs are present in the bushes.

Scientists had detected the spread of dengue and scrub typhus after the rainy season in six districts of Uttar Pradesh from 2015 to 2019. Similarly, people were suffering from fever due to Chikungunya virus transmitted from animals to humans.

Many diseases have been spreading in the region since the monsoon, causing people to suffer from fever.

Dr. V. Ravi, a professor of virology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, says these seasonal illnesses need to be monitored and treated in a timely manner.

A similar mysterious disease had struck Uttar Pradesh in 2006, killing several children. It was later learned that the children had fallen ill after eating cassia beans. Cassia is found in abundance in this area.

Scientists have concluded that the reasons why children eat cassia beans include hunger, poverty, parental negligence and carelessness.

Perhaps a similar study will reveal the reality of this mysterious fever.

Allahabad people produce smoke to keep mosquitoes away

It is not yet clear how the mysterious fever started and then intensified. People travel long and arduous journeys to government hospitals, and it remains to be seen whether their travel fatigue will worsen their condition.

Or is it that the children who are suffering from this mysterious fever are not already suffering from tuberculosis or any other similar disease?

If the cause of this mysterious fever is the dengue virus, then it is a total failure of the government to control the spread of mosquitoes

Dr. Scott Halstead says the severity of the disease can only be determined by antibody tests.

An Indian epidemiologist who did not want to be named said that many diseases would remain a mystery if we did not continue research properly and consistently..