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Viral fevers grip city
M. SAI GOPAL
It?s not just dengue causing an alarm among the public and authorities. It is the viral fevers that have gripped general population in a big way in the city now. Out of every 10 patients with high grade fever, six to seven patients have viral fevers, while the rest have dengue and malaria, doctors maintain.
These viral fevers are characterised by high fever and body pains and take at least four days or a week to subside. The worst part of viral fevers, general physicians agree, is that they are difficult to prevent because they spread through inhalation of particles in air (aerosol particles) or through contaminated food and water.
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The outpatient of Fever Hospital at Nallakunta, the nodal centre for seasonal ailments, is receiving close to 1,200 patients with viral fevers on a daily basis. On normal days, the number of patients are between 700 and 800. Same is the case at Gandhi and OGH, where the outpatient has swelled to 1,200 to 1,300 patients per day.
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M. SAI GOPAL
It?s not just dengue causing an alarm among the public and authorities. It is the viral fevers that have gripped general population in a big way in the city now. Out of every 10 patients with high grade fever, six to seven patients have viral fevers, while the rest have dengue and malaria, doctors maintain.
These viral fevers are characterised by high fever and body pains and take at least four days or a week to subside. The worst part of viral fevers, general physicians agree, is that they are difficult to prevent because they spread through inhalation of particles in air (aerosol particles) or through contaminated food and water.
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The outpatient of Fever Hospital at Nallakunta, the nodal centre for seasonal ailments, is receiving close to 1,200 patients with viral fevers on a daily basis. On normal days, the number of patients are between 700 and 800. Same is the case at Gandhi and OGH, where the outpatient has swelled to 1,200 to 1,300 patients per day.
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