Two die due to Japanese encephalitis infection in Kailali

Dhangadhi: Two people have died in Kailali due to Japanese encephalitis infection.

Two people died in Ghodaghodi municipality of the district due to this disease caused by mosquito bites. Health Office Kailali has said that a 9-year-old boy and a 60-year-old man from Ghodaghodi municipality died of Japanese encephalitis infection. Similarly, four more people have tested positive in Gauriganga, Ghodaghodi and Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan cities of the district, said Gauri Joshi, the acting head of the health office in Kailali.

She said the infection reported positive in a 6-year-old boy and a 65-year-old man in Gauriganga, 1 in Godawari, along with a 46-year-old woman and a 5-month-old child in Dhangadhi. Acting Chief Joshi said that the infected are being treated in various hospitals. Japanese encephalitis is transmitted by the bite of a female Culex species mosquito. This disease is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes biting pigs, and ducks. But it does not spread from infected person to person.

How to know? According to Kailali Health Office, symptoms such as severe headache, high fever, vomiting, fainting, sore throat and body tremors appear in this disease. Japanese encephalitis infection can affect the brain and lead to paralysis and even death.

Therefore, health officials have said that if one or two of the above-mentioned symptoms appear, you should go to the hospital. What to do to prevent infection? Acting Head of Health Office Kailali Joshi said that in order to avoid this disease, pigs, ducks, swans and bores should be kept in an orderly manner, they should be kept clean. And the surroundings of the house must be kept clean. One should wear full-sleeved clothes while working in the fields.

She said that you should protect yourself from mosquito bites by putting nets on the windows and doors of the house, sleeping only inside the mosquito net and using mosquito repellent incense and ointment. She said, "When the symptoms of this disease appear, the nearest health institution should be contacted, and children under 5 years of age should be vaccinated. Even the adults should be vaccinated." An emergency meeting was held at the Health Office Kailali on Sunday to prevent the spread of infection.

According to Kailali Health Office, it was decided to coordinate with the local levels to prevent the spread of infection, treat the patients effectively and monitor the areas where the infection has been observed and start vaccinations. In order to prevent further spread of the infection, the vaccine will be administered at the place where the patient is found. Health Office Kailali has requested everyone to take necessary precautions to avoid mosquito bites.