The number of patients with viral diseases like flu, chest infection and pneumonia has increased during last month as government and private hospitals and clinics witnessed rush of the patients especially infants and children. According to the doctors, the current very cold weather is the causes of viral infections especially chest infection and fever in rural and urban parts of the northern Sindh.
Most of the patients especially children had contracted viral diseases like influenza, bronchitis, nasal allergy, asthma, soar throat, chest infection, pnemonia, dry cough and scabies. Flu-related diseases have caught a large number of people particularly children and infants as patients with such diseases are seen in great number at the government as well as private hospitals.
Chil Specialist, Dr Zulifqar Soomro told APP on Thursday, the common cold and flu in children should not be taken lightly as these might lead to lower respiratory tract infections including pneumonia, while stressing the need to take additional care of the health of children in winter, adding that the parents should dress their children in complete warm clothes.
“I also advised the parents not to overheat the children and just put on sweater and warm clothes as some times overheating is also not good for them.” He said that one of the basic causes of various diseases is that people do not know how to safeguard their children.
