Influenza in India - Essay
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Influenza in India - Essay
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ESSAY(Influenza in India)
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Background to country and Influenza.........................................................................................1Prevention and control measures................................................................................................6Critical appraisal of Influenza disease control intervention in India..........................................7Alternative solutions...................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONInfluenza is the respiratory illness which is an infectious disease. It is caused by influenzavirus. This virus is transmitted from one to another person through air, droplets, etc. There areseveral kinds of Influenza such as Type A, B and C. India is the low middle income countrywhere number of cases of seasonal and avian influenza are very high. Present study will discussabout influenza infectious disease in India. It will describe prevention and controlling measuresof this illness. MAIN BODYBackground to country and InfluenzaInfluenza is the common infectious disease that impacts on respiratory system. There aremany people who use word “Flu” for this infectious illness. It occurs mostly in children but italso takes place in adults (Tharakaraman and Sasisekharan, 2015). Incubation period is the timein which patients acquire this infection and symptoms are shown within the body. Incubationperiod for this disease is about 1 to 4 days, averagely it is about 2 days. This illness gets spreadfrom one to another through respiratory droplets' transmission. Transmission is done throughclose touch with source and recipient person (Koul and et.al, 2014). The global annual rate ofpeople who suffer from this illness are approx. 5-10%. Among them, there are 20-30% childrenwho get affected by this illness mostly. This viral infection affects nose, throat, bronchi, etc.Though this is the common disease and people can get recovered soon within one or two weekswithout taking any treatment, but, sometimes, it turns into big illness if individuals will get failedto take care of themselves properly. Infection sometimes lead to complicated situations such aspneumonia, death, etc. (Chadha and et.al, 2015). Influenza is the viral disease that can be occurred in various forms such as pandemic,epidemic, sporadic cases etc. Initially, Influenza seems like common cold in which individualsuffers from runny nose, sneezing. But due to this virus cold gets developed slowly. At that timeperson suffer from fever over 100.4 F. Patient faces aching in muscles, bank and arms.Furthermore, individual also feel headache, sore throat and nasal congestion. Most of the peoplewho goes through these symptoms do not prefer to go hospitals because they think it is seasonalfever thus, they treat themselves at their home only (Gnatiuc and et.al, 2015). 1
Sometimes, flu creates complicated situation for the suffered person. Complications ofInfluenza are like pneumonia, ear infection, sinus infections, heart failure, asthma, etc. It is theinfectious disease that transmits from one person to another. Poor health conditions or weakimmune system is another major cause of occurrence of this Influenza illness (Pawar and et.al,2014). It is contagious issue that can be spread one to another easily. Flu viruses live on thesurface for approx. 24 hours and if the person comes in touch with the surface then the individualmay get suffer from this illness. India is the nation where more than 40% of mothers do not takethis flu seriously. Poor knowledge and limited information is the main cause of increasing rate ofthese patients. Seasonal outbreaks of flue is the common situation ion India in the Monsoonsseasons. This increases risk among all people to get suffer from this illness. EpidemiologyWorld health organization (WHO) has given its report on Influenza and it is stated thatthere is the need to enhance surveillance on this medical illness within India because despite ofeffective prevention methods or treatment, number of patients are increasing at a rapid speed.Statistical records of 2013 show that burden of disease is increasing in India. Many children lessthan five years get admitted into hospitals every day. It is recorded that India is the countrywhere many people live in rural areas (Parida and et.al, 2016). These children and their parentsare unaware with the causes of Influenza. In the year 2007, approx. 7% people have beenaccounted with influenza and they have been admitted into Delhi hospital. It mostly takes placein the rainy season in between month of June-July. In this seasonal time, every year, approx. 20-42% population of India suffer from Influenza (Nagarajan and et.al, 2017). The global annual attack of Influenza virus in India is estimated to be approx. 5% to 10%in adults and 20% to 30% in children. Worldwide, these annual surveillance estimated result tobe about 3 to 5 billion cases of severe illness and approx. 250,000-500,00 deaths. Influenza virusin India confirmed nearly 30,000 laboratory tests to be positive, in which more than 1700 deathsby March 2015. Most of the cases are from states ofRajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Jammu andKashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Increase innumber of Influenza patient, Central and State Health Department organized different activitieswhich includes detailed surveillance of virus, supplying medium and diagnostic reagents to thehospitals; making oseltamivir available through public health system; scheduled different2
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