MUMBAI: In a span of 48 hours, leptospirosis has claimed its 2nd victim in the town. A 28-year-old resident of Shivaji Nagar in Govandi, Imtiaz Mohammed Ali, died on Tuesday at the civic-run Sion clinic.
Ali was admitted to the scientific ICU on Saturday with fever and breathlessness. He was almost instantly put on a ventilator, but his lungs were already affected by then, said a health care provider. He died of multiorgan failure.
Ali’s death comes an afternoon after a 15-year-old Kurla boy died of leptospirosis. The BMC has recorded 10 leptospirosis instances between January and May; the figures after the arrival of rains are still being collated. Leptospirosis instances generally see a spurt all through monsoon as folks plow through water that could be infected with the bacteria.
BMC has prompt citizens to take prophylactic treatment whether or not or not they have got advanced symptoms. A person who does not have wounds or cuts at the frame and has waded through water simplest once can take Doxycycline 200mg single dose within 24-72 hours of exposure, after consulting a doctor. Those with cuts or wounds must take Doxycycline 200mg once day by day for three days within 24-72 hours of exposure, officers said.
Ali was admitted to the scientific ICU on Saturday with fever and breathlessness. He was almost instantly put on a ventilator, but his lungs were already affected by then, said a health care provider. He died of multiorgan failure.
Ali’s death comes an afternoon after a 15-year-old Kurla boy died of leptospirosis. The BMC has recorded 10 leptospirosis instances between January and May; the figures after the arrival of rains are still being collated. Leptospirosis instances generally see a spurt all through monsoon as folks plow through water that could be infected with the bacteria.
BMC has prompt citizens to take prophylactic treatment whether or not or not they have got advanced symptoms. A person who does not have wounds or cuts at the frame and has waded through water simplest once can take Doxycycline 200mg single dose within 24-72 hours of exposure, after consulting a doctor. Those with cuts or wounds must take Doxycycline 200mg once day by day for three days within 24-72 hours of exposure, officers said.
Leptospirosis claims second victim in Mumbai
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