Doctors have started seeing patients with throat infections, cough and cold. The cases of common flu and other upper respiratory tract infections are expected to increase in the coming days.
“Some patients have the common cold, but without” FeverJoydeep Ghosh, internal medicine consultant at AMRI Hospital Mukundapur, said, “They feared they might have Covid, only to find out that they were suffering from common cold-cough or throat infection.”
“Now people can wake up feeling cold in the middle of the night as they fall asleep either on the fan or on the AC. These extreme situations should be avoided,” Ghosh said.
The maximum temperature on Wednesday was 28.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, but the minimum temperature was two degrees below normal. The Meteorological Department expects that there will be an increase of one degree each in both the parameters by Thursday.
“This change in weather is more likely to have a health impact on children, especially in February-end and March. They can be troubled by cold-cough, fever, smallpox and waterborne diseases.” Prabhas Prasoon GiriAssociate Professor of Pediatrics at the Institute of Child Health.
Doctors said warmer temperatures facilitate the replication of viruses, including the influenza virus. Apart from these viral infections, changes in temperature can also aggravate the condition of patients with asthma or other respiratory diseases.
“We can expect an increase in upper respiratory infections. Fluctuations in temperature can also increase the chances of bacterial infection.” Bhaskar Narayan ChoudharyMicrobiologist at Peerless Hospital, Dr.
The Meteorological Department has predicted moderate rain in Kolkata on Friday. Experts said that puddles can cause breeding of mosquitoes, which increases the risk of malaria.
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