Safe health advisory issued for pilgrims going to Sabarimala

With cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis (a rare, terrible corruption of the brain) caused by Naegleria fowleri being reported successful Kerala, the Health and Family Welfare Department has issued precautionary guidelines for pilgrims travelling from Karnataka to Sabarimala for the Mandala Puja season.

Through the advisory, the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare has urged them to beryllium cautious astir their wellness and travel each indispensable information measures to forestall immoderate infection.

Naegleria fowleri is simply a free-living amoeba commonly recovered successful lukewarm freshwater and ungraded — for example, stagnant water, ponds, swimming pools and lakes. The infection, however, does not dispersed from idiosyncratic to idiosyncratic nor does it dispersed by drinking contaminated water, the advisory said.

When contaminated h2o enters the nose, the amoeba tin scope the encephalon and origin amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare, superior and often fatal disease.

Hence, during pilgrimage, it is advised to instrumentality precautions similar utilizing chemoreceptor clips oregon 1 tin adjacent his nostrils choky portion bathing successful stagnant oregon unfastened h2o to forestall h2o from entering the nose.

If recovered having symptoms similar fever, terrible headache, nausea, vomiting, cervix stiffness, confusion, altered intelligence authorities oregon changes successful behaviour wrong 7 days of vulnerability to water, it is advised that pilgrims sojourn a authorities infirmary oregon consult a doc without immoderate further delay, the advisory has said.