By Anil Mishra
Panaji, June 26 -- While the monsoons, with its pouring rain, bring relief to hundreds of thousands of people, the season also heralds several common and sometimes deadly air and water-borne diseases that include gastroenteritis, malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya, typhoid, cholera, conjunctivitis, hepatitis-A and common cold, which can play havoc with families of those suffering from such ailments.
According to Dr Vijay Naik MD (Medicine), a senior physician at the Healthway Hospital, near the city, it is not the incessantly pouring rainwater which directly harms the body, but the virus and the bacteria, which can trigger a variety of illnesses.
Speaking to UNI, Dr Naik said while the immune system fights off some of ...