Japanese Encephalitis First Patient Found In Pune City
Siddhi Dharmadhikari
Pune, 1st December 2022: On November 3 2022, a four-year-old boy was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of Sassoon General Hospital. At the time of admission, the child was showing symptoms of fever, headache, weakness, and fits. Accordingly, various tests were conducted, the patient was treated, and his blood and CSF samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune. Dr Vinayak Kale, Director of Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, said, “The National Institute of Virology, Pune, on November 29, reported that the patient’s report in the said case was positive for Japanese encephalitis.”
Dr Aarti Kinikar, Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics, informed, “The child was kept on a ventilator for nine days, and along with that, the necessary medicines were started. After 17 days of intensive care, he was admitted to the board for further treatment.”
“Also, this disease is usually found in children under 15 years of age, and the symptoms of the patient are fever, headache, weakness, and fits,” she added further.
Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito-borne disease. The young boy is the first patient with the disease in Pune city, but this disease is not contagious and is caused only by the bite of certain mosquitoes, so there is no reason for Pune residents to panic, informed Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
The disease infects the lining of the brain, and the main symptoms are fever, neck pain, and vomiting. Some patients may become unconscious if they suffer too much. The disease is caused by a mosquito called ‘Culex’. This mosquito breeds in dirty water.
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