People of Haridwar district are facing the brunt of dengue and viral fever this season.
The rising number of patients has jam packed the district and private hospitals with even the malaria control officer not being spared by the effects of dengue.
According to the district hospital chief medical superintendent, on an average 500 patients are reaching the hospital out of which nearly 400 are suffering from fever while about 70 patients daily are appearing positive for dengue in the rapid test.
Even viral fever has gripped the residents and on an average 250 patients reaching the district hospital daily are viral fever patients.
Few cases of scrub typhus have also been identified. The senior physician in the district hospital, Dr Sandeep Tandon told this correspondent that on an average he is examining 200 patients out of whom, maximum cases are of dengue and viral fever.
He is also giving treatment to the district malaria officer Dr Gurnam Singh whose blood platelets count came down to 20,000 on account of dengue fever.
As a preventive care, clove, black pepper and tulsi leaves extract taken twice a day helps keep person strong to fight to the dengue virus, say the practitioners of alternative medicine.
A city-based scientist and practitioner of integrated medicine Dr Vijay Verma claims to have treated 84 dengue patients till date since 2013 adopting integrated therapy combining Panchkarma and allopathic critical care.
Allopathic treatment is only a supportive method of treatment in dengue cases but if the blood platelets count goes down to a certain level, platelets need to be infused in the patient say the Allopathic doctors. But with Ayurvedic treatment, using ‘Vasti Kriya’ and use of ‘Snehan’, a person can recover without getting platelets, said Vijay Verma.
Not only in dengue virus but in other conditions too, this ‘Vasti’ kriya has proved useful claimed the doctor.
“We treated 250 cases of Encyphalitis in Muzaffarpur using same integrated therapy and now one clinic has been established for research in Gorakhpur to see effect on patients so that it can be clinically established.”
Vouching for the efficacy of herbal medicine made from cow’s milk, oil and honey, which starts showing results in ten minutes of its intake, Verma said the internal bleeding stops in the patient and within 24 hours, the blood platelets’ count start increasing. Under vector disease control programme, Ministry of Health and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have undertaken clinical trials.
The AIIMS has accepted the protocol sent by the doctor along with the database of 48 patients.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Anil Prajapati Vaidya from Patanjali Ayurved Sansthan said, “We have made a special formulation ‘Dengueneil vati’ which has to be taken twice a day in the dosage of two tablets. It gives immense relief to the patients and brings up platelet level.”
Abrupt onset of fever, severe joint and muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and red rashes on skin are some of the symptoms which may be the early symptoms of these diseases. Herbal decoction made from Giloy herb by crushing it in pestle mortar and boiling in water, vanishes mild body fever. If the mosquito attack is severe, one may add Jwarnashak Kwath (crushed dry herbs) while boiling in water.
