Prevention is better than cure!
The Nipah Virus has already killed a handful number of people in India and taken hospitals in a rush. Abbreviated as NiV, this virus has been in the news for the last 20 years. It was first originated from the close contact between pigs and their farmers in Malaysia which led to an outbreak of a combination of encephalitis and respiratory illness during 1999.
This disease has not been transmitted only through animals, during its last appearance in Bangladesh, the consumption of date palm sap resulted in the virus. In the present scenario, affecting people in Kolkata and Kerala, the virus comes from a fruit bat as sources state. The Kerala Health department is on high alert as the virus is spreading at a breakneck rate making it difficult for them to stop the virus from spreading.
Here are a few things you need to know about the Nipah Virus:
The worst part of the Nipah Virus.
After its outbreak stints in Siliguri and other small towns in West Bengal, the hosts have come active after 11 years of dormancy. The worst part of the virus is its inability to be cured, so it is important that a few steps are taken before the virus starts spreading.
Nipah Virus found their hosts in Fruit Bats.
As the Nipah Virus have found Fruit Bats as their hosts, their bites have become infectious, their bites on anything can be harmful to human health. Now when the Nipah Virus had spread in Malaysia, the host which acted as an intermediate between the virus and us were pigs, later to eradicate its spread in the country, they were forced to euthanise millions of pigs so as to get rid of the virus.
What does it do?
The virus has several symptoms which if not taken note of, can lead to death. It generally has an effect on your brain, which leads to fever, headache, and drowsiness. The virus affects the brain that in other stages it may also lead to disorientation and mental confusion. Some certain cases lead to coma or even death.
Is there a cure to the disease?
According to WHO, there hasn't been any such vaccination made available to cure or to slow down the growth of the virus in the body. Thus preventions have to be set in action, like avoiding consumption of fruits by bats, avoiding harvesting fruits which have fallen from trees and are a bat-prone area.
Something an individual can implement for safety purpose is using treated water, wearing a mask and consuming boiled water.
How one should work on it?
Now as we know that this disease cannot be cured, so even before the virus starts spreading on a bigger scale steps need to be taken so that more people don't die.
In Kozhikode, the situation looks pretty tight with workforces in action to monitor health, analysing the extent of spread of the disease. If still, we fail to monitor the health of each and every person, then we might end up making harsh decisions.
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