Why rains and floods are more dangerous for diabetics
Just two days back torrential rains brought Mumbai on its keens with most of the areas being flooded and submerged. Many people were stranded and some had to walk in waist deep water to reach homes or safe destinations. Now that the rains have stopped and the water logging seems like a history, most of us become ignorant about the problems we had to endure. But if you are a diabetic, remember you need to take precaution to avoid any health crisis that can follow after such deluge, particularly if you have waded through the dirty waters. Diabetics are prone to fall ill after being victims of such calamities, especially, water borne diseases like typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis E, diarrhoea, and cholera and vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, other viral fevers and muscular or kidney problems.
‘Diabetics have lower immunity as compared to others. So they are more prone to all the infections mentioned above. Also, a significant number of diabetics are already having mild to moderate kidney problems. Rhabdomyolysis a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly can cause devastating problems in such patients. Many diabetics get small wounds on their feet due to shoe bite or other reason which may get aggravated due to water logging. Every year there is a significant rise in foot problems and amputation in diabetic patients post floods or water logging,’ says Dr Pradeep Gadge, a leading Diabetologist, Gadge Diabetes centre.
‘People who must have walked for miles to reach their home or work places and are not used to such exertion may develop a breakdown of muscles called as rhabdomyolysis. This can sometimes be so dangerous that it can lead to acute kidney failure,’ adds Dr Gadge.
04.09.2017
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