season.. two consultants for (Al-Bilad): 5 tips to avoid the irritants of “rain asthma”
Two consultants advised community members to avoid problems that affect the individual’s health with the onset of the season and the wave of rain that most regions of the Kingdom are witnessing these days.
The two consultants presented 5 important recommendations coinciding with the rainy season and the onset of the winter season.
First, family and community medicine consultant Dr. Muhammad Bakr Salih Qandeh says: There are a set of important tips that community members must follow when it rains, which are:
Preventing young children from playing or swimming in rainwater pools or drinking rainwater because it is not pure and carries a lot of impurities on its journey when it rains.
In addition to keeping children away from all sources of wires, cables, and electricity poles, and advising them to avoid touching them completely.
In addition to avoiding driving the car when it is raining heavily in order to preserve the individual’s safety and also to prevent the car from breaking down in the middle of the road.
Home windows must also be properly covered and any existing gaps to prevent the entry of rainwater and mosquitoes that spread after rain. Qandeh stressed the educational role of parents in directing young children who are happy with the rain to go out to the streets, stressing that playing in the streets is a danger that must be avoided, as children cannot distinguish the seriousness of the situation, which exposes them to slipping and injuries while running, as rain accumulations often hide potholes. Deep or superficial, which is not visible to the public, and here lies the danger.
For his part, pediatric consultant Dr. Nasraldin Al-Sharif warned asthma patients against the wave of rain and cold weather, indicating that rain and cold air lead to irritation of asthma and respiratory diseases that many citizens suffer from, and for their safety and to avoid asthma attacks as much as possible, they must cover their head, mouth and nose. When leaving homes during rain and high-speed winds.
He continued: Asthma patients must be careful to carry an emergency inhaler or bronchodilator at all times, while taking the required doses of the preventive inhaler as determined by the specialist doctor.
He said that there are 3 cases that require going to the nearest emergency center, especially when there is no response to the emergency spray, the symptoms worsen, the inability to breathe or speak, and the occurrence of blueness in the extremities, lips, and tongue.
He stressed the need to cover the windows well and put up nets that prevent the entry of small insects during or after rain, as rain is a suitable environment for the gathering of disease-causing vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, bedbugs, and flies, which may carry some diseases such as dengue fever and malaria. To protect against disease vectors, one must Wear long-sleeved clothes, cover your legs in places where insects are common, and use insect repellent creams.
