Knowing, clay fever, a rainy silence to know.📌

🦠 know the "ground fever" of the rainy season. 🌧️

This rainy season, many people may be familiar with the common cold or dengue, but there is another disease to be aware of: Melioidosis. 📌📌

This is particularly common in Thailand, especially in areas with soil and water.

🔎 What is soil fever?

It is caused by the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei located in soil and water. The infection can enter the body through

✔️ skin wound.

✔️ Inhaling soil dust or water droplets.

✔️ Drinking contaminated water

⚠️ Who risks more than anyone else?

Diabetes patients

People with low immunity

Farmers, or people who regularly work in soil / water contact.

🤒 Symptoms to be noted

High fever, chills.

Cough, chest pain, shortness of breath.

Infectious, swollen, red or pus.

In some, it can be so severe that it infects the bloodstream.

🚨. How good is protection?

✅ wear boots / gloves when wading through the water or touching the soil.

✅ Avoid wading through the water if there is a wound.

✅ Wash your hands and clean your body after touching soil / water.

✅. Drink clean water.

💊 Very important!

If there is a high fever after contact with soil or water, visit a doctor and have a risk profile to receive a timely diagnosis and treatment because the disease can be severe if treated slowly.

❤️ Keep yourself and those around you safe during the rainy season.

# Ground fever # Melioidosis # Nurse Awareness # Good health starts with us