Tumchi Bolaiki Tumchea Hatant - Ep. 41 - Rainy Season & Healthy Tips - Dr. Wiseman Pinto and Jovito

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[00:00:47]Today's episode will deal with something very common.

[00:00:52]I mean all I saw episodes on a saw rainy season and healthy tips.

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[00:01:21]This is true.

[00:01:24]Monsoons a calm quarter that's better.

[00:01:28]I'm saying immune system for the heart.

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[00:01:39]Zita this ain't to do a saw I'm got young sector specially during the rainy season. As I touch or such or such as I touch and that guy is going to tell me water borne diseases and immediately Borgata or say Zor I know flu, stomach I need that's a bottle.

[00:02:06]I'm the mosquitoes water and like that.

[00:02:09]Mosquitoes spread now malaria dengue fever Chikungunya fever I just infection coming jaundice typhoid, diarrhea, viral fever, common cold I mean jaundice hepatitis hepatitis A is also got B hepatitis jaundice coming from coming from coming from coming from and sign is our park costly Saturday Saturday our expert Dr. Wiseman Pinto Dr. Wiseman Pinto My mug also you got Dr. Wiseman Pinto was our next head pathology department Goa Medical College the search ex-head Goa Blood Bank of Goa Medical College and Hospital I think retire a lot of Dorian those are the president of South Asian Academy of cytopathology and histopathology the research papers which are being shared uh colleague's to Bhutan and Goa Hong Kong and Goa and also also research paper quality toss up today I saw the topic sarcastic topic Dr. but Saturday I need >> I mean immunity power sound I mean immunity immunity that you call me that immunity >> [clears throat] >> dengue fever mosquito dengue fever mosquito mosquito Aedes there to go for dengue I need to say Aedes aegypti water also so mosquito will be a big problem to play I mean let us talk about cough cold flu and then stomach problems >> So senior Jovito the rains have started also my salad there are certain things which have to be done we subdivide our population there are children there are middle age people and he's on there old people elderly this is the way and he doing rainy season a lot of diseases what a lot of patients come to children.

[00:05:48]Elderly also have to be and elderly and but all suffer from it.

[00:06:01]respiratory infection. Respiratory mean airborne.

[00:06:04]>> airborne >> airborne airborne virus I virus, different types of virus, adenovirus, rhinovirus, and the influenza virus. like COVID and it goes through the respiratory tract and it causes a lot of infection. Like you know, the nose, running nose, sore throat laryngitis, pharyngitis >> [clears throat and cough] >> that it doesn't go to the lungs. If it goes to the lungs, you get pneumonia. So in a normal person who is of of a normal immunity >> [snorts] >> the it takes care of >> Why?

[00:06:50]>> last immunity then to call me So you have to take care.

[00:06:53]>> Why?

[00:06:55]>> You have to take care.

[00:06:58]So these viral infections are the cause, first thing. And it's very common. Very common means other a party a viral infection common sale window a cool classic so good luck into parents >> parents >> Exactly, should take care.

[00:07:37]segregated so that he does not transmit to the others, He or she.

[00:07:46]Correct.

[00:07:51]All right.

[00:07:53]All right.

[00:07:59]Exactly. Exactly.

[00:08:04]This is the first thing, respiratory.

[00:08:07]Is the water.

[00:08:09]Water born. All right.

[00:08:11]Water dog, I mean during monsoons. Water I'm sure we dog should be boiled properly. All right.

[00:08:22]All right.

[00:08:23]All right.

[00:08:34]So that 3 to 5 minutes.

[00:08:47]Should be Should be boiled for 3 to 5 minutes boiling. Boiling. To destroy all the organisms. Otherwise, this is one thing.

[00:08:59]Second is your other purified water.

[00:09:02]You should not drink water from the roads. Or food from the roads because that can be contaminated.

[00:09:12]All right, exactly.

[00:09:14]You have to take care of your own health. Of your own health. Ask for boiled water. Boiled water.

[00:09:28]Or bottled water, mineral water.

[00:09:31]Firstly Plastic bottles Ultimately, that can cause cancer.

[00:09:43]>> Glass bottle.

[00:09:44]>> Glass bottle is an ideal.

[00:09:46]>> Correct.

[00:09:46]>> Or you have steel container or pottery.

[00:10:00]>> Correct.

[00:10:02]But this correct. This correct.

[00:10:04]>> For a long time.

[00:10:05]>> Yes.

[00:10:06]Yes.

[00:10:07]Yes.

[00:10:10]Yes. Yes.

[00:10:12]>> Boiled water.

[00:10:22]>> Boiled water.

[00:10:22]>> You got to do.

[00:10:23]>> You got to do exactly.

[00:10:26]Glass or you know.

[00:10:33]And even food from the cart.

[00:10:35]>> And even food.

[00:10:37]>> Should be avoided.

[00:10:39]Cart for example.

[00:10:50]Hygiene.

[00:11:06]>> It can be with a dreaded disease sometimes.

[00:11:10]>> Should be hygienic.

[00:11:14]Join this.

[00:11:14]>> Join this.

[00:11:15]>> Come in your contaminated food and water.

[00:11:18]>> Yes.

[00:11:20]Typhoid.

[00:11:21]Correct.

[00:11:23]Exactly.

[00:11:25]>> Is better to reserve your food and water from your own home.

[00:11:32]>> Home.

[00:11:33]Yes.

[00:11:34]Yes.

[00:11:44]>> Make 1,000% sure.

[00:11:46]>> Sure.

[00:11:54]>> I tell you hygiene >> Hygiene.

[00:11:56]>> most of the eatery places is not good at all. If you ask me.

[00:12:02]>> Yeah. You're right.

[00:12:03]>> Our standards, the so-called Indian standards, are absolutely abysmally low.

[00:12:08]>> Abysmally low.

[00:12:09]>> Not low.

[00:12:10]>> Low. Correct.

[00:12:15]>> If you have so much care for your children, yeah.

[00:12:29]>> Exactly.

[00:12:30]>> Typhoid.

[00:12:32]>> Right.

[00:12:32]>> Typhoid.

[00:12:38]>> Coming as you said is hepatitis A and E. Comes through this.

[00:12:43]>> is through your food and water contamination.

[00:12:46]>> And the second Typhoid.

[00:12:53]>> General that toilet you go to for number one or two.

[00:13:08]>> Exactly.

[00:13:10]>> Washing when that arm can they come go on it. It has to be water and soap.

[00:13:15]>> Soap.

[00:13:26]>> It has got excess of carbolic acid.

[00:13:27]>> Carbolic acid.

[00:13:33]And don't use hand sanitizer.

[00:13:35]>> Correct.

[00:13:35]>> Use soap.

[00:13:43]Method of washing your hands.

[00:13:46]>> During the COVID, forget waiters, everybody should wash their hands.

[00:13:52]Before your food.

[00:13:54]Frequently.

[00:13:55]>> I've been I've been Portuguese.

[00:13:57]>> Portuguese there.

[00:14:39]Washing of hand.

[00:14:39]>> Washing of the hands.

[00:14:46]>> As you said, very correctly.

[00:14:48]And so this is the second thing. And then food poisoning means don't shake that. Food poisoning, bacteria, viruses.

[00:14:55]>> Anger.

[00:14:56]>> Oh yeah.

[00:14:57]>> Cannot shake that.

[00:14:58]>> Cannot shake that. You don't have to wait for monsoon.

[00:15:00]>> Don't wait >> [laughter] >> for a rainy season.

[00:15:04]>> Anytime.

[00:15:21]>> [laughter] >> So so that's the second thing.

[00:15:27]Why the immunity goes down during the monsoon?

[00:15:31]There's humidity. And the temperature keeps on changing. Sometimes rain comes, stops. So it it's a breeding for bacteria, viruses, and breeding for mosquitoes. So that's one. Third thing, sunlight come here sir. The sunlight during the monsoons.

[00:15:52]Clouds. So the sunlight is less and sunlight you need for vitamin D. Vitamin D is very important for immunity.

[00:16:01]Exactly. So to build your immunity, senior Jovit, during monsoons, drink lot of water, and eat lot of vitamins.

[00:16:11]Citrus fruits and vegetables. Like you know, citrus orange, lime, guava.

[00:16:20]After washing it.

[00:16:22]Very important.

[00:16:25]>> You have to wash properly.

[00:16:27]>> Properly.

[00:16:27]>> I have used a word properly.

[00:16:30]>> Correct.

[00:16:30]>> Adequately.

[00:16:31]>> Adequately.

[00:16:32]>> With water.

[00:16:34]>> For and maybe >> salt >> salt or you use vinegar sometimes.

[00:16:39]Or baking soda.

[00:16:40]>> Baking Yeah, yeah.

[00:16:40]>> Turmeric powder also sometimes.

[00:16:42]>> So so so eat lot of citrus fruits and vegetables because it is vitamin C.

[00:16:48]>> Yeah.

[00:16:49]>> I need to get a lot of and ginger, garlic, turmeric is also good to boost your immunity.

[00:16:55]>> Look at what I'm saying.

[00:16:57]>> And so a balanced diet you have to eat. And of course vitamin D, if you cannot go in the sun, supplement go to the top of vitamins and D. They they will build your >> Problem during any season >> Wait.

[00:17:12]>> is to eat fruits with their skin.

[00:17:14]>> With their skin. Exactly. Like oranges.

[00:17:17]>> Apple.

[00:17:18]>> No, if you >> Oranges like >> If you don't eat To get fiber coming out of there.

[00:17:25]You got problems on something.

[00:17:30]Apple Apple Cut.

[00:17:40]Better.

[00:17:40]>> Better.

[00:17:41]>> Better is an excellent fruit.

[00:17:44]Cut.

[00:17:48]>> Exactly.

[00:17:49]>> Adequately, properly washing.

[00:17:51]>> I hear.

[00:17:52]>> They say that you put in salt water.

[00:17:54]>> Along with sodium bicarbonate or whatever it is.

[00:17:58]Keep for about 15 to 20 minutes. Uh scrub it.

[00:18:02]Then put it under the running water.

[00:18:09]Best is to eat banana.

[00:18:11]>> Sorry again.

[00:18:12]>> Banana.

[00:18:15]>> Take a look at that one. Take a look.

[00:18:16]>> But >> Apple Or if you're eating berries Berries You cannot remove the >> You cannot remove the skin.

[00:18:24]>> Same thing with vegetables.

[00:18:26]>> Vegetables, correct.

[00:18:27]>> I'm told to cut salad. Salad is dangerous >> Very dangerous.

[00:18:31]>> To eat in hotels and especially in open places where you get >> Exactly. Any place.

[00:18:37]>> Actually Some they advise don't eat raw salad >> Yeah.

[00:18:42]>> In any open place.

[00:18:44]>> Open place.

[00:18:44]>> Even if you're preparing salad at home, you have to be very very careful. I need that one army. We eat the leaves and all that.

[00:18:55]Leaves they go we eat a raw. But in rainy season >> Steam it.

[00:19:00]>> Better to steam it and then you can have it.

[00:19:03]>> Have it.

[00:19:03]>> But children, specially, should be advised no eating raw fruits.

[00:19:10]>> No salads specially from the open place.

[00:19:14]>> Open place.

[00:19:15]>> So, this is one thing. Uh another thing is army bullying be They go and >> They enjoy.

[00:19:24]>> They enjoy that.

[00:19:25]Have to be very careful.

[00:19:28]Your feet Your feet, meaning your footwear, should be adequate.

[00:19:34]You're going in the water.

[00:19:41]There is flooding.

[00:19:42]Because of, you know, certain days of the monsoon, the early monsoon.

[00:19:47]>> Why?

[00:19:48]>> When you go through that water There are lot of organisms.

[00:19:54]Example, which have come from the, you know, animals or rats.

[00:19:59]>> Wait, rats >> Rats, urine, urine, and feces of rats.

[00:20:02]You can get your Leptospirosis.

[00:20:06]So, you have to be very careful.

[00:20:17]Gum boots is the best one.

[00:20:20]>> Exactly.

[00:20:21]>> Gum boots.

[00:20:25]Heavy. Heavy.

[00:20:32]Whatever it is, protective footwear, gum boots.

[00:20:35]>> Boots. Protective >> So that your feet >> remain >> dry, and do not go through the puddles.

[00:20:43]>> Yes.

[00:20:43]>> Try to avoid.

[00:20:50]I'll tell you a story. So much of water was there. A few years back, I'd gone as examiner afterward, and that lot of people got this Leptospirosis. You know, the if you have a cut in your legs, so that's why you have to protect it [clears throat] with gum boots or something. Good >> If ask me personally I would prefer a gum boot.

[00:21:10]>> Of course, of course.

[00:21:11]>> It keeps your feet absolutely dry.

[00:21:14]>> Dry, dry, yeah.

[00:21:17]When you go through this water, especially Bombay Goa also maybe, there may be manholes.

[00:21:24]And one doctor, unfortunately, didn't know when you're walking, went through it.

[00:21:30]>> I was told yesterday be very careful.

[00:21:34]>> One young lady who did her MBA >> Yeah.

[00:21:37]>> from Betalbatim, she told me >> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:21:39]>> Bangalore model has become worse.

[00:21:41]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:21:44]>> And Goa is following the Indian example.

[00:21:47]Goa is totally >> There were open areas for drainage.

[00:21:56]Lakes were there. Construction, construction, construction. There is no place for the water to, you know, to you know, drain away.

[00:22:07]>> So, that is a problem. That is why there is flooding.

[00:22:11]Bangalore, big cities, Bangalore Bombay, of course. Bombay is, you know, built in the sea only, because it is like reclaimed. And Goa also.

[00:22:19]>> Goa also.

[00:22:20]>> So, we have this problem because of the accumulation of water.

[00:22:27]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:22:30]And so called a play station like that.

[00:22:33]>> Correct, correct, correct.

[00:22:35]>> The play station water will lay >> What?

[00:22:38]>> for about 8 days.

[00:22:39]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:22:39]>> It is a factory for breeding of mosquito for dengue.

[00:22:45]>> Yeah, for dengue.

[00:22:46]>> Correct.

[00:22:46]>> Also, it can be for several other >> For several other >> And >> So, you >> The water authority is so hard to see now. So It has to be thrown out.

[00:23:13]You have to replace it.

[00:23:32]And it takes control of the eggs larvae of the mosquito.

[00:24:17]We eat a lot of tender coconut.

[00:25:02]>> [laughter] >> So problem of dengue >> Correct.

[00:25:12]>> is >> because mosquitoes >> sometimes because of us.

[00:25:16]>> As senior citizen very rightly said both inside the house and outside water should not be allowed to accumulate. If that you should cover it.

[00:25:24]>> Yes.

[00:25:25]>> And replace the water after a few days.

[00:25:27]And any vessel or you know or utensils up turn it.

[00:25:35]Otherwise it leads to mosquitoes. In the old days it was malaria which you went to and all and the other dengue.

[00:25:43]>> Now it is dengue. It is dengue.

[00:25:45]>> dengue >> And mostly because of >> Chikungunya and dengue.

[00:25:51]Care should be taken to of course mosquito cream repellent cream repellent mosquito nets >> is to sleep in a mosquito net.

[00:26:03]>> net net mosquito net >> They had come with impregnated >> impregnated yeah which anti >> mosquito touches it drops it dead.

[00:26:19]Avoid mosquitoes so best is to use >> use long sleeves >> clothing and cover up.

[00:26:24]>> So that will take care of this.

[00:26:26]>> So these are the precautions and preventions that can be taken by each one of us.

[00:26:31]>> each one of us >> So we said about food.

[00:26:33]>> food >> We talked about water problems and all that.

[00:26:36]>> mosquitoes And conjunctivitis is that the So wash your hands. Wash your hands.

[00:26:42]>> What is important is correct methodology of washing your hands and more so when you are eating.

[00:26:50]>> eating at a hotel. In fact frequent washing of hands is also good.

[00:26:54]>> Yes.

[00:26:55]>> Because you come out, you go.

[00:26:56]>> Yes.

[00:26:57]>> That party. Not only so, frequent washing of hands.

[00:27:00]>> And especially washing of the hands when you go to your toilet.

[00:27:04]>> Toilets, yes.

[00:27:05]>> Very very very important. That's why be careful about the food, the water that you have in the hotels.

[00:27:12]>> In a hotel. So, waiters and all these also should be, you know, educated.

[00:27:17]>> Yes.

[00:27:18]>> Health education.

[00:27:18]>> Yes.

[00:27:20]The very common in Goa is jaundice.

[00:27:22]>> Jaundice.

[00:27:23]>> Hepatitis.

[00:27:24]>> Hepatitis.

[00:27:24]>> Now, hepatitis A acute Hepatitis A is they say it's advisable >> Yeah.

[00:27:34]>> Yeah.

[00:27:35]>> Actually, senior Jovit, there is vaccine for hepatitis B.

[00:27:38]>> B also.

[00:27:39]>> B also.

[00:27:40]>> But for the most common >> No, yeah yeah.

[00:27:43]>> A >> It is better to give the for hepatitis B.

[00:27:48]>> Yeah.

[00:27:48]>> Because it can cause cancer. Liver cell cancer. Hepatitis can cause.

[00:27:53]>> Whereas A is a self-limiting.

[00:27:55]>> Yes.

[00:27:56]>> It it gets all right, but care should be taken that you avoid all the water >> Especially if if children want to eat anything from the hotel and outside. One has to be very very >> And so, these are the good measures, healthy tips.

[00:28:13]Don't eat outside.

[00:28:14]>> Yeah.

[00:28:15]>> Eat at home.

[00:28:15]>> Yeah.

[00:28:16]>> Boiling of water, food, and type of food as we told to improve your immunity.

[00:28:22]Sunlight. If you don't have sunlight because then vitamin D. And of course, the most important is if a person gets sick, fever, you know, cough, and diarrhea, go to the skin rash, go to the doctor.

[00:28:41]>> Yes.

[00:28:42]>> If not more than 2 days, go to the doctor.

[00:28:44]>> So, the most important part >> That is the most important. When you have these symptoms >> which continue to be seen after two or three days, it is increasing. High fever.

[00:28:56]High fever.

[00:28:59]Then cough, sore throat.

[00:29:02]Then skin rash. Joint Joint pain.

[00:29:07]Severe joint pain, that's what they say dengue and even chicken gunia.

[00:29:13]Civic sense. Mask on it.

[00:29:19]It's very important. People So I will tell you you know about this is going up.

[00:29:27]Life expectancy is going up. And there are places where there are home for the old people. Or there are old people in the houses also or for them you have to be very careful of respiratory infection, especially during monsoon. So take care of them. You know, that they don't get these infections. So person who's got a cold should not go close to them. Or they have to wear a And very important, if your child is not well Keep home. Don't send your child to school.

[00:30:02]See that you are dry.

[00:30:04]All your wet clothes all wet clothes.

[00:30:07]Change your clothes, towel, etc. And protection during the rains.

[00:30:13]This is a advice which I'm giving, which I was following when I was working in Goa Medical College. You get wet. Even if you have car, umbrella. So I kept change of clothes >> [laughter] >> office. Of course all can't do. And a towel also. So that you know, shoes, socks, everything.

[00:30:33]Another pair of all the So this is a advice which I'm giving.

[00:30:38]Fungus You are there the whole day afterwards.

[00:30:42]So which I used to follow especially during >> wear.

[00:30:45]>> Rain wear. Rain wear.

[00:30:45]>> Wear appropriate rain wear.

[00:30:47]>> Appropriate rain wear and replacement.

[00:30:48]>> And replacement.

[00:30:49]>> And keep yourself dry.

[00:30:50]>> Yes.

[00:30:50]>> And children don't >> [clears throat] >> and old people take care because if they get a respiratory infection, goes down, causes pneumonia, is a problem.

[00:30:58]>> So.

[00:30:59]>> And they take a long time to recover.

[00:31:00]>> Yes. So, monsoons have arrived.

[00:31:03]>> Rain is there.

[00:31:04]>> So, remember risk of infection increases. Water borne diseases they multiply and it reduces your immunity.

[00:31:13]>> Air borne >> Especially take care of the elderly people who are at home.

[00:31:17]>> Children and elderly >> To sum it up, we can say that stay healthy >> Stay healthy.

[00:31:22]>> during rainy season. Drink a clean boiled water.

[00:31:25]>> Correct.

[00:31:26]>> Avoid street food and junk food. Home food >> Yeah.

[00:31:30]>> warm >> warm >> hot is the best.

[00:31:32]>> Yeah.

[00:31:33]>> Avoid stagnant water around your house.

[00:31:36]Breeding of mosquitoes.

[00:31:38]>> Wash fruits, vegetables >> Yeah.

[00:31:40]>> carefully.

[00:31:41]>> Correct.

[00:31:41]>> Salt water or other things.

[00:31:44]>> Yes. Yeah.

[00:31:44]>> Get good sleep.

[00:31:46]>> Good sleep.

[00:31:46]>> It is very very important.

[00:31:48]>> lot of water.

[00:31:49]>> Yeah. Follow an exercise regimen. You need to have exercise. Wash your hands before every >> Yeah.

[00:31:58]>> Earlier they used to say that you are coming from outside into the house, wash your hands and face.

[00:32:05]Avoid getting wet in the rain.

[00:32:09]>> Yeah.

[00:32:10]>> Dry wet clothes immediately. Disinfect surfaces regularly, especially your kitchen and bathrooms and develop smart habits, timely precaution and also enjoy the rain.

[00:32:22]>> [laughter] >> One more thing senior Jovito.

[00:32:26]>> Yeah.

[00:32:27]>> You know, when you go in the your morning walk and it's raining heavily, you can >> walk in your house.

[00:32:33]>> Yeah.

[00:32:34]>> In your house it's better. In the corridors. That is one. Second thing is if at all you are sick >> Yeah.

[00:32:41]>> do not take it lightly.

[00:32:43]>> Yeah.

[00:32:43]>> Uh if you have fever, if you have you know severe sore throat, cough, joint pain, skin rash, you know, pain headache >> Yeah.

[00:32:54]>> Go go and see the doctor. Get your blood tested.

[00:32:56]>> At the end shall we say that have a healthy monsoon and enjoy >> Exactly.

[00:33:01]>> Cleanliness and hygiene is very very important. And remember that monsoon diseases are common.

[00:33:07]>> Yeah. Very >> But with right knowledge I think we have >> We can They're very very common.

[00:33:13]>> Right knowledge and habits they are preventable.

[00:33:17]>> Preventable.

[00:33:21]>> Thank you.

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