Aired (July 29, 2023): Kaakibat ng tuloy-tuloy na pag-ulan ay ang pagbaha. Kaya naman hindi natin maiiwasan ang lumusong sa tubig na maaaring panggalingan ng iba’t ibang sakit gaya na lamang ng leptospirosis. Paano nga ba maiiwasan ang sakit na ito? Alamin sa video.
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Hosted by Connie Sison and its resident doctors, ‘Pinoy MD’ is an informative magazine show that provides wellness tips and answers to some important medical questions.
Watch ‘Pinoy MD’ every Saturday, 6 AM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes.
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00:00 This past June, 20-year-old Neil Vert was hit by severe leptospirosis.
00:06 I can't breathe properly. I can't breathe.
00:10 It's a short period of time. When I vomit, I can't breathe properly.
00:15 Aside from the flood, where else can we get this disease?
00:20 Neil Vert did not expect that he would lose his life because of leptospirosis.
00:29 It started with a simple illness that he thought was caused by the rain.
00:34 On Monday afternoon, when I got home, I got a headache.
00:39 I was about to pass out. I took my medicine.
00:42 When Wednesday came, I couldn't breathe.
00:46 I was vomiting and I always went to the bathroom.
00:50 I also read my diary.
00:53 On Thursday, my illness got worse.
00:59 His eyes and lungs also turned yellow.
01:02 He couldn't breathe.
01:05 When I vomited, the blood came out.
01:09 The blood came out of my lungs. I couldn't breathe properly.
01:14 He was rushed to the hospital.
01:18 When we arrived at the hospital, my blood pressure was confirmed.
01:24 The doctor said that I was ready to be diagnosed with leptospirosis.
01:29 Neil Vert's illness was confirmed as severe leptospirosis.
01:34 He suspects that he got it from the flood.
01:38 I went to the market.
01:40 Maybe it was because of the flood, I was also able to breathe.
01:45 Leptospirosis is a type of zoonotic disease.
01:49 It means that a person gets infected from the urine of an animal like a rat.
01:55 Leptospira is the bacteria that causes leptospirosis.
02:00 It usually symptoms are fever, headache, cold, cough, and jaundice.
02:07 It is the yellowing of the skin and eyes.
02:10 According to the expert,
02:13 Leptospira usually enters our body through open wounds or skin abrasions.
02:18 It can also enter our mucous membrane like our nose, mouth, and eyes.
02:24 Leptospirosis usually affects our body through stones, liver, and lungs.
02:31 Commonly, we see patients who need to undergo dialysis.
02:37 They go into acute kidney failure.
02:40 They are affected by their kidneys.
02:44 The same thing also happens to the liver.
02:46 When the patient's liver turns yellow, it means that there is a complication in the liver.
02:50 Now, our lungs are the one that is affected.
02:53 If our lungs are too swollen, the body loses oxygen.
02:58 Meanwhile, Nielvert needed to be hospitalized to rest.
03:04 He also underwent 6 sessions of dialysis.
03:08 The good thing about this disease is that even if the organs temporarily shut down,
03:16 it does not work.
03:17 After about one week, the kidneys recover.
03:21 What is needed is temporary dialysis.
03:24 We will remove the toxins or excess fluid that accumulated in the body.
03:30 I was confined for 2 weeks and 5 days.
03:34 I was also in the ICU.
03:37 I was shown an X-ray that showed that there was no more blood.
03:41 It was very clean.
03:43 Almost the whole world has been diagnosed with leptospirosis.
03:47 But we have more cases in tropical countries like our country.
03:51 According to the DOH, from January to June of this year,
03:55 1,699 cases of leptospirosis have been diagnosed in the country.
04:01 Of the 174, the cause of death is here.
04:06 Residents of Barangay Vitalis also have a problem.
04:09 Flooding occurs in Paranaque City whenever it rains.
04:12 To avoid leptospirosis, which is a possible cause of flooding,
04:17 their solution is to catch the flood in exchange for rice.
04:21 Our barangay has a program to help in the prevention of leptospirosis.
04:28 Residents will catch the flood and they will exchange rice for rice.
04:35 Aside from rice, we also added another 100 pesos.
04:39 That's why residents here are always on the lookout for floods.
04:44 We caught Ms. Janet who was caught by the flood.
04:50 She puts traps in her house almost every day.
04:55 But she doesn't do it for the exchange of rice and money.
05:00 But so that the tragedy in her family will not happen again.
05:05 It was October last year when Ms. Janet's mister was sick due to leptospirosis.
05:11 She was diagnosed with leptospirosis when she was pregnant.
05:15 She couldn't walk for a few days.
05:19 She was blind.
05:21 It was painful because we didn't expect that to happen.
05:25 We were like blind.
05:28 Residents will bury the flood victims and make their barangay fertile.
05:35 Last year, we had two cases.
05:40 This year, because of our program,
05:44 the flood victims, the help of people,
05:47 and the doxycycline that we will give to our residents,
05:54 we were not affected this year.
05:57 But according to the expert,
05:59 leptospirosis can not only be caused by floods.
06:03 It can also be caused by food that was left behind and that was eaten by fish.
06:08 Maybe a fresh vegetable that was not cooked.
06:11 The water that you will use to wash the vegetables
06:16 must be really clean.
06:19 Boil your water first.
06:22 You have to boil it for a certain time.
06:24 Then let it cool down.
06:27 When it cools down, that's when you use it.
06:31 Doc reminds us to avoid flooding.
06:35 We have to be preventive.
06:38 When we commute, when it rains,
06:41 we bring enough clothes.
06:45 You said we should wear boots.
06:49 Wear your raincoat, umbrella.
06:51 Those who work in wet markets,
06:55 they have to clean the canals.
06:59 You should wear the proper protective equipment.
07:03 As long as you have risk factors,
07:05 then you have to take the medicine already.
07:08 The dirty environment is often the cause of illness.
07:13 That's why during the rainy season,
07:15 we should maintain cleanliness.
07:18 To avoid the danger of leptospirosis.
07:22 Thank you.
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