Satender Tanwar Director and Founder of Indian Institute of Life Saving Skills, Visiting Consultant, Panwar Hospital – A Center for Child and Maternity Center, India
Raj Mangal Critical Care Expert, Indian Institute of Life Saving Skills & Visiting Consultant, Panwar Hospital – A Center for Child and Maternity Center, India
Mayank Chugh Gastroenterologist, Indian Institute of Life Saving Skills & Visiting Consultant, Panwar Hospital – A Center for Child and Maternity Center, India
Himanshu Gautam Medical Officer, Indian Institute of Life Saving Skills & Visiting Consultant, Panwar Hospital – A Center for Child and Maternity Center, India
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Tanwar S, Mangal R, Chugh M, et al. A warning month for children be preventative and planned in May: A exploratory study. RFP Gastroenterol Int. 2023;8(2):49–50.
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Received : September 16, 2023
Accepted : October 30, 2023
Published : November 21, 2023
Abstract
Health is an panoramic window which presently requires the viewing at the different angles, few are curative and others are preventive. In this article we are looking for the same as the preventive task. Consider the spread and mode of transmission as faeco oral route and water borne which is considered as the maximum travel and water exposure in different types of activities. The study carried out considering the incidence and prevalence among the north India in the month of the June and July. Hepatitis A and E which has the maximum spread in the faeco oral route found in almost all the cases, HAV is most common among the pediatric age group and those who have the history of the travelling and exposure to outside water consumption such as water park, fun world, outside water consumption while travelling. Children with HAV present with sudden onset of pain abdomen, fever chills, nausea, vomiting, abdominal bloating yellowish diclouration of eyes, urine with cholestasis features.
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Tanwar S, Mangal R, Chugh M, et al. A warning month for children be preventative and planned in May: A exploratory study. RFP Gastroenterol Int. 2023;8(2):49–50.
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