Waterborne Diseases

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Did you know? Around 800,000 deaths are caused by waterborne diseases every year in Pakistan. Isn’t that depressing? The water people get in rural areas is filled chemicals and bacteria. This mostly leads to dangerous waterborne diseases that are very harmful to one’s immune system. Water that is unsafe to drink also cause skin rashes, cancer and other health issues.



First and foremost, the riskiest out of all waterborne diseases is Cholera. It’s a bacteria that instantly leads to diarrhoea which is an infection of the intestine. Reports show that diarrhoea is a deadly infection and many children in Pakistan are affected by it. If one of your closed ones have been through this, you would understand what underprivileged people experience every day.

Typhoid is another disease that is formed in contaminated water. It causes a high fever almost up to 104 degrees. Other than that, vomiting and diarrhoea are also experienced when you have typhoid. Many people face this disease with little resources and medicine in underdeveloped areas of Pakistan. Now imagine not having enough money for treatment of typhoid and being helpless every time a person in your family gets infected.



Moving on, when sewage water and clean water pipes are close to each other, there is a chance of them to merge. When this happens, they are mixed together and, in that water, Giardia is formed. It’s a type of parasite that infects both humans and animals. When a person drinks this untreated water, just like cholera, it causes a severe case of diarrhoea and stomach cramps.

Once a person is aware of waterborne diseases and the affects, they have on the human body, they become more careful. Purify Pakistan wants to make its readers familiar with the harmful diseases and highlight their influence on the human body. Let us know if there are any other waterborne diseases that you might have experienced and what measures can be taken to stay safe.  

 

 

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