Doctor luzmila lealmember of the national directorate United Physicians of Venezuela (MUV) this Monday, August 14, reported that due to the poor conditions in which water enters homes in Lara, there is an increase in the number of patients with symptoms of diarrhea.
“We have noticed that when we turn on our taps, yellow water comes out, the water is not in optimal conditions for human consumption. This is very serious because we have noticed an increase in the number of symptoms of acute diarrhea in adult patients, most of all in families we can see symptoms of diarrhea in many members, adults and children,” said El Impulso’s therapist.
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“This is even more serious for elderly people with weakened immune systems who come to us in a state of severe dehydration,” he added.
Faced with such a situation, the specialist warned about the diseases that contaminated water can provoke.
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“It is very important to consider that many diseases are transmitted through these polluted waters, including hepatitis A, numerous parasites and bacteria that are present in the water, which we observed during examinations of our patients,” he said.
Finally, he offered the population several recommendations to ensure that the water they consume meets the necessary sanitary conditions.
“The general public is being asked if they can’t buy reliable bottled water to boil the water that we consume and that we’re going to wash our food with for cooking,” concluded Dr. Leal.
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