Some common skin diseases during the rainy season:
- Foot rot
Foot fungus is common in flooded areas after storms and floods due to the flooded living environment, people often soak their hands and feet in water, making them always wet, making it easy for fungus to penetrate and develop. The disease often occurs between the toes.
- Skin infections
People living in flooded areas are susceptible to bacterial and fungal skin infections, which are the most common skin diseases after floods.
- Contact dermatitis
Floodwater often contains chemicals from industries or households including pesticides, heavy metals, detergents. Contact dermatitis occurs when the skin comes into contact with substances in floodwater, often occurring in areas of skin that are in direct contact with water such as the feet, hands... with symptoms of redness, swelling, itching and discomfort for the patient.
- Fungal skin infections
Common fungal infections are the feet, groin, torso, hands... Due to rain and floods, people often soak in water, dirty water increases the rate of fungal infections.
- Jock itch
Due to the rainy season, floods, and inundation, clothes are easily damp, so the groin area, which is not well ventilated, becomes hotter and more humid, creating a favorable environment for fungi to grow.
To prevent, combat and respond to epidemics and environmental sanitation after floods, the Ministry of Health recommends that the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities review, supplement and prepare plans and solutions for disease prevention and control in natural disaster situations in the area in accordance with local realities.
In addition, the Ministry of Health recommends that localities organize monitoring, early detection, and thorough handling of infectious disease outbreaks occurring during and after floods, inundations, flash floods, and landslides such as diarrhea, pink eye, respiratory tract infections, athlete's foot, flu, and dengue fever. In particular, it is necessary to be on guard against diseases transmitted through the digestive tract such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, etc.
The Ministry of Health also requested localities to organize propaganda and instruct people in areas affected by floods about the risk of epidemics, disease prevention and control measures, environmental treatment measures and water treatment measures.
