Monsoon sickness-- how many of you have got it this season?

Yes kala, you are right, most rainy seasons bring their own brand of sickness.here in Mangalore we are having Malaria and Chicoon guniya which is rampant.Mosquitoes seem to be the cause of most of these sicknesses.My sister got it from the patients she was treating and so did my b in law and then spread to the whole family..this was in Bangalore.Thankfully here in my neighborhood we have not had any cases so far...Another weekend cometh ! Have a nice weekend kala

hello dear, This is also common here in our place. Due to this unpredictable weather,with the sun so hot in the morning and sudden rain at mid afternoon till evening gives cough and colds to students caught in the rain. My son had some cough and colds last week ,thanks God he is doing fine now. We really need to be extra careful with our health. Good thing here in our place,most restaurants here serves purified or mineral water esp with food chains. Just make sure to use a disposable glass. Happy weekend

Hi Kala, I really don’t know whether to be sad or happy about this, but I’ve not had any monsoon sickness this year simply coz it hasn’t really rained as it should in the monsoons, this year. On the one hand, the roads are not mini-pools of slush and I don’t have to spend days in office, drying out by the AC but no rain is not good either. We must have some spells of heavy shower, which we haven’t had till now. Yes, monsoons are the ideal time for germs to proliferate and water borne diseases are rampant. However, this year, all is well with my family…so ‘touchwood’! How’s life otherwise?

I have already suffered for two times and expecting one more monsoon sickness during this season.

I have enough immunity as I am into homoeopathy. The beauty of homoeopathy is that although one takes it for a particular ailment or whatever every homoeopathic medicine has kind of a holistic effect.

Actually, yesterday i went to my systers home(hyderabad) on the occasion of rakhi festival. From today morning my voice is changed, because of water change, the hyderabad water(manjeera) is different and my locality water is different. May be today night fever will come.(hahahahaha)..... And TV channels already started awareness on SWIN FLUE precausions, so we have to take care. thats why i take rest today(absent for college). hahahahaa.......

yeah,my daughter and son too had cold and cough in the past week ,now they are better,i have forbidden them to eat outside food or for that matter not to drink outside water but they sometimes get wet when they go to school in rickshaw and that leads to cold.

Hi Kala! I agree with you that most of us get sick, when the weather changes from hot and sultry to humid and wet and then again to dry and sunny. As you are aware that we experience different seasons here in North of India and every time it is change of season, we will get cold, running nose and soar throat. I also become a victim of change in weather and I get affected in the months of March, August, September or in November and pollution also adds to our miseries and we have become accustomed to getting ill due to change in weather.

I have never gotten monsoon sickness, but I never drink tap water so maybe that is the reason why. When it is hot and very humid outdoors then it is very uncomfortable for me to go into stores and restaurants where they have the air conditioning on very cold. I am at my summer place now and we do not have monsoons here, but the temperature is over 100F (38F) today so my home A/C is coming on automatically for a little while from time to time. I have it set for 90F (which is 32C) If someone is coming over to visit then I make it colder, but for me this is good.

kalav56 I can imagine with a season of unrelenting rain viral infections could spread. here in the Us in California where I am its very dry and veryhot. we have a room facing west so our room at 5 p.m is flooded with sunshine and heat.even the fan is not doing a lot of good here for some reason. I am not much of a water drinker but today I have been slugging it down to make up for so much sweating. wow. hope you fare well and do not pick up a virus. good luck and God Bless.

hi kalav, i do not have any worry about monsoon sickness,i could not say about children and others,i have stopped taking pills for any reason,that is common in India,instead taking pills,it is better to give some 6 black pepper seeds,two garlic pieces and some dal means (pappulu) eat them at once ,no throat infection or cough will touch you,i am using this for last 4 months nothing is there,i am ok ,have a nice day

It is winter here in Australia and we don’t have monsoon season as such but I can relate to the sickness that is going around. We have all had colds and coughs in the family and it goes away and returns. We all have ‘sniffly’ noses constantly and I am sick of feeling sick! I can hardly wait for summer... I guess monsoon sickness can be aggravated by infection from drinking contaminated water too so it certainly is wise to take care...

Hi kala, how are you? Yes in this season we will have such problems, most of the children effected cold and fever. This is only because of the poor monsoon, in the rainy season also we are getting heat. I am afraid if this continues then what will be the position in the summer?

damn right Kalav, My son has been having the soar throat lately. We gave him the antibiotics and cough syrups. This morning when I just thought that I would send him to school after a three day break, he suddenly stopped my heart by saying that he has a pain in the leg and can't walk. I didn't know the reason so I was more scared. but it seemed to have gone away after watching a little doze of cartoon. But I am still wondering, is the pain in the leg something I should worry about? I am going to the doctor just to make sure. bye. pray for us and you make sure that you stay healthy. :)

Yes you are right. The environment of this season is very bad for spreading viral disease. Precaution with the water we drink is a very good preventive measures to control over viral inaction. We need to be careful in taking food outside. Specially the food from the restaurant of unprotected area like footpath is very dangerous.