A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE PERVASIVENESS OF IRRESISTIBLE MALADIES IN THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

Background: Natural disasters are calamitous occasions with air, geologic, and hydrologic birthplaces. Calamities incorporate quakes, volcanic emissions, avalanches, waves, floods and dry season. Pakistan confronted floods in 2010 that started following substantial rainstorm rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Baluchistan areas of Pakistan. Objectives: To assess the pervasiveness of irresistible maladies in the flood influenced people. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional investigation was led at Services Hospital, Lahore from October 2017 to May 2018. The information with respect to age, sex, training, occupation, land beginning and nature of illness were gotten from the patients going to flood alleviation therapeutic camp for human services and were broke down on SPSS. Results: Amid the investigation time frame, 8074 patients were inspected. Patients all things considered and both genders were incorporated. Male to female proportion was 1 to 1.01. The patients run from neonates to over 70 years old. The kids younger than ten years were 40.99%. Among the flood affected, the most well-known sicknesses in diminishing request of recurrence were looseness of the bowels, RTI, skin contamination, eye disease, ear disease and bone injury. Conclusion: Health education, clean water and environmental hygiene with proper and timely medical cover can reduce mortality and grimness. Keywords: Flood, Flood Affected, Disease Epidemic