DOH warns against 6 diseases highest temperatures during the dry

in summer
season.

By: Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:12 AM April The condition of people with hypertension
08, 2017 can be aggravated by severe heat and too
much sun exposure, she said.
As Filipinos begin enjoying summer, the
Department of Health warned against the
6S which tend to be prevalent during
these months.

The 6S of summer diseases are sore eyes,

The health secretary also stressed the
sipon at ubo (cough and colds), skin
importance of drinking enough water in a
diseases, sakmal ng aso (dog bite),
day, which is eight to 12 glasses of water
sunburn and stomach ailments.
apart from other fluids.

The public is cautioned as well against

Its very important to hydrate. Drink clean
other emerging summer diseases including
water even if you are not thirsty, and thats
sore eyes, sipon at ubo, sakit sa balat and
outside of other fluids, Ubial said.
sakmal ng aso, said DOH Secretary Paulyn
Jean Ubial.
Proper and frequent handwashing should

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conjunctivitis, a condition which may lead
Ubial issued the reminder on Friday in a
to blindness.
press briefing on health tips to avoid the
summer illnesses. Cough, colds and flu also easily spread
during the summer, which is why the DOH
Last Wednesday, the weather bureau has
reminded the elderly to get their flu
officially announced the start of the
vaccine shots before the onset of the flu
summer season.
season in June.

Ubial reminded the public to avoid ADVERTISEMENT

exposure to the sun between 10 a.m. to 3

Ubial also noted the spread of skin diseases
p.m. as these are the hours with the
such as boils in areas where water supply is
scarce and people are unable to take baths
regularly.
She warned against swimming in dirty
water or unmaintained public swimming
pools.
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9 pregnant women among 844 new
HIV cases
By: Tina G. Santos -
Reporter / @santostinaINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:16 AM
March 09, 2017
A total of 844 new cases of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
including nine pregnant women, were
reported in January this year, the
highest number since 1984, according
to the Department of Health (DOH).
In effect, an average of 27 cases were
reported every day that month.
This was 5 percent higher compared
to the same period last year, which had
804 cases, the DOH said. The latest
figure also topped the 841 cases
recorded in June 2016.
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HIV could lead to the fatal acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Out of the 844 cases, 90 developed into full-
blown AIDS, based on the latest HIV/AIDS
Registry of the Philippines. Thirty-three died
from HIV/AIDS in January.
Ninety-six percent of the cases were males.
More than half belonged to the 25-34 year age
group while 31 percent were aged 15 to 24
years.
The report also showed that 38 females
were diagnosed with HIV in January,
including the nine pregnant women,
seven of whom came from the National
Capital Region, one from Region 1 and
one from Region 7.
The regions with the most number of
reported cases were NCR with 307 cases,
Calabarzon with 151 cases, Central Luzon
with 91 cases, Central Visayas with 62
cases, and Davao Region with 50 cases.
Majority of the new cases were transmitted A total of 65 overseas Filipino workers were also

sexually (826), including the 85 percent found to have acquired HIV, all by sexual

coming from the male-having-sex-with- contact.

male (MSM) sector.

Since 1984 HIV cases have risen to 40,466,

Homosexual contact accounted for 469 including 3,755 full-blown AIDS cases, and 2,002

cases, followed by bisexual contact with deaths.

245, and heterosexual contact with 112.

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