Chitwan, September 1
Chitwan, September 2
Since July, 78 patients have been diagnosed with scrub typhus after seeking treatment at various hospitals in the Chitwan district. According to the District Public Health Office, out of 306 people who underwent lab tests, 78 were found to be infected with the disease.
Public Health Officer Bimal Patel reported that of the total cases, 33 are from Chitwan, while 45 are from outside the district. Last fiscal year, 248 people tested positive for scrub typhus out of 762 individuals who were tested.
“Scrub typhus infection is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mite,” Patel explained. The common symptoms of scrub typhus include fever, redness in the eyes, cough, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, breathing complications, severe headache, joint and muscle pain, malaise, and sometimes black spots at the site of the bite.
