The diseases spread by impure drinking water kill more people each year than Malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Experts estimate that more than five thousand children die every day in Africa due to diseases spread by contaminated drinking water. In the year 2013, more than thirty-four thousand people died of diarrhea related illnesses spread by dirty water (CBS 1).
Dysentery, one of the many diseases that can come from dirty water, is a disorder of the lower intestine. A few common symptoms of dysentery include: bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, and rectal discomfort. Dysentery is usually spread through personal contact and contaminated food and water. Dysentery can quickly develop immunity to anti-biotics that can be prescribed to get rid of the illness. The only ways to prevent Dysentery are by improving good individual, domestic, and environmental sanitation. Sanitation improvements can be made by washing hands with soap and drinking clean water (Cyber 1).
Another major disease caused by drinking contaminated water and bad sanitation habits is Cholera. Cholera is a disease of the small intestine. Common symptoms of Cholera are: dry mouth, dry skin, lethargy, dehydration, rapid pulse, sunken eyes, severe diarrhea, and unusual tiredness (AAHC 1). The biggest recorded outbreak of Cholera in the past twenty years was in Zimbabwe in 2008, killing more than four thousand people. The Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe was due to the overflow of sewers during their rainy season. Cholera kills on average 1.5 million children every year. The children are dying from dehydration, weakened immune systems, and malnutrition (All Africa 1).
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It can slow brain development when the kids drink the water, and it can also cause skin lesions, hair loss, hypertension, vision loss, and
Establish Credibility: According to the CDC, it is estimated that 801,000 children under the age of 5, around the globe, die from diarrhea each year. Most deaths occur in developing countries without access to adequate clean water. This equals nearly 2,200 children that are dying every day because of diarrheal diseases from contaminated water. In Flint, Michigan there are 9,000 children with
Measures to expand and improve public delivery systems of drinking water, contributing to a reduction in morbidity and mortality associated with enteric diseases, because these diseases are associated directly or indirectly with providing substandard water or poor provision water. Currently, 1,400 million people lack access to safe drinking water and nearly 4,000 billion lack adequate sanitation. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of diseases are transmitted through contaminated water.
many illnesses (Medicine in the Year 1000). People would drink the polluted water which caused many problems within their bodies. (Medicine… 1000). Respiratory illnesses, measles, fevers, and forms of aids were some of the diseases that were results of the consumption of polluted water. (Medicine…1000). People were also often diagnosed with diseases such as mental illness, d...
One out of five children suffer from starvation and thirst all around the world. But suffering from thirst isn 't so common in the U.S because one way or another water is easy to find. Many people all over the world take purified water for granted and see it as something they will always have. In Africa the people dream of having drinking water in their daily lives. Contaminated water affects many people from Africa. Such as health issues, pollution, and starvation. Africa civilians are one of the top countries in the world that suffer the most from starvation and dehydration.
Friedlander 15). Cholera disease was caused by bacteria that had contaminated India’s waters with the disease. A person could swallow contaminated water and have a fifty, fifty chance of surviving. If person is to survive it is because the acid in the human stomach killed the bacteria and person is no longer infected. If person gets bacteria in their body person is infected and the bacteria multiplies plus it will move to other intestines. The symptoms of cholera disease are: diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. The symptoms would then lead the human or patient to death. Some bacterias are harmless but some are beneficial. The beneficial bacterias live in the human intestines that help digest food. The dangerous bacterias produce disease and releases toxins that will harm the host (15).
There are many types of recreational water illnesses such as diarrhea, cryptosporidium, giardia, hot tub rash, legionella, swimmers ear, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus MRSA, and pinworm. Contributors to recreational water illnesses include, feces, unfiltered water, diaper-aged children (newborns through at least age 4), sewage spills, animal waste, water runoff (following a rainfall), and swallowing recreational water (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). This mainly affects children, pregnant women and people with a compromised immune system.
Cholera is still an extremely significant disease worldwide with over 5 million cases being reported per year (Ruiting & Reeves, 2002). Cholera is a diarrheal illness that progresses rapidly and is contracted by ingesting the bacterium Vibrio cholerae which causes an intestinal infection (CDC, 2013). In many cases the illness is mild with hardly any symptoms at all, but in some cases it can become severe. Approximately 5 percent of people who are infected exhibit severe symptoms such as extreme watery diarrhea, leg cramps, and vomiting (CDC, 2013). These symptoms usually occur at a rapid pace and unless treated can further lead to dehydration and shock which can ultimately cause death within hours. It is estimated that over 100,000 deaths occur each year around the world due to Cholera. (CDC, 2013)
Introduction on Water It covers 70% of our planet, makes up 75% of our body, it is necessary for survival and it is declining at a rapid rate (http://www.sscwd.org). It is water. Unfortunately, clean water is rare, almost 1 billion people in developing countries do not have access to water everyday. “Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles” (The Water Project). Use of earth’s natural resources should be seen as prosperity, although it is taken for granted, every aspect of daily life revolves around the environment, forcing water conservation to be necessary for future on this planet.
Approximately 844 million people (one tenth of the population) in the world do not have access to clean and 2.3 billion do not have access to a decent toilet. This poor sanitation and contaminated water quality is the cause of death for over 289 000 children under the age of 5 every year.
Cholera is a disease caused by the cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae infecting the intestines. Usually, the illness is mild, and for some, symptoms of cholera never even present, but sometimes, the disease can also be severe. A severe case of cholera is “characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours” (Cholera Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment). Normally, in a gentler case of cholera, the infected person only has mild diarrhea. “In 5-10% of cases, however, patients develop very severe watery diarrhea and vomiting from 6 hours to 5 days after exposure to the bacterium. In these cases, the loss of large amounts of fluids can rapidly lead to severe dehydration. In the absence of adequate treatment, death can occur within hours” (Cholera Symptoms, Ca...
Having clean water to drink means that water must have microbial, chemical and physical characteristics that meet WHO guidelines or national standards on drinking water quality. Around 780 million people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water (Millions Lack Safe Water). More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in developing countries. Around the world, diseases in unclean water kill about 1,400 children every day (Clean Drinking Water). There are many organizations that raise money in order to help develop ways or create ways for people to obtain clean drinking water. However, many people are unaware that this is even a problem in other countries because we take clean water for granted.
Another problem for people of Africa is clear access to clean water. Clean drinking water is very rare for the people of Africa. Unclean water and sanitation problem leads to many diseases in African countries. Main problem which occurs due to unclean water is child morality. Around 2000 children’s die from diarrhoea which spread due to poor sanitatio...
People from many developing countries are suffering from the scarcity of clean water, while the rest of the country simply take for granted. Habitants of rural poor communities such as Sub-Saharan Africa, are living in a water stressed environment. Residents of these communities have to walk miles at time just to gather water from streams and ponds, even though the water source may contain water-borne disease that can make them very sick. In the rural places that don’t have access to safe clean water, it is very difficult to prevent the spread of viruses. The consumption of contaminated water can be dangerous for health reasons and several people have passed away from these water-borne diseases. Some of these diseases include Cholera, Typhoid, Dysentery, Giardiasis, and Malaria. These unfortunate diseases are currently the cause of numerous deaths, especially in small children. The availability of clean water can prevent many problems in low income communities. The available resources for clean water are very rare, so these water sources need to pass through a process of water sanitation in order to just be sustainable to drink, “The world’s surface is made up of approximately 80% water, which is an indestructible substance. Of this water approximately 97% is salt water, 2% frozen in glaciers, and only 1% is available for drinking water supply using traditional treatment methods” (Thornton). Therefore, properly treated or disinfected
Although preventive measures can be taken, over 21.5 million people annually become infected with Typhoid fever. In particular, areas with poor sanitation of water report higher rates of this disease. Typhoid fever is spread through contaminated water sources, making underdeveloped countries vulnerable to the infection.