दिल्ली में प्रदूषण पर डॉक्टर का दावा: एंटीबायोटिक नहीं, मास्क पहनें और घर में रहें

Delhi: On the air pollution, Dr. GC Khilnani, Chairman of the PSRI Institute of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, says, "...I see two types of patients, the young people who do not have any illness or respiratory illness, asthma, or bronchitis. They are coming with a very troubling cough, sore throat, running nose... When I examine them, I don't find anything... A test called fractional exhaled nitric oxide is done, which actually indicates the level of inflammation in the airways, and that I am finding is very high... There is no benefit of taking antibiotics for pollution-related cough and breathlessness... Another type of patient is the one who has previous heart disease, lung disease... They come to the emergency room with increased requirements of nebulization, breathlessness, increased requirements of oxygen... Younger children and the elderly are the worst affected because of this pollution... It is very important for everybody to stay at home to the extent possible... A special advisory for people who have asthma or heart disease or who are elderly is that these people should not go for early morning walks when the smog is there... If they want to go for a walk, they should use an N95 or N99 mask... Everybody is using air purifiers... But there are some precautions to be taken, like the air purifier should be on all the time, the room should be closed, and the filter should be replaced repeatedly."