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Water is very important for human life. Not only to relieve the thirst, water is also required in many processes in the body and lack of water can be a serious health threat to humans. But man often even contaminate the water in their environment. This is very dangerous, including for health because many diseases caused by contaminated water as follows:
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is one of the most common diseases caused by water pollution. Diarrhea can lead to dehydration and death for children. Prevention can be done by boiling water that will be drunk to kill bacteria in the water. Diarrhea is severe and accompanied by blood and other illnesses such as fever and vomiting called dysentery. Besides dysentery, similar symptoms are also found in people who fell ill because of the bacteria vibrio cholera chlorae or people who attacked Amoebiasis.
Hepatitis A
This disease is caused by a virus and attack your liver. Besides transmitted by contaminated water, Hepatitis A can also be transmitted through direct contact with patients. Symptoms of this disease include diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, and depression. Other diseases caused by viruses in contaminated water is polyomavirus and polio. Where polyomavirus is a tumor that can infect humans and animals. While polio is a virus that attacks the blood and nervous system.
Lead Poisoning
This is one serious illness and pollution is not directly caused by humans, but by the water pipes are old. Children who are exposed to this toxicity is not only able to experience anemia and hypertension, but also disturbances in organs such as the kidneys and reproductive organs. Addition of lead into the body also can disrupt the nervous system. Therefore make sure you replace the water pipes on a regular basis within a specified period.
Those are some health problems that can result from contamination of water. Certainly the most important way to prevent you from developing the disease is by maintain personal hygiene always, especially hand you use to eat.
