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title: "What diseases are common during the monsoon?"  
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published: 2026-11-11  
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tags: ["monsoon diseases", "dengue", "malaria", "typhoid", "leptospirosis"]  
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# What diseases are common during the monsoon?



## Answers

### Answer by Samiullah Yousafzai

The rainy season brings several health risks:

- **Mosquito-borne diseases**: dengue, malaria and chikungunya.
- **Water-borne diseases**: typhoid, cholera, hepatitis A and diarrhoea.
- **Leptospirosis**, spread through contact with floodwater contaminated by animal urine.
- **Colds, flu and fungal skin infections.**

Prevention includes drinking boiled or filtered water, eating freshly cooked food, avoiding wading through floodwater (or washing well and seeing a doctor if you do and have cuts), preventing mosquito breeding, and keeping skin and feet dry. See a doctor for persistent fever.


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