Impact Of Contaminated Water On The Prevalence Of Diarrheal Diseases In Children

Abstract

Background: Who die from diarrheal diseases make up a substantial portion of worldwide mortality along with morbidity rates while especially affecting populations lacking sufficient WASH services. The route acts as a primary means for pathogens consisting of both viral and bacterial agents alongside parasitic ones to spread. Water contamination associations serve as fundamental information to develop efficient public health preventive measures.

Objectives: to determine polluted drinking water affects child diarrheal disease frequency. The Study investigates both water quality parameter associations with infection rates for developing prevention strategies.

Study design: A cross-sectional study.

Place and duration of study. This study was conducted in the low income villages in district Fasialabad of Pakistan from Jan 2024 to june 2024

Methods:100 children from different water quality location communities to participate. Water microbial testing determined contamination levels while interviews and medical records data obtained health information about diarrheal episodes in children. The Study team used mean age, standard deviation, and p-values to evaluate the relationship between contaminated water and diarrheal disease frequency rates in their statistical examination.

Results: 100 patients whose mean age level was 3.8 years (with an age standard deviation of ±1.2 years). Children who drank water from contaminated sources developed diarrheal disease at a higher rate than other patients (p < 0.01). People who consumed water containing E. coli faced a greater risk of developing diarrhea according to statistical data (p = 0.003). The problems brought by unsanitary conditions intensify microbial infection frequencies that show how essential safe drinking water is.

Conclusion: Dirty water exposure strongly drives up child cases of diarrhea issues. Health authorities need to implement three main intervention methods which include improved water treatment together with better sanitation infrastructure and health education campaigns to decrease the disease burden. Secure public health measures alongside accessible clean water supply remain vital for protecting susceptible communities from waterborne diseases.