Originally posted by: Himalaya10
When I was a kid, I remember,......
People were having loads of Malaria ( very often ) , which will easily turn into Typhoid after 7 days,.. and then ( if not careful ) into mennengities, Diptheria,.. few people also were getting Jhondice ( kamal ) ,... ( eyes will turn yellowish ) , Cholera was common,... vomit and diaherra and due to makhkhis and open foods,.. Diptheria, Cholera aur Jhondice ke case mein kuchh log mar gaye huye bhi, neighbourhood mein, dekha aur suna hai,.. when it went real worse,.. and no one took care properly,...
Baliya / sheetla ( strong chickenpox ) which was ruining people's face forever,... ( face of actor Om Puri - heavy acne suffered like,.. ) Though it was happening 1 out of 200 guys and was not that very so common,..
In hard mid-summers there were riots of Fly ( makhkhi ) everywhere and ppl were only knowing that Makhkhi, Mosquito, open food markets, baraf ke gole, Gulfi, open fruit carts - hawkers se hi yeh sab hota hai,,...... So,.. no open food eating,... propel were killing makhkhis with some special stuff ( which looked like Gulkand ) There was no such social distance, isolation, quarantine or any such sense ,.... Parents would make their kids sleep in d hot summer by closing the windows ( take a nap ) and let not wander under hot suns and eat Baraf ke gole and open food sold in carts by hawkers,.. ganne ka juice are was having loads of bees and they were mainly juicing Bees more than sugar canes,.. ! Kisi bhi Gulfi ke par namak daalo toh,.... 10 sec mein dher saare worms baahar aate thee,... Phir bhi log khaate the,..
Municipality se, educated women group wearing very sophisticated sarees were coming in each mohalla with TB / Cholera Diptheria and such vaccines/ Rasi/Tikka in hot summers and we as a kids were hiding and parents were dragging us forcefully, ( were calling us with temptation ! Lol ) the needle remained very small,.. hardly half centimeter it will go in skin,.. ( not like a full length injection s) but we were lot afraid and were hiding whenever we saw those ladies in groups,... and standing next to our parents,...
Ek disesae badi famous thii,.. ( aankh ka aana ) logo ki aaknkhein red ho jaati thii,.... ( maano ki ankhon me khoon aa gaya aur liquid bhi zarta thaa,.. ) phir ve, kaale chasme pahnte the,.. aur uus ki aankh ko jo koi bhi dekhta, uus ko bhi woh beemaari ho jaati thii,.. ( uun logo se aankh kabhi nahin milaana ) aur ,mohalle mein baad mein,.... 50% kids and elders were having those red eyes affected by some virus and now wearing black googles,..... It was terribly contagious,...
mohalle mein kuhh log TB se mar gaye huye aaj bhi yaad hai,... slow fever mein ghoomte-firte the,.. baad mein,... lahu ki vomit maar ke, 10-15 minutes mein,... No More,....
aur,...Log kahete the, ki uun ko kisi ne mooth maar di ( Maili tantrik vidhya ), "kala jadoo" kar diya,... But they were suffering from slow TBs,......
Cancer ki tumor se kayi O ko marte dekha hai,.... maheeno tak, stomach me dukhne se rote-kaklte , the,... koi test ya iilaaz jaisa thaa hi nahin,..... No Kemo-radio therapy,.... detaile dtesting or no nothing, also was very expensive,..... facility har jagah nahin thii,...
sabhi bazaaroo foods pe summer mein,.... loads of bees were flying all over,.... phir bhi log khulli cart me hi bechte - khaate the,....
Malaria Typhoid hota thaa toh weeks tak pathari me hona parta thaa,.... 'Coz we were afraid of injections and with liquid dawa and pills,... effect was so slow,.... So, any malaria/ Typhoid sufferer will be in bed easily for 7-14-21 days,..... anti-biotic shayad bahoot hi kam thii,..... Docs, utni zaldi aur aasani se dete bhi nahin the,......
103-104 ka temperature very often, har koi ko season mein 3-5 baar , Malaria, Typhoid se ho jaata thaa,....
But no such words like quarantine/ isolate / curfew / hand cleaner/ sanitizer,... Log dupahar ko, kadi dhoop mein, ghar ke sab door-window bandh kar ke so jaate the,..... Bazaar ka khaana aur Makhkhi se hi yeh sab hota hai,... aisi belief thii,..