Childhood is suffocating in poisonous air! Crowd of children in Delhi’s hospitals, lungs are deteriorating, age is decreasing by 8 years

Toxic smog has once again hit Delhi-NCR, and our children are suffering the brunt of it. The hospitals of the capital are crowded with children suffering from respiratory diseases. Doctors are worried because this time even minor cold and cough are wreaking havoc on children and medicines are also proving ineffective.

Why is the danger more serious this time?

Doctors say that this time pollution is making even common virus and bacterial infections many times more dangerous.

• Lungs are becoming weak: Toxic particles (dust, PM2.5 and gases) dissolved in the air are directly entering the delicate lungs of children and weakening them from within.
• Immunity is waning: Children’s immunity has become so weak that they are falling ill again and again and for longer periods.
• Medicines are also ineffective: When the lungs are weak, even medicines are not able to work properly. Even minor cough is not getting better for weeks.

Why are children the easiest victims?

The impact of pollution on children is more than that on adults.

1. Breathe faster: Dr. Shivraj of Bengaluru explains that children breathe faster than adults, due to which they inhale more poisonous air compared to their weight.
2. Lungs are delicate: Children’s lungs are not fully developed, so polluted air easily damages them.

Not only Delhi, every city is becoming a ‘gas chamber’

This problem is no longer limited to Delhi only. Even in cities like Bengaluru and Thane, asthma and respiratory diseases are being seen in children throughout the year, which earlier used to occur only in certain seasons.

It’s not just a cough, it’s an age-reducing conspiracy!

Scientific research paints an even more frightening picture:

• Age is decreasing: According to a report of ‘Air Quality Life Index’, this poisonous air of Delhi can reduce the average age of the people living here by 8 years.
• It is also affecting the brain: This pollution is not only stopping the development of children’s lungs, but is also having a negative impact on their memory and studies.
• Lifelong disease: Doctors believe that if children keep breathing such air for a long time, then diseases like asthma will not leave them throughout their life.

What to do for protection? (immediate solution)

• Mask is important: Children must wear a good quality mask (N95) while leaving the house.
• Install an indoor air purifier: If possible, use an indoor air purifier with a HEPA filter.
• Prevent playing outside: Unless the air quality is very poor, prevent children from playing outside or going to the park in the morning and evening.

Doctors say that these are just temporary measures. Its real solution will come only when we all together take the responsibility of cleaning our environment and air, otherwise we will be forced to give a sick future to our coming generations.