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BANGKOK: -- Health Ministry Sunday warned people to avoid walking through floodwater, which often host germs and leeches.
The warning came after more than 138,000 flood victims became ill and one of them was found with a leech in his anus.
"Please travel around by boats, if possible. If not, please dress carefully! Wear underpants and long pants. Also cover the lower part of your pants with plastic bags and tie tightly to ensure that no leech can climb in," the ministry's permanent secretary Dr Prat Boonyawongvirot said Sunday.
According to him, a man in Sing Buri was hospitalised after wading through chest-high floodwater. At the hospital, a doctor helped removing a leech from his anus.
He added that leeches could enter human bodies via nose, mouth, eyes, anus, vagina and urethra.
The warning came after more than 138,000 flood victims became ill and one of them was found with a leech in his anus.
"Please travel around by boats, if possible. If not, please dress carefully! Wear underpants and long pants. Also cover the lower part of your pants with plastic bags and tie tightly to ensure that no leech can climb in," the ministry's permanent secretary Dr Prat Boonyawongvirot said Sunday.
According to him, a man in Sing Buri was hospitalised after wading through chest-high floodwater. At the hospital, a doctor helped removing a leech from his anus.
He added that leeches could enter human bodies via nose, mouth, eyes, anus, vagina and urethra.
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