Health expert advises parents to save children, older citizens from changing weather.

ISLAMABAD -- Health expert Dr Muzna Shah on Wednesday stressed that parents should give extra attention and care to prevent their children and older citizens from suffering from viral infections including chest infections due to changes in season and temperature fluctuation.

Talking to a private news channel, Muzna informed that this changing weather is also very risky for older citizens so special precautionary measures were needed to prevent them from a chest infection.

She said proper awareness about health care would help to avoid the risk of spreading different diseases and also reduce the ratio of deaths due to ailment.

Diseases of cold and flu in children and older citizens should not be taken lightly as these might lead to lower respiratory tract infections including pneumonia, she added.

"I also advise the parents not to overwrap their children and just put on sweaters and warm clothes as sometimes overwrapping causes sweating which is not good for them".

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