Earthquake

Asthma, dry cough, respiratory diseases…

Stating that severe earthquakes that occur suddenly and unexpectedly can cause trauma, experts state that 20 percent of people who experience an earthquake suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

After the earthquake disasters that shook Turkey, Konya Metropolitan Municipality, which is also interested in the health of the earthquake victims in Hatay, sent a Mobile Glasses vehicle to the region after the Mobile Dental Diagnosis and Treatment Vehicle. The vehicle, which was implemented with the cooperation of Konya Chamber of Opticians and Opticians, started to serve earthquake victims in Hatay.

After the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş, one of the disasters of the century that shook the whole country deeply, some psychological problems may arise both for those who were exposed to the earthquake and those who were indirectly affected.

The medicines of earthquake victims are provided free of charge by Kocaeli Chamber of Pharmacists at the field pharmacy in the tent city established by the Metropolitan Municipality in Defne, Hatay.

Specialist Clinical Psychologist Özgenur Taşkın, who stated that sudden traumatic events such as earthquakes and natural disasters increase one’s coping strength, said that if crises can be transformed, he can give lessons, and this is called transforming trauma.

We have all experienced the negative effects of the unfortunate earthquake in our country. Just because you didn’t experience the earthquake directly doesn’t mean you weren’t affected by it. It is natural to be affected more or less by this event. The reactions you are showing now are NORMAL responses to an abnormal situation. Not only you, but everyone in the earthquake zone experienced these. Everyone was scared. Most people felt helpless. Even though it has been more than a week since the earthquake, there may be moments and times when you still have psychological difficulties: extreme fear, helplessness, feelings of horror, shock, inability to feel our emotions, unresponsiveness and inability to cry, feeling like you are constantly experiencing the earthquake event, constant chandeliers, etc. There may be symptoms such as difficulty in controlling sleep, difficulty in sleeping, sensitivity to small sounds.

After the earthquakes affecting 10 provinces, World Doctors called for increased health measures to prevent post-earthquake infectious diseases and epidemics. “Crowded living conditions increase the risk of spreading highly contagious diseases such as scabies, measles, tetanus and diarrhea,” said Hakan Bilgin, President of the World Doctors Association.

Çukurova Municipality continues to support earthquake survivors staying in student dormitories with its psychosocial team.

The Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, defined as the disaster of the century, caused social traumas by deeply affecting not only those who experienced the earthquake in the region, but also everyone.