What are the adverse effects of Epidemics ?

Direct Effects of Epidemics:

Epidemics usually affect large number of individuals and can lead to complications including disabilities and death.

There is always a possibility of existence of sufficient number of disease carriers who may favour the resurgence and spread of disease.

On seeing the suffering and deaths especially within close relatives, psychological effects are also common during epidemics.

Indirect Effects of Epidemics:

i) Social and political disruption due to tension and law and order problems.

ii) Economic loss arising from lack of strength of cultivates.

iii) Scarcity of clean food and water leading to malnutrition and starvation.

iv) Worsening of already poor sanitary conditions resulting in aggravation of epidemics.

Epidemic situations also worsen the already overburdened health services, as the scare available resources have to be diverted for controlling and management of epidemics.