bhopal as temperatures soar doctors caution people against weatherrelated ailments the word of advice comes in the backdrop of latest data from health department which indicates a dramatic rise in cases of diarrhoea and an upward swing in malaria health experts say people need to protect themselves from common summer problems like sunburns heatstroke diarrhoea and eye infections it all begins with hygiene and food habits ailments can be avoided if one takes care of food habits and other precautionary measures said jp hospital rmo dr anjani chauhan he also warned against sunburns and fungal infection due to sweating according to health departments integrated disease surveillance project idsp which detects and responds to disease outbreak there have been at least 2000 cases of diarrhoea in the past week some 20 people have tested positive for malaria which is keeping the district malaria office dmo busy they indicate that like the previous year mosquitoes may again impact areas in new bhopal when contacted bmc medical health officer sp shrivastava said diarrhoea was a result of consumption of contaminated water and it was the public works departments pwd work to test water samples everything is under control he said adding there is increase in cases of eye infection and gastroenteritis according to gastroenterologist dr sanjay kumar much of the problems are a result of upset stomach and mild fever due to over exposure to heat and consumption of contaminated food and water