Dengue 101-Dengue prevention tips?

Dengue Prevention Tips

Where heavy rainfall can mean fun, freshness and festivity; it can also turn into havoc if proper facilitation and preventive measures are not taken into account. Same has happened in Pakistan where dengue fever has hit the streets yet again claiming hundreds of innocent lives badly disturbing the normal course of life. As the saying goes “stitch in time saves nine, here are some preventive measures that everybody should follow to avoid the beat down by Aedes mosquitoes that cause dengue.
1. Remove sources of stagnant water.
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water hence it is utterly important to not let the water accumulate. Make sure to:
 Turn pails and watering cans over and store them under shelter
 Remove water in plant pot plates. Clean and scrub the plate thoroughly to remove mosquito eggs. Avoid the use of plant pot plates, if possible.
 Cover overhead tank to prevent access to mosquitoes.
2. Avoid mosquito bites (by using mosquito repellents containing DEET, picaridin (KBR3023) or oil of lemon eucalyptus). Get your house and surroundings fumigated for pest control.
3. Prevent mosquito entry by keeping doors closed and windows screened.
 If your door and window screens have holes, there’s no better time to have them repaired.
4. Wear protective clothing like long-sleeved shirts, long pants, socks and shoes when outdoors.
5. Aedes mosquitoes usually bite during the day; therefore, special precautions should be taken during early morning hours before day break and in the late afternoon before dark.
6. Keep your house and surroundings clean. Make sure all the gutters are properly cleaned and covered.
7. There is no commercially available vaccine for dengue fever hence if symptoms for dengue occur such as:
• High-grade fever.
• Severe headache.
• Severe joint and muscle pain.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Skin rash – The rash may appear over most of the body 3 to 4 days after fever.
• Bleeding from the nose, gums or under the skin, causing purplish bruises.
Make sure to contact your doctor immediately.
Remember that a safe home is a happy home. Keep yourself and the others around you safe and educate them about dengue prevention tips by sharing these tips.

Source: http://blogs.aaj.tv/2011/09/dengue-101-dengue-prevention-tips/

DENGUE bites at early morning and near sunset

 Dengue Bites

1- DENGUE bites at early morning and near sunset. Shut down house windows and doors at these particular times.
2- It grows on clean/fresh water (near drinking water coolers, kitchen and bath room sinks, toilet commodes, animal drinking water if kept for hours so cover it, rain water, open water tanks etc.
3- Its eggs take 5-8 days to hatch so try to locate such places and remove the possibility of these eggs before they hatch.
4- Ordinary mosquito after biting a DENGUE patient becomes Dengue and it can survive for one month even without availability of water. Water is necessary for its eggs growth not for adult mosquito survival.
5- Spray in your houses daily, use smoke coils or smoke of Gober ooplay, mosquito repellant oils (like MOSPEL) must be used especially near sunrise and sunset. Its upto a person how to save himself, don’t rely on Govt claims.
... 6- Wear such clothes that cover maximum parts of body.
7- Dengue fever attacks the platelets of blood, so eat iron rich food and drink plenty of liquids.
8- As there is no vaccine, prevention is sought by reducing the habitat and the number of mosquitoes and limiting exposure to bites.

Dr. Zakia Hashmi :For free consultation and treatment of dengue fever

Dr. Zakia Hashmi :For free consultation and treatment of dengue fever
Contact no: 051-2287444 [4-8 PM Pakistan Time]

What is Dengue Fever?

Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. There are four different viruses that can cause dengue fever, all of which spread by a certain type of mosquito. Dengue can vary from mild to severe; the more severe forms include dengue shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Patients who develop the more serious forms of dengue fever usually need to be hospitalized.

There are currently no vaccines for Dengue fever. The best way to prevent the disease is to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes altogether. Although there is no certain treatment for Dengue, it can be treated as long as it is caught before developing into dengue shock syndrome or dengue hemorrhagic fever.

There are up to 100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide every year; the most common occurrences are in urban parts of subtropical and tropical areas, such as Central and South America, parts of Africa, parts of Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific . Dengue is just as prevalent in urban districts of its range as in rural areas (unlike malaria).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO):

• Approximately 2.5 billion people, or two-fifths of the world's population, are now at risk from dengue.
• The disease is now endemic in over 100 countries.
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian countries.
• In 2007, there were over 890,000 reported cases of dengue in the Americas, of which 26,000 cases were DHF.
• Dengue infection rates among people who have not been previously exposed to the virus are commonly 40% to 50% during epidemics, but may sometimes reach 80% to 90%.
• Approximately half-a-million people with DHF are hospitalized each year, of whom many are children. About 2.5% of these patients die.
• DHF fatality reads may exceed 20% if untreated. If there is access to medical care with health care professionals trained in treating DHF, the death rate may be less than 1%.

According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary:

Dengue is "A disease of many tropic and subtropic regions that can occur epidemically; caused by dengue virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae"

 

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