Dengue fever

Dengue fever

Dengue Fever can be defined as a powerful fever transmitted by the mosquito Aedes Mosquito. This kind of fever causes any of the four types of Dengue Viruses. These viruses are associated with West Nile Infection, yellow fever Yellow Fever. This virus does not spread from one person to another directly, but through the infected mosquito infected with the virus by biting it to a person infected.

Every year about 100 million people are infected with dengue fever, most of which occur in the tropics of the world, and areas prone to this type of fever India, southern regions of Asia, southern China, Taiwan, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean islands (except Cuba) , The Cayman Islands), Mexico, Africa, Central and South America (except Chile, Paraguay and Argentina).

Symptoms of dengue fever

Symptoms usually begin four to six days after exposure and last up to 10 days. Symptoms include:

• Sudden rise in temperature.
• Severe headache.
• Pain behind the eyes.
• Severe pain in the joints, muscles.
• nausea.
• He is strong.
• Skin rash occurs after three to four days of fever.
• Light bleeding, possible from the nose, gum, or bruising easily.

Sometimes the symptoms are simple, and some are thought to be due to flu or other viral infection. These symptoms are also mild in young children and those who have not been infected before, by those older children and adults. In some cases, serious complications can occur, including Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, which is rare. Symptoms include: high fever, damage to blood vessels and lymph nodes, bleeding from the nose and gums, liver hyperplasia, and rotational failure. Symptoms of the Dengue Shock Syndrome-DSS (Dengue Shock Syndrome-DSS) are most common. Those who have dengue fever are those who have weakened immune systems and who have been exposed to dengue fever more frequently than Once.

How to treat dengue fever

There is no specific treatment for dengue infection, and if suspected dengue fever, the patient should be given painkillers with acetaminophen, and avoid taking aspirin because it will increase the bleeding, and the patient to get rest, and drink large amounts of fluids, and must be reviewed If the patient feels ill within 24 hours of fever, he or she must go to the hospital immediately to check the condition and monitor the patient.

Prevention of dengue fever

There is no vaccine for dengue fever, and the best way to prevent infection is to avoid exposure to mosquito bites, specifically if humans are present in the tropics, those with an annoying mosquito, and other prevention methods include:

• Stay away as far as possible from densely populated places.
• Use of mosquito repellant materials and devices.
• Wear clothing that covers most parts of the body; such as shirts, long sleeve jackets, pants, and long socks.
• Use indoor air conditioner.
• Ensure that the protection net is free of holes.
• If you are in doubt, you should go to the doctor.