DENGUE:

Causes and preventive measures

A sumarized information relased by Dr. Aneel Dhar, Qamar-ul-Islam Hospital, DOTCRUSH publishing to promote awareness from Dengue Fever which are epidemic condition in Pakistan specially in Punjab (Lahore) and after continuesly heavy rain in Karachi and entire sindh region, we’ll be prepared to fight agains this dangerous chronic fever and make some preventive measures.

 

 Dengue Fever Epidemic in Pakistan

Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called break bone fever because it some times causes sever joint and muscle pin that feels like backbones are breaking.

Virus that cause dengue fever

Dengue fever can be caused by any one of four viruses DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. A person can be infected by at least two, if not all four types at different times during a life span, but only once by the same types.

 

Transmission:

People get dengue virus infections from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite infected humans and later transmit infections to other people they bite. The two main species of mosquitoes, AEDES aegypti and AEDES alboitus have been responsible for the causes of dengue transmission.

Symptoms:

Symptoms of typical uncomplicated (classic) dengue usually starts with fever within 5 to 6 days after all have been bitten by an infected mosquito and include:

  • High fever, up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Severe headache.
  • Retro orbital (behind the eyes pain)
  • Severe joint and eye pain.
  • Nausea and vomiting.
  • Rash

The rash may appear over most of your body 3 to 4 days after the fever begins. A seconds rash may appear later in the disease.

Symptoms of dengue hemorrhagic fever include all of the symptoms of classic dengue plus
  • Marked damage to blood and lymph vessels.
  • Bleeding from the nose, gums of under the skin, causing purplish bruises.

This form of the disease usually occurs in children (sometimes adults) experiencin their second dengue infection. The fatality rate is 5 to 15 percent.

Diagnosis:

Your health care provider can diagnosis dengue fever by doing two blood tests, 2 to 3 weeks apart. The tests can show wheter a sample of your blood contains anitbodies to the virus. In epidemic, a health care provider often can diagnose dengue by typical signs and symptoms.

 

Treatment:

There is no specific treatment for classic dengue fever and like most people you will recover completely. Within 2 weeks. To help with recover, health care expers recommend.

  • Getting plenty of water.
  • Drinking lots of fluid.
  • Takings medicine to reduce fever.

CDC advises people with dengue fever not to take aspirin. Acetaminophen or other over the counter pain-reducing medicines are safe for most peo. For severe dengue symptoms, including shock and some easily and aggressively emergency treatment with fluids and electrolyte replacement can be life saving.

 

 Some image of dengue fever

 

 

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