Dengue Fever and Easy Treatments

Dengue Fever and Easy Treatments - Dengue fever is really becoming the most haunted disease for everyone. All ages might suffer from this. The main cause is only coming from a mosquito, called Aedes Aegepty. However, why it’s so dangerous and may cause died when it is just from a mosquito. Let’s learn how this disease threaten many people and how to take care of this.

Dengue Fever and Easy Treatments - Dengue fever is really becoming the most haunted disease for everyone. All ages might suffer from this. The main cause is only coming from a mosquito, called Aedes Aegepty. However, why it’s so dangerous and may cause died when it is just from a mosquito. Let’s learn how this disease threaten many people and how to take care of this. 

Dengue fever and its treatments

Dengue fever is a disease that can make a patient's body temperature becomes very high and usually accompanied by headache, joint pain, muscle and bone, and pain in the back of eyes. Dengue fever disease caused by the dengue virus which the spread occurs through the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Because mediated by both those insects, the dengue fever can not be transmitted from one person to person directly like flu. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus breed in densely populated areas, for example in large cities that have humid and warm climates. Dengue fever disease problems are usually experienced by the subtropical and tropical countries. It is estimated that there are one hundred million cases of dengue fever that occur in the world each year, even thousands of them infected in a short time due to an outbreak of the disease.

If you experience a symptom like flu (eg, headache and high fever) for more than one week, you should consult to your doctor. Moreover, if the symptom appears after visiting an area that is infected by dengue fever. The doctors who are used to deal with dengue fever usually can immediately recognize this disease only from symptoms that you feel. If the doctor who examine you are not sure that you are exposed to dengue fever, the blood tests can be performed to know the presence of virus in the bloodstream. In addition to confirm the diagnosis, blood tests can also be conducted to determine the infection effects of the blood.

Until now there is still no vaccine to prevent dengue fever yet, despite that the treatment of the disease is relatively simple and does not require a special medication.  Dengue fever can be treated by drinking plenty of fluids, rest, and taking paracetamol and acetaminophen. If this treatment step is applied, usually the symptoms of dengue fever will begin to recover within 2-5 days. It is not allowed to consume painkillers like ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen sodium if you are suffering from dengue fever because it is feared able to increase the risk of internal bleeding.

If the treatment suggestions above are undertaken correctly, usually symptoms of dengue fever will begin to recover within 3-5 days, then fully recovered in less than two weeks. Most people will feel tired when just recovered from dengue fever, but it is fair and it is only temporary. There are even some people take up to one and a half months until their condition is really fit.

It is important to always monitor the progress of the symptoms of dengue fever when these conditions during treatment. You are advised to see a doctor back if symptoms do not recover within 3-5 days. Een, you are required to go to the hospital if dengue fever leads to symptoms of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome after the body temperature down (critical phase).

The best way to prevent dengue fever is to avoid being exposed to mosquito bites that bringsm the virus because there is still no vaccine that can ward off its fever. Here are ways to avoid ourselves from the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus:

-            Sterilize room houses with insecticides that can be bought freely on the market or pharmacy.

-            Coordinate with the neighborhood residents to conduct fogging to eradicate mosquito breeding.

-            Worked together with the neighbors to clean the gutters and disposing of trash that can hold water as a medium egg-laying by mosquitoes.

-            Clean the tub and sprinkle powder in order to abate mosquito larvae die.

-            Close, flip, or if necessary to remove small media other water containers in your home.

Hopefully, it will inspire us to be more aware of the dengue fever disease.