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Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus that comes from the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito. Its primary symptoms include muscle and joint pains, skin rashes, headaches and recurring fever.

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How can dengue spread?

Dengue is a flu-like viral disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito (Aedes mosquito). It occurs in the tropical regions of the world and cases in the US are mainly travelers returning from abroad, although, risk is growing for people living along the Texas-Mexico border. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe and fatal complication of dengue.

How To Avoid Dengue?

1. clean your surroundings specially in the garden, dark places and where water can become stagnant.

2. burn some dried leaves/grasses mixed with fresh cut grasses (let it smoke it drives away the mosquitoes) and/or spray anti bug at your home. ( Remember: It's your health is as stake here. THIS IS VERY OPTIONAL)

3. wear long sleeves,jackets,long pants or jogging pants when going outside specially at the forest.

4. put some anti mosquito lotion in the exposed areas.

5. when sleeping put mosquito net around your bed and take a bath. mosquito loves smelly feet. =)

The best outdoor protective measures to avoid dengue and other mosquitoes are?

The best way is to avoid mosquito bites. Use of spray/coils/repellant creams in the house and sleeping under mosquito nets. Use of nets in the doors and windows or any opening in the house, and spaying of ponds and stagnant water around the area will also help as it prevents breeding of the mosquitos

When does dengue attack?

Whenever one is bitten by a Vector mosquito. The mosquito becomes a vector after it has bitten an dengue infected carrier - usually another Human.

What are the diagnosis for dengue?

Clinical diagnosis of Dengue is conducted by laboratory testing on human serum and plasma tested for DENV SubT and dengue NS-1 (DENG NS-1), dengue IgG and IgM to confirm the presence of infection. To learn more, Visit: Dengue Biospecimens for Research l Order Online

What are the symptoms of dengue fever in children?

Children often experience symptoms similar to those of the common cold and gastroenteritis (vomiting and diarrhea) and have a risk of severe complications, though initial symptoms are mild but with a high fever.

Can dengue be cured?

nope, one can only treat the symptoms and hope to survive

Which country in the Western Hemisphere had the lowest dengue fever infection in the last five years?

which country inthe western hemisphere had the lowest dengue fever infection in the last five years? obtain and summarized.

Barbados, The Cayman Islands,St.Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago

How many days does it take to cure dengue?

9days for IgG state fever

13days for IgM state fever

How many people had or has dengue fever?

In the 106 to 110 countries that it is found in, perhaps 5%.

What is the effect of Dengue on society?

Dengue is a dreadflul vectore borne disease . It hits in three forms

1. Classic dengue fever

2. Dengue Hamerrogic fever

3. Dengue shock syndrome

It has no medicines , no Vaccines. Only fluid management is the best solution when a person is suffering from this disease.

More importantly disease is spreading widely in developing and undeveloped countries. People are not capable of bearing the cost of treatment to disease.

What happens when you don't treat dengue?

After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear.

Dengue starts with

chills,

headache,

pain upon moving the eyes,

low backache.

Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness.

The temperature rises quickly as high as 104 F (40 C), with relative low heart rate (bradycardia) and low blood pressure(hypotension). The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears.

The glands (lymph nodes) in the neck and groin are often swollen.

Fever and other signs of dengue last for two to four days, followed by a rapid drop in body temperature (defervescence) with profuse sweating. This precedes a period with normal temperature and a sense of well-being that lasts about a day. A second rapid rise in temperature follows. A characteristic rash appears along with the fever and spreads from the extremities to cover the entire body except the face. The palms and soles may be bright red and swollen.

refered from:medicinenet

Why except dark colored foods for dengue patients?

we were told by our clinical instructor that one reason no dark colored foods are given to a patient with dengue is that they're watching for signs of bleeding which may be seen in the stool and urine. dark colored foods cause these stuff to also become dark in color and to determine if it is due to the food or blood, a test like stool exam has to be performed..

Is common cold a symptom of dengue?

No, the common cold is not a symptom of dengue. Typical symptoms of dengue include a fever, headache, muscle and joint pain and a pain behind the eyes.

Is 52000 platelet count normal in dengue fever?

Is a platelet count of 134 with protein in urine normal