Symptoms
- High fever up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Severe headache and body pain.
- Itching and red spots.
- Bleeding from nose and teeth.
- Severe pain behind the eyes.
- Pain of muscles and joints.
- Nausea.
- Vomiting.
- Loss of appetite.
Prevention and control
- At present, the only way of preventing and controlling dengue virus transmission is to combat the vector mosquitoes.
- Dengue mosquitoes are water-borne insect. Properly cover the pots having water e.g. bath buckets and drums etc.
- Fumigation is necessary at all places to avoid spread of Dengue mosquitoes.
- Use of insecticides such as coil mats and sprays etc are necessary.
- People who generally sleep in an open air must use mosquito nets with their beds to prevent mosquito bites.
- Dengue mosquitoes attacks are common between 6 am to 9 am and 4 pm to 10 pm.
- Dengue mosquitoes do not bite in darkness.
- Dengue mosquitoes are born in clean stagnant water.
- Patients should use Paracetamol and avoid using Dispirin.
1 comments:
Mangagaw or tawa-tawa is the best herbal plant to cure dengue patient. Its scientific name is Euphorbia Hirta. Several cases have been cured already because this plant has the ability to increase platelet count at the highest level. Using this medicinal plant is one of several ways to increase platelet counts which is best in treating dengue illness. Also another known herbal cure for dengue is the flower of the male papaya. It is said that its effect is next to mangagaw and it is often practiced in oriental countries.
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