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In the summer season, the number of mosquitoes starts increasing around the house. Which can cause many viral diseases. As the rainy season approaches, dengue mosquitoes start to flourish, in this season the risk of diseases like malaria, dengue, chikungunya increases. Along with viral infection and bacterial, the complaint of mosquito-borne patients increases. Every year due to dengue there is a rush of patients in the hospitals. Dengue is a dangerous disease, the condition of which can be serious if the early symptoms are not recognized. This disease can happen to people of any age. But the effect of dengue is seen rapidly in children. In view of the increase in the cases of dengue and the seriousness of this disease, every year people are made aware against dengue. How dangerous can dengue disease be? It can be easily inferred from the fact that due to lack of timely treatment, a person suffering from dengue can also die. Last year, the figures of death of patients suffering from dengue in different states of the country confirm this. Every year during the monsoon and its departure, the dominance of dengue and mosquito borne diseases is very common. In view of the frequent cases of dengue, there is a need to be very careful about the prevention of dengue. Because till now no vaccine has been made for it. That’s why preventive measures against dengue are most important. National Dengue Day is celebrated every year by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 16 May with the aim of creating awareness about dengue among the people.
- What is dengue fever? Dengue fever is a viral disease caused by any of the four types of dengue virus, when a patient recovers from dengue fever. Then that patient gets long-term resistance immunity from that one type of dengue virus, but dengue fever occurs again due to other three types of dengue virus, the second time dengue fever can be very serious, it is called dengue hemorrhage. Fever is called.
- How does dengue fever happen? Dengue fever does not spread by eating or touching air or water. Dengue fever is caused by the bite of an infected female Aeded aegypti mosquito. If a person has dengue fever and this mosquito bites that person and drinks his blood, then the blood containing the dengue virus goes away from that mosquito. When that infected mosquito bites a healthy person, the dengue virus gets transferred to that healthy person.
- Some special features of Aedes ageegypti mosquito are given below.
- They are active during the day and mostly bite during the day.
- These mosquitoes have leopard-like stripes on their body.
- Can’t fly very high.
- Prefers to stay in a cool and shady place.
- Lives behind the curtain or in a dark place. *breeds in calm water kept indoors.
- Even after the water dries up, their eggs can survive for 12 months.
- What are the symptoms of dengue fever *Symptoms of dengue fever begin to appear 14 days after the bite of an infected mosquito.
- Severe chills, fever. *Headache
- Eye pain *body pain joint pain *nausea, vomiting *loss of appetite *diarrhea *Redness under the skin
- In the case of dengue hemorrhagic fever, blood can come out from the eyes and nose.
- Dengue fever prevention, prevention is the best and better treatment. There is no specific medicine or vaccine for dengue fever.
- Due to being a viral disease, making its medicine is a very difficult task.
- There is no medicine for dengue fever, but to avoid the adverse effects of this disease on the body, the patient should rest according to the doctor’s advice, take medicines on time. *The patient should take adequate amount of diet, water. *Paracetamol should be taken for fever as per doctor’s advice.
- It is most important for the patient to drink sufficient amount of water in dengue fever. *Regular platelet count should be checked as per doctor’s advice. *Our immunity power is able to fight against dengue fever so we should always try to make a disease resistant person by proper balanced diet and exercise.
- What are the preventive measures against dengue fever?
- Do not allow water to accumulate in and around the house.
- Do not allow water to accumulate in the open in any vessel.
- Keep the vessel empty or keep it upside down.
- If you store water in a vessel, drum, bucket, keep it covered.
- If you always store water in something, then first it should be washed thoroughly with soap and water so that mosquito eggs can be removed.
- Spray insecticide in the house.
- If the cooler is not working, take out the water and dry it.
- Do not allow water to accumulate in any open space such as potholes, potholes or garbage, if water accumulates, put soil in it.
- Keep nets in the windows and doors, close the doors before evening.
- Wear clothes that cover the whole body. *Sleep with a mosquito net while sleeping at night.
- If children go to play, then apply mosquito cream on their body and dress the children in such clothes that cover the whole body. *Encourage the people around you to stop the spread of mosquitoes.
- If any dengue fever or malaria patient is detected in your surroundings, then the hospital should inform about it to the health department so that anti-mosquito measures can be planned.
