Understanding Dengue Fever. Dengue fever or DBD is a disease that makes the sufferer experiencing tremendouspain, as if it hurt to the bone.
DBD is caused by a virus that is transmitted through mosquito bites. It is estimated that there are 100 million cases of dengue fever occurred in every year around the world. Most such epidemic suddenly and affects thousands of people in a short time.
Disease sufferers DBD in Indonesia
Currently Indonesia ranked second with DBD after Brazil. Even according to the data ofthe Ministry of health in 2009-2011 the number of deaths from DBD in Indonesiareached 1,125 cases. The data also put Indonesia in Southeast Asia as the highestState in the case of diseases of DBD.
Meanwhile, according to the data of the Ministry of health of Indonesia by 2013, the number of sufferers of DBD across 31 provinces reached 48.905 persons, including 376people of them died. So, basically the DBD is a disease that is very common inIndonesia.
Symptoms of the disease DBD
The symptoms of dengue fever will generally look at three to fourteen days afterincubation period and usually starts with a high fever that can reach temperatures of41 degrees celsius. Incubation period is the time distance between the virus firstentered the body until the first symptoms appear.
The main causes of disease, DBD
Causes of dengue virus and DBD is spread to humans through the bites of mosquitoesAedes aegypti. It cannot be transmitted DBD directly from one person to anotherwithout the intermediary of the mosquito. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes usually breed inareas of high population (like in big cities) that has a humid and warm climate.
DBD diagnosis through examination of blood
If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms and fever for over a week, we recommend that you check with your doctor. The specific characteristics of the symptoms of highfever, the DBD reaching 41 degrees celsius, headache, aching joints, muscles, and bones, to the pain behind the eye.
The doctor will usually perform a blood examination to find out whether there isdengue virus in your body.
Regarding the treatment of diseases of the DBD
There are no specific medications to treat symptoms of the disease, however DBD can be overcome by drinking plenty of fluids, rest, and taking paracetamol. If the way thetreatment is usually applied, the DBD will recover within one to two weeks.
Complications arise
Even though it only happens on a handful of cases, the DBD can develop into a more serious complications, which are known as DBD's weight. DBD weight can cause the sufferer experiencing declines in blood pressure or shock, organ damage, as well asbleeding. Therefore drive the sufferer DBD severe to the hospital to be handled as soon as possible because it was feared could lead to death if belatedly addressed.
Disease prevention measures DBD
Although to date there has been no vaccine that could ward off DBD, however thisdisease prevention steps you can do, including:
- Sterilize home or environment around your home, such as by spraying mosquitoinsecticide.
- Clean the bathtub and sprinkling the powder to abate mosquito larva larva dies.
- Close up, flipped, or if you need to get rid of small media holding media-other waterthat is in your home.
- To install the anti mosquitos wire around the vents of your home.
- Put up mosquito nets in Your sleeping bunks.
- Use anti mosquitoes, mainly containing N-diethylmetatoluamide (DEET) which proved to be effective. But do not use this product in infants who are still aged under two years.
- Wear clothes that can simply protect you from mosquito bites. Understanding Dengue Fever
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