How to Prevent Dengue

How to Prevent Dengue

Dengue fever is a severe viral ailment caused by the Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. This virus can be transmitted from the bite of the mosquito (Aedes Aegypti) that has already bitten a infectious person. We can identify the mosquito by the black and white color patterns on them. They are present every where, just you need you need to be careful about them. they usually stay indoors and bite them indoor. They can stay anywhere in you home and bite you as they find some chances while you napping, as there bite is painless and you will not notice that you are bitten by a mosquito. 

The mosquito spread during rainy season but bread on plastic bags and cans filled with water all year round. Just a single mosquito bite can cause the sickness. However, the virus is not contagious and cannot be transmitted from person to person. There must be the presence of mosquito as the median from person to person to transmit the disease.

Unfortunately, there are no vaccines to prevent dengue or an antibiotic to treat it. We can only do preventive steps such as to avoid from mosquito bites and eliminate their habitat. In order to get rid from mosquito bites, you can put repellents on skin. Wear long sleeves shirts and long pants tucked into socks. Do not go to populated place and watery area. You can also use mosquito nets in sleeping.

To eliminate mosquito breeding area, clean your surroundings. Remove containers that can collect rain or run-off water such as tires, broken pales and basins. Regularly change water in the aquariums and flower vase. Do not store water on open container and cover tank or any water storage to prevent access from mosquito. Eliminate stagnant water. Use insecticide to kill mosquitoes. Remember, prevention is better than cure.

It’s a disease of tropical and subtropical regions that occurs epidemically, very much comparable to Chikungunya. The dengue fever is also know as “breakbone fever” because it causes severe joint pains, as you will feel like that your bones are braking, hence this named “breakbone fever”. This disease needs almost 10 days to cure, but the complete recovery may take up to a month. 

Symptoms of Dengue

• High-grade fever. 
• Severe headache. 
• Severe joint and muscle pain. 
• Nausea and vomiting. 
• Skin rash – The rash may appear over most of the body 3 to 4 days after fever. 
• Bleeding from the nose, gums or under the skin, causing purplish bruises.

 

How to prevent dengue?

You can prevent mosquito bite by using mosquito repellents or oil of lemon eucalyptus. You need to fill the stagnant water holes in the areas where you live, because the main source of generation of mostiquitos is through stagnant water. You need to be careful in storing water in the open containers, just cover all the utensils that contain water. You can use mosquito nets that will save your from the mosquito bites if you sleep outdoor at night. You full sleeves clothing and cover your body. There are no commercially available vaccinations that prevent you from the dengue, so you need to be careful. If the infectious disease is treated in time its good for you and less time will be needed for the recovery of the dengue fever.