Follow these tips if you don't want to get dengue during monsoon,
Health Tips: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread to all regions of WHO in recent years. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aides aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. albopictus.
These mosquitoes are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever
and Zika viruses Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with local
variations in risk influenced by climate parameters as well as social and
environmental factors.
Dengue fever causes a high fever — 104 F (40 C) — and any of the following signs and symptoms:
- Headache.
- Muscle, bone or joint pain.
- Nausea.
- Vomiting.
- Pain behind the eyes.
- Swollen glands.
- Rash.
These can co-circulate within a region, and indeed many countries are hyper-endemic for all four serotypes. Dengue has an alarming impact on both human health and the global and national economies. Dengue has distinct epidemiological patterns, associated with the four serotypes of the virus. DENV is frequently transported from one place to another by infected travelers; when susceptible vectors are present in these new areas, there is the potential for local transmission to be established.
Warning signs of dengue fever
- Abdominal pain or tenderness.
- Persistent vomiting.
- Clinical fluid accumulation.
- Mucosal bleed.
- Lethargy or restlessness.
- Liver enlargement > 2 cm.
- Laboratory finding of increasing HCT concurrent with rapid decrease in platelet count.
