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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Aedes aegypty

Outbreaks of dengue fever that attracted worldwide attention first appeared in Manila in 1954. Most cases of dengue fever occurred in the country located in the tropics and subtropics. This is not surprising because the mosquitoes love with a warm environment to live.
Aedes aegypti mosquito is a carrier of the disease dengue fever virus. How to spread via mosquitoes that bite a person who had been infected with dengue virus. This virus will be carried in the mosquito salivary glands. These mosquitoes then bite a healthy person. Along with terhisapnya blood of healthy people, the virus of dengue fever was also moved to that person and cause healthy people had been infected with dengue virus.
Dengue mosquito has a life cycle that differs from normal mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are active from morning until around 3 pm to suck the blood that also means it can spread the dengue fever virus. While at night, this mosquito bed. So, be careful of mosquito bites during the day and prevent these mosquitoes bite a child who was taking a nap.
Habit of this mosquito is he happy to be in a puddle of water and in areas with many trees such as in parks or gardens. Stagnant water in flower pot may be one of the favorite places of mosquitoes that can be forgotten by you.

 
Symptoms of Dengue Fever
A person infected with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), generally show the following symptoms:

    
* High fever continued. Body temperature around 39-40 degrees Celsius. This causes headaches in people.
    
* Fever without a cough.
    
* Upset stomach or nausea.
    
* Body feels stiff or pain in the joints.
    
* Appears red spots, but this does not always happen in every case.
If any member of your family shows these symptoms, you should immediately take it to the doctor to get treatment. Do not let the fever for too long because it can lead to late to help. To be more exact, you can do blood checks.

 
Dangers of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF)
There are 4 types of Dengue disease. So, someone who has been affected by dengue fever, does not mean he will not be affected by this disease because there are 3 other types that can cause fever as well.
When exposed to dengue, a person will have 3 phases. The first is the phase of fever during the first 3 days. Continues on next 3 days which is a critical phase. In this phase, the fever had not occurred, but in this phase must be vigilant so as not to be fooled with regard has been recovered and no treatment. Three days later the healing phase.
One of the dangers of dengue fever is considered experienced as usual so it is considered a mild fever and did not get special treatment. Moreover, in the second phase, usually fever has come down so it is considered cured.

 
DHF treatment
There is no specific drug to cure dengue fever. So, things you can do to help cure people affected by this disease are:

    
* Give a febrifuge or paracetamol.
    
* Apply heat for not too high. Compress should be done with warm water, not with cold water or ice. Cold water can cause shivering patient so the body gets hot.
    
* Drink lots of water. Patients with DHF usually be deprived of fluid, the water is very good for them. Water can also help reduce the heat. In addition to water, can also provide liquid oral rehydration salts to help healing.
    
* Meals are nutritious. Actually there are no dietary restrictions for patients with DHF. Provide nutritious food for the body to be strong and to fight dengue virus. Fruits and vegetables can be very helpful for recovery.
    
* Drinking water guava leaf and red yeast rice can help raise the platelet.
Treatment can be done at home if conditions are not bad people and allowed by the doctor. However, it takes care in maintaining them. You should also continue to consult with your doctor and do blood check every day to find out his condition. Hospitalization may be an option if you feel it is more secure because the medical action can be taken immediately if the patient's condition decline is also possible given intravenous fluids to increase patient.
The things that harm from dengue disease due to infection with this virus can cause blood platelets drops to very low. Which then will cause the blood vessels become deflated, so that fluid leaking blood into the body cavities and cause bleeding in the ear, nose, or skin that can lead to death.

 
Dengue Prevention
The best thing is to prevent so that no family members affected by dengue. The actions that can be done to prevent it are:

    
* Prevent mosquito breeding around us. You can do that is Closes 3M movement of water storage, drain the tub and Burying the goods unused. Mosquito larvae will develop in stagnant water in about a week. Therefore, it prevented the possibility of things which is where the development of these larvae, such as flower pots, tin cans, old tires or other items that hold standing water, especially in the rainy season where these places can be a puddle of rain water.
    
* Prevent mosquitoes do not bite, for example by using mosquito repellent lotion or medication.
    
* Carrying around an ungainly powder Abate on sewer and water reservoirs so as not to be a breeding place for mosquitoes.
    
* Keep healthy condition. The condition of a strong body, helps the body to ward off viruses that enter so that even if exposed to mosquito bites, the virus will not develop.
Dengue fever can not be considered a mild disease. This disease can cause death. So, take precautions and remain vigilant against the disease can protect those you love from the dangers of Dengue or DHF.

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