Dengue Fever
General Information:
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection. This diseases can be found in tropical and subtropical climates, especially in urban and suburban area. Dengue fever is an infection that affects infants, young children and adults. Dengue fever is transmitted by female Aedes mosquitoes.
Symptoms:
Symptoms of Dengue fever appears around 3-14 days after the infective bite of Aedes mosquito. Dengue fever is not transmitted directly from person to person. Dengue fever causes flu-like illness, which can be either mild or severe. Other symptoms of this diseases are severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pains, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands or rash. These symptoms last about 2–7 days.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection. This diseases can be found in tropical and subtropical climates, especially in urban and suburban area. Dengue fever is an infection that affects infants, young children and adults. Dengue fever is transmitted by female Aedes mosquitoes.
Symptoms:
Symptoms of Dengue fever appears around 3-14 days after the infective bite of Aedes mosquito. Dengue fever is not transmitted directly from person to person. Dengue fever causes flu-like illness, which can be either mild or severe. Other symptoms of this diseases are severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pains, nausea, vomiting, swollen glands or rash. These symptoms last about 2–7 days.
History:
The first possible case that dengue fever outbreak was recorded is in the Chinese medical encyclopedia in Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD). In this encyclopedia, dengue fever is described as “water poison” related to a flying insect.
The first dengue fever outbreak that was initially recorded was in the 1780s in Asia, Africa, and North America. These cases were reported by Benjamin Rush, who used the term “breakbone fever” to describe dengue fever.
The transmission of dengue fever by Aedes mosquitoes was discovered in the 20th century, which is very recent. “The socioeconomic impact of World War II resulted in increased spread globally. Nowadays, about 2.5 billion people, or 40% of the world’s population, live in areas where there is a risk of dengue transmission. Dengue spread to more than 100 countries in Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean.” (Dengue Virus Net, 2016).
The first possible case that dengue fever outbreak was recorded is in the Chinese medical encyclopedia in Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD). In this encyclopedia, dengue fever is described as “water poison” related to a flying insect.
The first dengue fever outbreak that was initially recorded was in the 1780s in Asia, Africa, and North America. These cases were reported by Benjamin Rush, who used the term “breakbone fever” to describe dengue fever.
The transmission of dengue fever by Aedes mosquitoes was discovered in the 20th century, which is very recent. “The socioeconomic impact of World War II resulted in increased spread globally. Nowadays, about 2.5 billion people, or 40% of the world’s population, live in areas where there is a risk of dengue transmission. Dengue spread to more than 100 countries in Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean.” (Dengue Virus Net, 2016).
Treatmets:
There are no specific treatments for dengue fever yet. Patients of dengue fever should rest, drink a lot of water to reduce their fever. For severe dengue fever, decreasing mortality rates from more than 20% to less than 1% and maintaining fluid volume of the patient is very important. |
Preventions:
The main way to prevent dengue fever is to prevent the spread of dengue virus by controlling the vector, which is Aedes mosquito. Also, it is important to protect yourself from mosquito bites.
The main way to prevent dengue fever is to prevent the spread of dengue virus by controlling the vector, which is Aedes mosquito. Also, it is important to protect yourself from mosquito bites.