Rainy Season, Beware of Dengue Fever Mosquitos!

Rainy season comes, people with dengue hemorrhagic fever continue bertambah.Demam is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus and transmitted through the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. What is Dengue fever? How Handling or prevent it? ...........Rainy season comes, people with dengue fever continue to grow. Even sometimes the hospital must provide additional beds for dengue patients. This disease knows no age, can affect adults, children, and toddlers.
It can even cause death especially in children and often cause outbreaks or epidemics.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus and transmitted through the bite of a mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Aedes aegypti
Aedes mosquitoes live and breed in places where clean water reservoirs that are not directly related to land such as: bath / wc, bird drinks, water jars / barrels, cans and old tires, etc..
The development of this mosquito life from egg to adult takes about 10-12 days. Only female mosquitoes bite and suck blood and blood human beings choose to ripen her eggs, male mosquitoes live on nectar of flowers of plants. The ability to fly between 40-100 meters from the breeding grounds. Preferred resting place is dependent objects that is in the house, such as curtain, bed nets, clothes / clothing in the room is dark and damp.
CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF DENGUE FEVER
- Usually characterized by 4 major clinical symptoms: high fever 2-7 days, the phenomenon of bleeding, liver enlargement and circulatory failure / shock.
- Symptoms of accompanying; headache, muscle pain, rashes / redness in skin, bone pain, nausea, heartburn.
- The phenomenon of bleeding that often happens is the red spots arise on the face and arm-leg and palate. Nosebleeds and bleeding gums can also occur. The situation is more severe bleeding can cause organ in the body.
- Laboratory support: thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 100,000 / mm3), hemokonsentrasi (Ht levels over 20% of normal).
- The critical phase is when the temperature drops, which is between the third and fifth day. The risk of shock increases (sweat a lot, nervous. Ujung cold hands feet) and can be fatal.
Not all patients with dengue fever should be treated, if the complaint is accompanied by fever only one symptom, headache, muscle, bone and recommended outpatient enough to rest as long as fever. Febrifuge and peroral administration of fluids and electrolytes, fruit juices, syrup, milk in addition to white water, it is recommended to monitor the temperature, the number of platelets and hematrokit to normal again. If you have good skin bleeding that arise directly or through a tourniquet test should be in care and observation in hospital.
DENGUE FEVER PREVENTION STRATEGY
Effective prevention should be implemented integrally together between communities, government and health workers.
Eradication efforts include:
- Prevention, known as the movement of 3 M, ie;
1. drain the water reservoirs on a regular basis at least once a week or abate powder sprinkled into it.2. seal water reservoirs3. bury / get rid of used goods that can hold rainwater, such as tin cans, plastic, etc.
- Eradication of the vector / mosquito; spraying / fogging focus on the location of cases encountered.
- Visits to ruamh-house for monitoring and Abatisation larvae.
- Extension and community service activities 3M.
Message to parents
- If your child has high fever over 2 days immediately consult a physician, while providing adequate fluids and febrifuge.
- If your child is otherwise suspected dengue fever who returned it;1. control to the hospital every day diving is still a fever.2. febrifuge provided when needed.3. give drink at least 4-6 glasses per day, in addition to white water can be given the sweet, syrup, fruit juice, ORS, etc..4. if at any time found signs of distress, namely, the child appears limp, cold body especially hands and feet, constantly vomiting, cramps, nosebleeds, bleeding other. Soon the child was taken back to hospital