Dengue
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Dengue meaning
Dengue is characterized by fever of sudden onset, headache, retrobulbar pain, conjuctival infection, pain in back and joints. dengue is also called break bone fever.It s endemic and often epidemic in tropics and subtropics ,particularly in Asia.
Dengue fever is caused by Dengue virus.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease.
Like yellow fever, it is transmitted by aedes aegypti.
dengue mosquito - aedes aegypti
Types of Dengue virus -
Dengue virus has four serotypes :
Dengue 1(DEN 1)
Dengue 2(DEN 2)
Dengue 3(DEN 3)
Dengue 4(DEN 4)
symptoms of dengue
What is the first sign of dengue fever?
Classical dengue fever -
usually affects older children and adults.
symptoms -
fever
Headache
pain in muscles and joints
Maculopapular rash
Incubation period is 5 to 8 days.
It is rarely fatal.
other symptoms of dengue-
Dengue haemorrhage fever
Dengue shock syndrome
Dengue treatment
What is the best treatment for dengue fever?
Dengue medicines -
Analgesics and Antipyretics :For fever and pain releif
Fluid retaining medicines
Oral rehydration salt
Dengue Prevention
Use mosquito repellers - Cream, candles, Mosquito net
Use Dengue vaccine for prophylaxis
Diagnosis of dengue
Blood - thrombocytopaenia(100000 cells or less per mmcube)
How Dengue is caused?
By Dengue virus through mosquito-bite (Aedes agypti)
What are the warning signs of dengue?
High garde fever
severe dehydration
Shock like conditions
Bone break fever or Pain
