Dengue Fever
Introduction:
There are many diseases that effect
the human body and cause illness and suffering one of the transmitted disease
is Dengue fever disease that is viral infection that been transmitted by mosquitos’
bites from tropical and subtropical areas and climate. The disease can be with
no symptoms, mild symptoms high fever with flue symptoms, severe symptoms high
grade fever that can cause haemorrhage, and fatal according to human immune
system and the viral infection transmitted and most of the people can suffer
from fever, headache, body pain, and rashes on the body. The person who got the
disease must directly go to the hospital for further treatments.
The causes of Dengue fever:
The disease can be transmitted to
the human by mosquitos delivering the any of four types of Dengue viruses and
mosquitos bites can cause infection to the human, but if the human get infected
with one type can human body build immunity to this type only that there are
other three types that can be fatal when infected with these types. The
transmitting of the viral infection can be through blood, organ donation,
transfusion, and can have risk to transmitted from mother to baby.
The signs and symptoms of Dengue fever:
The dengue fever can cause no
symptoms, or mild symptoms that can be get better from one to two weeks and
severe symptoms that can cause death.
The symptoms started from 4th
to 10th days after getting the bites and can remain for 2 to 7 days
that can be high grade fever that can reach 40 °c, headache that is severe,
body pains, nausea and vomiting, muscle and joint pain, swollen glands, and
rashes. These symptoms can mostly the main symptoms who got the disease.
But if the disease become severe the
patient can also suffer from severe abdominal pain, breathing problem,
bleeding, fatigue, restlessness, vomit with blood, pale and cold skin, and
weakness.
Diagnostic procedure of Dengue fever:
The physician will do full
assessment for the patient and request lab investigation Nucleic acid amplification
test, serological test, cross-reactive flavivirus, and IgG antibodies testing
to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment of Dengue fever:
The treatment of the disease that
there is no specific treatment and mostly focus on the management of symptoms
like pain by providing paracetamol for pain and fever and non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce symptoms this for mild cases but for severe
cases hospitalization needed to prevent complication like bleeding that can be
life threatening.
Prevention and control of Dengue fever:
The most protection taken is prevent
yourself for mosquitos’ bites by wearing clothes covering most of your body,
when sleeping put mosquitos net, and put net or close windows, covering and
cleaning domestic water, and take vaccination to prevent having disease to be
severe.
Conclusion:
So, prevention and control are very
important because there is no specific treatment for this disease and
prevention is better than cure, and if you get the disease directly consult
physician for early detection.
References:
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (2019). Diagnosis | Dengue | CDC.
[online] www.cdc.gov. Available at:
https://www.cdc.gov/dengue/healthcare-providers/diagnosis.html.
Mayo
Clinic (2022a). Dengue fever - Symptoms and causes. [online] Mayo
Clinic. Available at:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dengue-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20353078.
World
Health Organization (2023b). Dengue and severe dengue. [online] World
Health Organization. Available at:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue.