It's the rainy season once again and there are so many cases of dengue in today's news and most of them are children. As a parent, I can't help myself from worrying about this. I want to protect my family from these Dengue-Causing mosquitoes.
First, What is Dengue?
Dengue is a debilitating viral disease of the tropics, transmitted by mosquitoes, and causing sudden fever and acute pains in the joints. [Source: www.google.com]
What causes Dengue fever?
The bite of an Aedes aegypti (yellow fever) mosquito, infected with any one of the four dengue viruses. When a mosquito bites a person infected with a dengue virus, the virus enters the mosquito. When the infected mosquito then bites another person, the virus enters that person's bloodstream.
What are the signs and symptoms?
- Sudden onset of high fever which may last from 2 to 7 days.
- Joint and muscle pain and pain behind the eyes
- Weakness
- Skin rashes
- Nose-bleeding when the fever starts to subside
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting of coffee-colored matter
- Dark-colored stools
- Difficulty of breathing
Treatment:
Are there any ways to prevent and control dengue?
- Do not give aspirin for fever.
- Give a sufficient amount of water or re-hydrate a dengue suspect.
- If fever or symptoms persist for 2 or more days, bring the patient to the nearest hospital.
Here's a very helpful piece of advice from the Department of Health (www.doh.gov.ph). Follow the 4S against Dengue.
I hope everyone will participate in this fight against dengue...
As for our family, here's what we have tried to prevent from being bitten by mosquitoes. We use a spray (sometimes we use Baygon and sometimes Mortein), we've also tried mosquito repellent lotions from Off !, and Green Cross but it only lasts for 8 hours maximum.
So, we opted for the mosquito repellent patch like Moskishield Mosquito Repellent Patch which is Deet-free and lasts up to 24 hours and aside from that we also use the natural mosquito repellent which is also Deet-free, the Human Nature Bug Shield Mosquito Repellent Oil.
So, we opted for the mosquito repellent patch like Moskishield Mosquito Repellent Patch which is Deet-free and lasts up to 24 hours and aside from that we also use the natural mosquito repellent which is also Deet-free, the Human Nature Bug Shield Mosquito Repellent Oil.
So far, those are the products that we have used and been using and I am quite satisfied with them. I hope that these Dengue-Causing Mosquitoes will be gone soon.
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