Dengue Fever Symptoms and Treatment

Dengue Overview

Causes of Dengue

Dengue Symptoms

Dengue Treatment

Dengue Miscellaneous Facts

Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever is a severe type of viral fever. It is transmitted by mosquitoes who carry this virus from one person to another. Mostly dengue fever affect those who have a compromised immune system. Children under 10 years of age and weak people are more prone to this disease. Usually dengue fever lasts up to two weeks. Other common names of Dengue Fever are "breakbone" and "dandy fever".

What causes Dengue Fever ?

• Transmission of fever from one person to another through mosquito bite.
• Lack of cleanliness and providing good atmosphere for mosquito breeding.
• Blocked drains and water logs near schools, hospitals and residential areas.
• Aedes Mosquito which is known by other common names such as tiger mosquito or forest mosquito act as the main carrier of this disease.

Dengue Fever Symptoms

• Sudden High Fever
• Joint Pain
• Muscle Pain
• Headache
• Pain behind the Eyes
• Vomiting
• Skin Rash (usually appear after 2 to 5 days of infection)
• Bleeding (Nose bleeding or bleeding gums)

Dengue Fever Treatment

Dengue fever is treated on the basis of treatment of symptoms. There is no accurate medicine or vaccination for this disease. Its necessary to keep this disease from spreading to others.

Dengue Ayurvedic Treatment

How to protect yourselves from Dengue outbreak ?

To protect yourselves from a dengue outbreak your have to follow a few safety measures.

• Prevent Mosquito Breeding in your locality. Try to clean all blocked drains and water logged on road sides.
• Protect your kids. Kids are most prone to Dengue as their immune system is weaker than grown up people. In case of a dengue outbreak, don't let them go outside in evening as during that time mosquitoes are most active.
• Wear full sleeves clothes to prevent mosquito bite.
• Use some mosquito repellents to prevent the spread of dengue.

Miscellaneous facts about Dengue Fever

There are five different types of Dengue virus. If you have recovered from a dengue fever then you become immune to that particular type of virus. But still can get dengue fever again through remaining four types of dengue virus. Symptoms and severity of symptoms differ from one virus to another.