Dengue Fever Alert in Rainy Season: Prevention

Flood cases have been dominating the disaster list in Indonesia as published by the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) as we are entering 2022. Hover about 90 flood cases is enlisted by BNPB from January 1 to January 15. This is due to the intensive rain that occurs in the areas. The result is expected. Not only do people undergo material loss, there is a rising number of cases of dengue fever in Indonesia. Without putting our guards down on Coronavirus, Indonesia should put a dengue fever alert as well.

This is Prime Plus Medical Clinic in Bali’s article on dengue fever alert, how to prevent the massive mosquito population, and care for our ill family members at home.

Get to Know the Illness!

Any nation characterized as tropical and subtropical should be worried about their high humidity and constant raindrops. Those are Southeast Asia, southern parts of America, the Pacific Islands, Africa, and many more. This is because they are most likely to encounter the notorious Aedes aegypti mosquito-borne illness aka dengue fever. The species can be quite invasive in growth in the rainy season. People in the areas (adults and kids) should be on dengue fever alert else they will not realize the symptoms. As a result they will be too late in getting proper medical intervention. This will further their chance to contract severe dengue fever that can be life-threatening and can cause a serious drop in blood pressure.

Dengue Fever Symptoms

People of all ages can experience dengue fever. The illness does not spread but most of the time, people can’t quite recognize the diseases and mistake the symptoms for others like flu and fever. The disease emerges after 4 to 10 days you are infected by a mosquito. Some of the common dengue fever symptoms include high fever, headache, muscle pain, sickness with a tendency to vomit, rash, discomfort behind the eyes, swollen glands, and mild bleeding. These symptoms usually improve in a week. In contrast, if the patient’s condition does not seem to get better after the period of 7 days, the disease most likely has been advancing to the severe stage.

Fever might go away the next day but it is actually one of the warning signs of severe dengue fever.

Dengue Fever Alert on the Severe Stage

At this point, the patient should be run to the emergency ASAP because the symptoms develop rapidly. What happens when a patient is contracting severe dengue is their blood vessels might be impaired. They also might go through thrombocytopenia. It is a condition where the platelets are dropping in number. It makes it harder to stop the bleeding in blood vessels because the blood cells that are in charge of forming clots are lacking. The next things that might occur such as mild to severe internal bleeding, organ failure, and even death.

The symptoms of severe dengue are intense stomachache, perpetual vomiting, bleeding nose or gums, you might pee and vomit with blood, under skin bleeding, labored breathing, tiredness, and restlessness.

Dengue Fever Alert – Actions to Apply When You Suspect Your Family Member Might be Afflicted with the Disease

Remember, you must observe the symptoms carefully especially when their fever is declining. It might indicate a critical phase of severe dengue. Seek proper medical assistance if they start showing the warning signs mentioned. The moment your family member is catching the symptoms above, you might perform these actions to be their first aids of dengue fever.

Lie them down for bed rest as much as they could
Apply insect repellant on their body
Help them handle their high fever by paracetamol every 6 hours, don’t give them aspirin or ibuprofen
Cold compress their forehead and replace it frequently
Since they lose a lot of body fluid, take a careful watch on their water intake to avoid dehydration. Make sure they stay warm as well. Check on their cold fingers and toes, eyes, dry lips, whether they are unable to calm their mind, and if their urination is decreasing.

What Can You Do to Succeed Lowering the Chance of Dengue Fever Alert?

Your suffering family member is clearly a sign that you need to be on dengue fever alert since it might affect others as well. The mosquitoes might still be roaming around your house. Therefore, you need to identify the dent especially in water containers where the female mosquitoes usually lay their eggs. Prepare organophosphate larvicide and spread it into the containers to maintain your water insects-free and after that don’t forget to put a lid on each and every container there is in your house.

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The best way to be mosquito-free is none other than practicing a cleaning routine. The unpredictable rainy season is obviously out of our hands. The only thing we can control is how we maintain our house and ourselves. Therefore, what we can do is keep the cleanliness of every corner of our house. Unfortunately, we can be infected by mosquitoes everywhere. We hope our article on the dengue fever alert above can provide a better understanding of how we should face and prevent the disease. Last but not least, Prime Plus Medical Clinic in Bali is always happy to cater to your medical needs at practically any time. Stay safe and stay clean, we hope all the best of health for our readers in 2022 and beyond.