Is it preventable?. The health care system is struggling to manage the situation
2006-10-14 05:25:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
How is dengue contracted?
It comes from a virus (the dengue virus) carried by the striped Aedes aegypti mosquito. The mosquito flourishes during rainy seasons but can breed in water-filled flower pots, plastic bags and cans year round. One mosquito bite can inflict the disease. The incubation period ranges from 3 to 15 (usually 5 to 8) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear.
Dengue fever is a disease caused by a virus that is transmitted by mosquitos. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue.
Dengue (pronounced DENG-gay) is now reaching the peak of a roughly five-year cycle. It strikes people with low levels of immunity. An attack of dengue produces immunity for a year or more. Once this outbreak ebbs, more people will be resistant to the viral disease and the cycle will begin again.
Dengue goes by other names including breakbone or dandy fever. Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain. Hence, the name "breakbone fever." Slaves in the West Indies who contracted dengue were said to have "dandy fever" because of their postures and gait.
2006-10-16 04:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read newspaper daily. Dengue has become the front page news nowadays. The dengue fever is caused by the bite of aedies egypty mosquito.
It is preventable once the conditions and circumstances where these mosquitos breeds vanishes away.
2006-10-14 06:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by indu_kain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dengue fever is caused by the bite of aedes egypty mosquito.The mosquito bites during daytime.Destroying mosquitos is the prevention
2006-10-14 05:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not that adies mosquito was not present in past . But now it is fatal disease because our immune system has collapsed Due2 taking of anti-biotics. After gulping tons of anti-biotics, whole diseases must have vanished till date. But u C these r increasing day by day & more fatal.
One must change his life style now2 increase his age. Visit http://www.divyayoga.com
Ask them2 send medicine og dengue.
2006-10-14 05:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mosquitoes!
2006-10-14 05:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by master of style 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lac of sanitation and prevention begins with good moral habits
2006-10-14 05:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by malcom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because of a poor sewage disposal work & also because of people not doin their work
2006-10-14 06:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by hotchocredrose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-14 05:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋