DENGUE FEVER :CAUSES SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT.

TO DAY's topic is dengue                                                                                     

an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache severe joint pain and a rash that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus flavivirus or species dengue virus transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus 80s called also break bone fever dandy fever or dengue fever                                                                                                                  Symptoms

symptoms such as a cough sore throat or nasal congestion

these symptoms usually last for three to seven days at which point the fever

breaks after the fever breaks people either start to get better or get much

worse developing severe dengue according to the World Health Organization guidelines

any of the following symptoms are warning signs that may signal the development of severe dengue often called dengue hemorrhagic fever or dhf abdominal pain or tenderness persistent vomiting lethargy or restlessness mucosal bleeding such as bleeding gum or nosebleeds liver enlargement fluid accumulation in the lungs or abdomen as

shown by x-rays or ultrasound dengue hemorrhagic fever dengue hemorrhagic fever or dhf is the most serious form of dengue infection VHF is a clinical syndrome defined by four key features increased permeability of blood vessels leading to plasma leakage into the.                

surrounding tissues and lack of plasma

In the bloodstream which makes the blood more concentrated low blood platelet

count fever that lasts for two to seven days tendency towards severe or

hemorrhagic bleeding severe bleeding or hemorrhage isn't the most dangerous

symptom of dhf the most life-threatening

TREATMENT

treatment options for dengue will only manage its symptoms pain relievers that

don't make bleeding worse may be taken intravenous or IV fluids may be given to

help prevent shock but frequent blood draws and other assessments must be

performed to make sure the IV fluids aren't making the person sicker dengue

fever vaccine the first dengue vaccine dank vaccine was made available in

Mexico in December of 2015 this live

vaccine which covers all four dengue subtypes is given to people ages 9 to 45

as a three dose series ding back SIA has been shown to prevent about 59% of

dengue cases