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Dengue Fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever are acute febrile diseases, found in tropics, and caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus. It is also the breakbone fever. Unlike Malaria, dengue is just as prevalent in the urban districts of its range as in rural areas.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says some 2.5 billion people, 2/5′s of the world’s population, are now at risk from dengue and estimates that there may be 50 million cases of dengue infection worldwide every year.

Just this day, one of our town officials announced that there is one child from other town died last day because of dengue fever and this very day, there is an information sent to them that there is another victim of dengue fever and now in a critical condition. The town officials told the us, the community, to clean the areas near our houses and don’t let the mosquito with the virus lay eggs on the stagnant waters such as flower vase, and other container that has water in it.

Signs and Symptoms

• severe headache
• muscle and joint pains
• fever and
• rash

There may also be grastritis with some combination of associated abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

The mainstay of treatment is timely supportive therapy to tackle shock due to haemoconcentration and bleeding. Close monitoring of vital signs in critical period (between day 2 to day 7 of fever) is critical. Increased oral fluid intake is recommended to prevent dehydration. Supplementation with intravenous fluids may be necessary to prevent dehydration and significant concentration of the blood if the patient is unable to maintain oral intake. A platelet transfusion is indicated in rare cases if the platelet level drops significantly (below 20,000) or if there is significant bleeding. The presence of melena may indicate internal gastrointestinal bleeding requiring platelet and/or red blood cell transfusion.

Source: Wikipedia