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    This document provides information about dengue fever, including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It is caused by a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever, headache and skin rash and appear 4-14 days after infection. While most cases are mild, it can develop into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. At risk groups include children ages 5-14. Prevention focuses on eliminating stagnant water where mosquitoes breed and using insect repellent and protective clothing.

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    This document provides information about dengue fever, including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It is caused by a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever, headache and skin rash and appear 4-14 days after infection. While most cases are mild, it can develop into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. At risk groups include children ages 5-14. Prevention focuses on eliminating stagnant water where mosquitoes breed and using insect repellent and protective clothing.

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    This document provides information about dengue fever, including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It is caused by a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever, headache and skin rash and appear 4-14 days after infection. While most cases are mild, it can develop into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. At risk groups include children ages 5-14. Prevention focuses on eliminating stagnant water where mosquitoes breed and using insect repellent and protective clothing.

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    This document provides information about dengue fever, including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It is caused by a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever, headache and skin rash and appear 4-14 days after infection. While most cases are mild, it can develop into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. At risk groups include children ages 5-14. Prevention focuses on eliminating stagnant water where mosquitoes breed and using insect repellent and protective clothing.

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    Dengue

    Fever
    Awareness and Prevention
    By the end of the presentation, the learners will be able to:

    • Define dengue fever


    • Explain how dengue fever is transmitted
    • Identify its signs and symptoms
    • Know how dengue fever is diagnosed
    • Know the treatment of dengue fever
    • Enumerate list of prevention methods
    What is Dengue Fever?
    • It is an illness caused by infection with a virus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.
    • Symptoms typically begin four to fourteen days after infection.
    • In rare cases, the disease develops into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in
    bleeding, low levels of blood platelets, and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where
    dangerously low blood pressure occurs. It can be fatal.
    WHO IS AT RISK?

    The National Epidemiology Center of the Majority of the infected patients were 5 to 14 year old children
    Philippines' Department of Health reports a (38.91% of the total cases), and more than half were males (52.77%).
    total of 59,943 dengue cases from January 1 A total of 242 deaths (CFR 0.40%) was recorded since January 2014,
    to September 6, 2014. and most of them were children.
    Characteristic of the Aedes Mosquito

    • One distint physical


    feature – black and white
    stripes on its body and
    legs
    • Bites during the day
    • Lay its eggs in clean,
    stagnant water
    • Only the female Aedes mosquito feeds on
    blood. This is because they need the
    protein found in blood to produce eggs.
    Male mosquitoes feed only on plant
    nectar.
    • On average, a female Aedes mosquito can
    lay about 300 eggs during her life span
    of 14 to 21 days.
    Life cycle of the Aedes Mosquito

    1-2 days

    Pupae Larvae Eggs

    4-5 days 2-3 days

    Stagnant water
    How is Dengue Fever transmitted?
    Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever
    How is Dengue Fever diagnosed?
    • Most physicians will order a complete blood test (CBC), with a metabolic panel, along with coagulation studies in
    most patients with high fever and any bleeding problems.
    • Depending on the symptoms (especially headache), blood and urine cultures plus a spinal tap may be done to help
    differentiate between dengue fever and other diseases.
    • A MAC-ELISA assay (an immunoglobulin M-based test) is the most widely used test for dengue fever virus.
    • However, other tests are available; they also are based on the person's immunological response to the dengue
    viruses (for example, IgG-ELISA, dengue viral plaque reduction tests, and PCR tests).
    If you start to feel worse in the first 24
    hours after your fever goes down, you
    should rush to a hospital IMMEDIATELY
    to be checked for complications
    Environmental Factors that contributes to the widespread
    infection of Dengue Fever
    The 4S against Dengue Fever

    1. Search and Destroy


     Throw away, turn over, empty or store under a roof
    any container that may accumulate rain water
     Always place a tight lid on containers used for water
    storage (buckets, drums)
     Check that there are no mosquito larvae or pupae
    (kiti-kiti) in stored water (empty the container, wash
    walls with a brush remove eggs, rinse, and cover
     Maintain running water in fountains, artificial lakes or
    estuaries. Place fish in ornamental fountains that are
    always filled with water
    2. Self-Protection Measures
     Use screens on doors and windows
     Use insecticides such as Pemethrin (pesticide and
    repellant) and Allethrin (candls and lanterns). Wear
    long sleeves, shirts, long pants, socks, and closed
    shoes to avoid mosquito bites at dusk and dawn
    especially
     Use repellants containing DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-
    toluamide) or Picaridin on your clothing and exposed
    skin. Follow the manufacturer’s instruction.
    3.Seek Early Consultation
     If you or a family member has fever of 2 days
    duration and rashes on the skin, consult your
    physician or visit nearest health center.
     If it is dengue, serious complications of the
    disease can develop. If the complications are
    recognized early, and a doctor is consulted, it
    may save the patient’s life.
    4.Say No to Indiscriminate Fogging
    Fogging operations fail because these
    merely drive away mosquitoes to other
    areas
    Yes to fogging only during outbreeaks

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