In dengue fever season

Last week, Hanoi recorded 502 more cases of dengue fever (an increase of 99 cases compared to the previous week).

Some districts recorded many patients such as: Nam Tu Liem leading with 40 cases; followed by Ha Dong (34 cases); Dan Phuong (32 cases); Thanh Xuan (27 cases); Thanh Oai (25 cases); Ba Dinh (24 cases); Hoang Mai (23 cases); Cau Giay (22 cases); Hoan Kiem, Ung Hoa - each with 20 cases and Thach That, Hai Ba Trung - each with 19 cases.

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Thus, from the beginning of 2024 to now, the city has recorded 5,065 cases of dengue fever. Currently, Hanoi has entered the peak period of the dengue fever epidemic with complicated and unpredictable weather conditions combined with heavy rain.

To strengthen epidemic prevention, last week, Hanoi CDC coordinated with relevant units to organize monitoring, investigation and epidemic handling activities in areas with cases and outbreaks. Monitoring dengue fever outbreaks in the districts of Ung Hoa, Chuong My, Dong Da, Thach That, Thanh Tri. At the same time, monitoring the implementation of the measles-rubella vaccination campaign in communes, wards and towns.

Next week, Hanoi CDC will continue to coordinate with permanent units to ensure disease prevention and control; supervise the handling of dengue fever outbreaks in some districts: Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Thanh Oai, Hoan Kiem.

Monitoring results at some outbreaks recorded insect indexes exceeding the risk threshold. Therefore, the number of dengue fever cases is forecast to continue to increase in the coming time.

Although dengue fever is a very old disease, the concern is that each epidemic has its own difficulties. One of the difficulties is that when infected, people often go straight to clinics or private hospitals, not to public hospitals or health stations.

Many people think that mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever only live in stagnant public ponds, sewers, etc. However, Aedes mosquitoes live in places with clear water that has been left for a long time, such as aquariums, flower vases, rockeries, rainwater stagnant in broken bowls in home gardens, alleys, terraces, construction sites, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to remove stagnant water containers that are places for Aedes mosquitoes to breed and develop.

It is necessary to clean the house, turn over all mosquito hiding places to kill larvae, then spray insecticide to kill adult mosquitoes.

To kill mosquitoes more effectively, spray in the morning, because dengue mosquitoes are most active during the day, most active in the early morning hours and before sunset. It should be noted that insecticide sprays are effective for 6 months from the time of spraying.

Many people believe that once they have had dengue fever, they will not get it again. This is not necessarily true. Dengue fever is caused by four strains of the Dengue virus: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4. All four strains of the virus can cause the disease.

Therefore, if a person has had dengue fever, during the illness the body can create antibodies. However, the immunity created is only specific to each individual strain. The patient may not be reinfected with the old strain of the virus, but can still be infected with the new strain, so dengue fever can recur.

Regarding treatment, many people think that when having dengue fever, you should only drink electrolytes, not coconut water because it does not have a rehydration effect and it is difficult to detect complications.

This is completely wrong, in dengue fever, high fever for many consecutive days will cause the patient to become dehydrated and lose fluids. The simplest way to compensate for fluid loss is to give the patient Oresol.

However, many patients have difficulty drinking Oresol. This can be replaced by drinking coconut water, orange juice, grapefruit juice, lemon juice to compensate for the lost fluid. Moreover, the above fruits contain many minerals and vitamin C, helping to strengthen the immune system and increase the strength of blood vessels.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/vao-mua-sot-xuat-huyet-d228600.html