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What is Dengue?

Dengue (pronounced den' gee) is a viral disease. 

• Dengue can be caused by infection with any one of four closely related dengue viruses.

• DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3 or DENV 4.

How does it spread?

The dengue viruses are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito.

Characteristics of the Aedes Mosquito:

•One distinct physical feature (black and white stripes on its body and legs) hence also called as ‘Tiger mosquito’.

•Bites during the day.

•Lays its eggs in clean, stagnant water.

Did you know? 

•Only the female Aedes mosquito bites as it needs the protein in blood to develop its eggs.

•The mosquito becomes infective approximately seven days after it has bitten a person carrying the virus.

•Once infected, a mosquito remains infective for life and passes on the virus to the eggs it lays.

•Peak biting time is at dawn and dusk – 2 hours after sunrise and 2 hours before sunset.

Aedes mosquito: Fast facts:

•Adult mosquitoes “usually” rests indoors in dark areas (closets, under beds, behind curtains).

•They have limited flight range – can fly an average of 400metres looking for water-filled containers to lay

their eggs. This means that people, rather than mosquitoes, rapidly move the virus within and between communities and places.

•A few mosquitoes per household can produce large dengue outbreaks. The dengue mosquito does not lay eggs in ditches, drainages, canals, wetlands, rivers or lakes.

•     The mosquito life cycle, from egg to larvae, pupae, and to an adult mosquito, takes 8 days and occurs in water.

•     Humans develops disease after 5 – 6 days of being bitten by an infective mosquito.

What can you do to reduce risk of acquiring dengue?

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM MOSQUITO BITES

•Dengue mosquitoes bite during the day time. Highest biting intensity is about 2 hours after sunrise and before sunset.

•Wear full sleeves clothes and long dresses to cover as much of your body as possible.

•Use repellents, mosquito coils, electric vapor mats during the daytime also to prevent dengue.

•Use mosquito nets to protect children, elderly and others who may rest during the day.

Clinical description : Dengue fever (classical) An acute onset high fever of 2-7 days duration with 2 or more of the following manifestations:

Headache (often severe)

Retro-orbital pain (severe eye pain behind eyes)

Myalgia (muscle pain) 

Arthralgia (joint pain)

Rash 

Hemorrhagic manifestations: nose or gum bleed, easy bruising

What to do if you think you have dengue

Bed rest- acute phase 

Cold sponging for reducing fever 

X Avoid aspirin, brufen etc – these can cause gastritis, vomiting, platelet dysfunction

Paracetamol is preferable for fever management.

Oral electrolyte therapy: for excessive sweating, vomiting

•Avoid mosquito bites

–wear full sleeves; Place patient under bed net or use insect repellent on the patient while they have a fever, Put screens on windows and doors to prevent mosquitoes from coming into house.

•Consult a physician.

TAKE PLENTY OF FLUIDS

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what is (CPR) Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation?

CPR is a life saving technique useful in many emergencies, includes heart attack or near drowning in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.

     Method to give CPR to the patient:

·         Give 30 chest compression's.

·         Perform the head-tilt chin-lift maneuver to open the airway and determine if the patient is breathing.

·         Before beginning ventilation, look in the patient's mouth for a foreign body blocking the airway.

Way of giving CPR

Please read and Understand..You can save someone's life..

For more..https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/how-to-save-a-life/what-is-cpr

‘Hot food in plastic bags can cause cancer’

The number of people suffering from kidney and throat ailments, cancer and infertility has been increasing in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. The rise in such cases is attributed largely to people eating hot foods carried in plastic bags.

Everyday, hundreds of patients affected by polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polystyrene because of eating hot foods carried in plastic bags are visiting King George Government Hospital (KGH) here.

These patients are from towns, villages and even tribal areas of the North Coastal districts of AP and neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Odisha states.

“In the last two years, the number of patients suffering from kidney and throat cancer and infertility has been increased markedly at the KGH, said hospital superintendent Dr M Madhusudan Babu. The patients had been consuming tea, coffee, milk, rice and curries carried in plastic bags.

Plastic poses serious environmental problem. The plastic bags used for packing food are very dangerous as they contain polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, he said.

“If a person eats food items carried in plastic bags for a long period, he or she is very likely to get serious health problems,” he said, adding thousands of patients affected by polyvinyl chloride come to the hospital for treatment regularly.

The prolific use of plastic bags in our daily life has also led to environmental hazards as plastic bags are not biodegradable, he said. When hot food is packed in plastic, chemical exchange between plastic and food is maximised by high temperature and the nature of the food, he said.

Certain plastic bags may cause chemical filtration into the food. Those chemicals include styrene and bisphenol- A which can cause cancer, heart diseases and reproductive problems.

Toxins could migrate from the plastic to the substances they hold. The most common food interactions are the migration of low molecular weight substances such as stabilisers, plasticisers, antioxidants and monomers from plastic packing materials, he said.

He said water in plastic containers is also unfit for human consumption because the containers are usually exposed to direct sunlight when they are loaded onto trucks.

“The Government has to take steps to control the problem and conduct awareness programmes against the use of plastic bags for food items,” he said.