Check out some tips to protect yourself from Dengue:
The deadly dengue is back. Every day many people are losing their life fighting this horrid disease. A few years back veteran director Yash Chopra too died of dengue. We all know that dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes and the acute phase of the illness with fever lasts about one to two weeks. We love and care for our readers so here some common symptoms, do’s and don’ts to avoid dengue.
Symptoms of Dengue
- High fever and chills are the most common symptoms.
- Body ache and continuous pain in legs, joints and head. It moves to eyes too.
- The patients suffer nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite
- Children may experience severe back pain as well.
- Minor bleeding is also seen in some cases.
Do’s and don’t
- The first and foremost thing is to keep the house and surroundings clean.
- Clean the damp places in the house regularly.
- As soon as you notice symptoms consult a doctor and do not try to self-medicate.
- Change the water in flower pots regularly.
- Avoid stagnant water around the house and the surrounding areas.
- Cover water tanks and clean them at regular intervals.
- Take healthy food in your diet to develop a strong immune system.
- Use mosquito repellent daily, repeat after 3-4 hours. Especially school-going children must use it. We like and use Odomos Naturals, which is doctor tested and safe for babies as small as 3 months.
- For children a variety of mosquito-repellent patches, and bands are available. Make sure your child wears them to school regularly.
- Also if possible start wearing full-sleeved clothes to protect yourself.
- Stay away from dirty places as they can be breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
- Use disinfectants while cleaning the house to get rid of the germs.
- Avoid going to closed and dirty places.
- Spray mosquito killer sprays like HIT behind and under the cupboards, bed and drawers.
