Every year in our country, the number of dengue patients increases during the rainy season and due to lack of information, an atmosphere of fear is created. Today we are going to give you the right information about dengue fever in this article. Dengue is a viral disease. It is caused by dengue virus, it is also called dengue or dengue fever.
Causes of dengue fever
Dengue fever is spread by a type of mosquito, the name of that mosquito is Aedes aegypti. This mosquito has tiger-like stripes on its body. These mosquitoes bite during the day, especially in the morning, but at night, even if the light is on, these mosquitoes bite. When this mosquito bites a person who has symptoms of dengue and then after that bites a healthy person, then that healthy person also gets dengue.
Types of Dengue
1.Classical (simple) dengue fever
2.Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
3.Dengue shock syndrome (DSS)
Symptoms of Dengue fever
3 or 5 days after being bitten by dengue mosquito, the following symptoms of dengue appear in the patient- high fever, headache, eye pain, body pain, dizziness, joint and muscle pain, many Feeling very weak, loss of appetite, nausea, red rash on the body, pain behind the eyes etc.
In dengue fever, there is a shortage of platelets in our body. Platelets stop the bleeding in our body. When the number of platelets is reduced, there can be bleeding anywhere in our body, such as in the intestine, in the urine. If the number of platelets is reduced in a dengue patient, then platelets are injected from outside. Dengue fever affects almost all organs in the body, especially in patients with diabetes, heart, kidney, dengue becomes more complicated.
Prevention of Dengue
To avoid dengue, do not allow water to collect in the pits around your house, drain the water from them or pour oil in the water. To avoid dengue, do not allow mosquitoes to breed around you. Dengue mosquitoes breed in clean water, destroy such objects around the house in which water can collect. Use mosquito net while sleeping. If children go out to play outside the house, then children should wear full sleeve shirts and pants so that they can be saved from mosquito bites.If you still see the symptoms of dengue, then contact your doctor.
What to eat in dengue fever?
Nutritious and easily digestible food should be eaten. Eat gourd, zucchini, tinda petha vegetable. Take fenugreek, bathua, spinach greens, moong dal khichdi, vegetable soup, coconut water, pomegranate and orange juice, apple etc. Do not consume too much chili spices and fried things. Do not eat more bile enhancers and hot things in food.