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What is dengue fever? What is dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Dengue fever is a flu-like illness spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal, complication of dengue fever.









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What is the infectious agent that causes dengue?
Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever are caused by any of the dengue family of viruses. Infection with one virus does not protect a person against infection with another.
 
How is dengue spread?
Dengue is spread by the bite of an Aedes mosquito. The mosquito transmits the disease by biting an infected person and then biting someone else.
 
Where is dengue found?
Dengue viruses occur in most tropical areas of the world. Dengue is common in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Australia, and the Americas. It is widespread in the Caribbean basin. Dengue is most common in cities but can be found in rural areas. It is rarely found in mountainous areas above 4,000 feet.
The mosquitoes that transmit dengue live among humans and breed in discarded tires, flower pots, old oil drums, and water storage containers close to human dwellings. Unlike the mosquitoes that cause malaria, dengue mosquitoes bite during the day.

 
What are the signs and symptoms of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Dengue fever usually starts suddenly with a high fever, rash, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, and muscle and joint pain. The severity of the joint pain has given dengue the name “breakbone fever.” Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite are common. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days after the start of the fever. The illness can last up to 10 days, but complete recovery can take as long as a month. Older children and adults are usually sicker than young children.
Most dengue infections result in relatively mild illness, but some can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever. With dengue hemorrhagic fever, the blood vessels start to leak and cause bleeding from the nose, mouth, and gums. Bruising can be a sign of bleeding inside the body. Without prompt treatment, the blood vessels can collapse, causing shock (dengue shock syndrome). Dengue hemorrhagic fever is fatal in about 5 percent of cases, mostly amongchildren and young adults.
  
How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?
The time between the bite of a mosquito carrying dengue virus and the start of symptoms averages 4 to 6 days, with a range of 3 to 14 days. An infected person cannot spread the infection to other persons but can be a source of dengue virus for mosquitoes for about 6 days.
 
How is dengue diagnosed?
Dengue is diagnosed by a blood test.
 
Who is at risk for dengue?
Anyone who is bitten by an infected mosquito can get dengue fever. Risk factors for dengue hemorrhagic fever include a person’s age and immune status, as well as the type of infecting virus. Persons who were previously infected with one or more types of dengue virus are thought to be at greater risk for developing dengue hemorrhagic fever if infected again.
 
What is the treatment for dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever?
There is no specific treatment for dengue. Persons with dengue fever should rest and drink plenty of fluids. They should be kept away from mosquitoes for the protection of others. Dengue hemorrhagic fever is treated by replacing lost fluids. Some patients need transfusions to control bleeding.
 
How common is dengue?
In tropical countries around the world, dengue is one of the most common viral diseases spread to humans by mosquitoes. Tens of millions of cases of dengue fever and up to hundreds of thousands of cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever occur each year.
In the United States, approximately 100 cases of dengue are reported each year in travelersreturning from tropical areas. Many more cases probably go unreported. A few persons have become infected with dengue while living in the United States. Aedes mosquitoes are found in Texas, Florida, and other southern states, and locally acquired dengue has been reported three times since 1980 in southern Texas.




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Is dengue an emerging infectious disease?

Yes. All types of dengue virus are re-emerging worldwide and causing larger and more frequent epidemics, especially in cities in the tropics. The emergence of dengue as a major public health problem has been most dramatic in the western hemisphere. Dengue fever has reached epidemic levels in Central America and is threatening the United States.

Several factors are contributing to the resurgence of dengue fever:

No effective mosquito control efforts are underway in most countries with dengue.

Public health systems to detect and control epidemics are deteriorating around the world.

Rapid growth of cities in tropical countries has led to overcrowding, urban decay, and substandard sanitation, allowing more mosquitoes to live closer to more people.

The increase in non-biodegradable plastic packaging and discarded tires is creating new breeding sites for mosquitoes.

Increased jet air travel is helping people infected with dengue viruses to move easily from city to city.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is also on the rise. Persons who have been infected with one or more forms of dengue virus are at greater risk for the more severe disease. With the increase in all types of virus, the occurrence of dengue hemorrhagic fever becomes more likely. 
 

How can dengue be prevented?
There is no vaccine to prevent dengue. Prevention centers on avoiding mosquito bites when traveling to areas where dengue occurs and when in U.S. areas, especially along the Texas-Mexico border, where dengue might occur. Eliminating mosquito breeding sites in these areas is another key prevention measure.
Avoid mosquito bites when traveling in tropical areas:
Use mosquito repellents on skin and clothing. 
When outdoors during times that mosquitoes are biting, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pantstucked into socks. 
Avoid heavily populated residential areas. 
When indoors, stay in air-conditioned or screened areas. Use bednets if sleeping areas are not screened or air-conditioned. 
If you have symptoms of dengue, report your travel history to your doctor. 
Eliminate mosquito breeding sites in areas where dengue might occur:
Eliminate mosquito breeding sites around homes. Discard items that can collect rain or run-off water, especially old tires. 
Regularly change the water in outdoor bird baths and pet and animal water containers















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on August 9th 2011 in Fever Chills

Fashion Fever

Who doesn’t want to wear matching clothes and shoes with a perfect complimenting hair style? Who doesn’t want to look attractive? Almost everyone wants to move with the changing trends in fashion. Fashion fever is rising day by day. The day a new style is launched all of us become curious to buy it the next day.

Such is the fashion fever which makes the world go mad. A person who says that they do not follow fashion, tell them they are lying. No person will still wear those bellbottoms. Everybody these days wears low waist jeans this showcases that everyone follows the trend.

Every year fashion changes, sometimes it changes with a movie or a fashion show. As the fashion changes, our clothes collection also changes accordingly. In the past fashion was more about women clothing and not much preference was given to a man’s clothing range. But these days you will notice equal variety of clothing range for men as well.

Fashion these days does not only mean trendy clothes, but it also comprise of a cool hairstyle, great shoes and attractive jewelry. A person who is very fashion conscious will always wear all these things after giving much thought about it.

A person who is very particular about what he/she wears always follows the latest trend of the industry. Since no two people can share a same taste thus fashion also varies according to a person’s taste. People who are ultra glamorous will never wear clothes that will look like a person who is more of a cool type. You will always notice some difference in the dressing sense of two people. Although the fashion trend followed by people is almost the same but the way they carry themselves makes them stand out of the crowd.

This is the reason why some people look entirely different and more attractive then rest of the people.

If you observe them minutely, you will find them wearing what is in the trend but the way they accessorized it made them look totally different. On a general aspect, fashion is not a bad thing to follow. It’s an individual’s choice to follow a trend. Many a time’s extremely irritating trends hit the industry, in such cases it is better not to follow them and wear what you like. Fashion should be something which makes you feel comfortable. You should never wear such clothes which cannot provide you comfort.

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on August 7th 2011 in Fever Chills

Why fear viral fevers?

Hemorrhagic Fever

The biological name is Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs). The cause of these kinds of fever is a RNA virus. This RNA virus family includes: The Arenaviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Togaviridae, and Flaviviridae.
This virus affects multiple organ systems in a body especially the vascular system.
This virus causes many kinds fevers shown below:
Arenaviride Bunyaviridae Filoviridae Flaviviridae Paramyxoviridae
Argentine hemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

Kyasanur Forest disease

Hendra virus disease
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Sabia-associated hemorrhagic fever
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
Lassa Fever Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) Marburg hemorrhagic fever Omsk hemorrhagic fever Nipah virus enoephalitis
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) Hemorrhagic fever with Renal syndrome (HFRS) Tick-borne enoephalitis
Rift Valley fever

Symptoms:
This fever is indicated by fever and constant bleeding.
This fever and bleeding can rise to high fever, shock and in extreme cases can also cause death.
This fever is also indicated by reddening of the skin of face and chest.
Malaise, myalgias, headache, vomiting, and diarrhea are also symptoms of this fever.
Spread by:
These viruses are spread in a variety of ways. They can be transmitted by human to human by respiratory route. Some biological weapons that were used also might be the cause of the birth of this virus.
Treatment:
The victim requires intensive care.
All precautions such as hand hygiene, double gloves, gowns, shoe and leg coverings and face shields should be worn
Air Bourne precautions should also be looked upon like a tested air filter should be used in the patients room.
Two patients suffering from the same disease should be treated in different rooms each with a separate air filter.

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on August 6th 2011 in Fever Chills

Yeast Infection Bloating – A Sign of Systemic Yeast Infection?

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If you have yeast infection, and you find yourself bloated a lot, then this could be a forewarning of a more serious systemic yeast infection. Find out here what causes bloating and why you need to take this symptom seriously.

A yeast infection is caused by a yeast-like micro organism called Candida Albicans that resides in most of us, but usually without causing us any real problems. This is because your body’s beneficial bacteria keeps it in check, so that it doesn’t mutate into it’s fungal form, thus causing an infection.

But sometimes your good bacteria numbers are depleted to the extent that the Candida Albicans can ‘overgrow’ and multiply. And as is the case with any yeast, this fungus particularly likes the dark, warm, moist areas of your body, such as your intestinal tract, vagina, mouth, anus, etc.

In your intestines, a side effect of this ‘overgrow’ process is the production of gas, in the same way as gas is produced when making beer for example. It’s the production of this gas that produces your bloating feeling. So you being bloated could be a sign that you have an intestinal yeast infection.

Now, vaginal, penile and oral yeast infections, whilst serious enough, are localized, and their symptoms are mostly physical in nature, so you are aware if the problem. There are no such obvious signs with intestinal yeast infections. But if you have an infection in those other areas, you may have it internally as well, without knowing.

And the problem with intestinal yeast infections is that the Candida Albicans can start to settle in the walls and eventually perforate their way through, allowing toxins to enter your bloodstream. This is called “systemic yeast infection”, so you can now see why bloating can be a forewarning of it.

Systemic yeast infections can be quite serious because it can cause a whole range of other complications such as; irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, gout, allergies, arteriosclerosis, eczema, irritability, memory loss, learning difficulties, and many more. So the earlier your yeast infection is diagnosed and addressed, the better.

Your normal mainstream treatments typically use topical creams, pessaries, lotions, etc. But once your yeast infection has turned systemic you are likely to need intravenous injections.

The problem, that many women find, is that their vaginal yeast infection symptoms (for example) can seem to take ages to clear, or, they clear but keep returning once the medication is stopped. It is believed this happens because drug-based medications only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. In addition, the Candida Albicans can become drug-resistant. All this gives time for the possibility of a systemic yeast infection to kick-in.

So more and more women are successfully turning to totally natural remedies for fast, permanent relief from their yeast infections. There are even reports of relief in as little as 12 hours.

If you want to discover what these women know that you don’t, then go now to http://how-to-get-rid-of-a-yeast-infection.blogspot.com where you’ll get the facts on a totally natural system that guarantees to eliminate your yeast infection fast and permanently, without expensive drugs.

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on January 27th 2010 in Fever Chills

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