Descriptive Text : Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever is one of the most dangerous disease in the world.

Dengue fever is endemic in most tropical countries of the South Pacific, Asia, the Caribbeans, the
Americas and Africas.

This disease rapidly spreads in most tropical urban areas of the world. It means people in these areas
have high risks of infection of the disease.

Dengue fever is caused by a virus. The virus is transmitted into humans by the bite of infected mosquitos
usually Aedes Aegypti. In the other words, the disease cannot be spread directly from person to person.

The disease is characterized by high fever, severe headache, backache, joint and muscle paints.
Sometimes many patient get nausea, vomiting and rash on arms, face and legs. There is no specific
treatment of the disease.

Headache

Headache is the symptom of painanywhere in the region of the head orneck. It occurs in migraines
(sharp, or throbbing pains), tension-type headaches, and cluster headaches.[1]Frequent headaches can
affect relationships and employment.[1] There is also an increased risk of depression in those with
severe headaches.[1

Headaches can occur as a result of many conditions whether serious or not. There are a number of
different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of theInternational
Headache Society. Causes of headaches may include dehydration, fatigue, sleep deprivation, stress, the
effects of medications, the effects of recreational drugs, viral infections, loud noises, common colds,
head injury, rapid ingestion of a very cold food or beverage, and dental or sinus issues.

Treatment of a headache depends on the underlying cause, but commonly involves pain medication. A
headache is one of the most commonly experienced of all physical discomforts.
About half of adults have a headache in a given year.[1] Tension headaches are the most common,
affecting about 1.6 billion people (21.8% of the population) followed by migraine headaches which affect
about 848 million (11.7%).[

The itch is special

The New Yorker has an excellent article on the neurology of the itch, that curious cutaneous sensation
that seems to be handled quite differently from other bodily sensations by the brain.

I warn you, the article is quite icky in places, with a particularly stomach churning case study in one
place, but I was quite fascinated to find out that the sensation of the itch seems to rely on itch dedicated
nerve cells, distinct from the nerves that transmit pain.

It prompted me to look up some of the literature on the cognitive neuroscience of itch and it turns out
there’s quite a healthy number ofresearch studies that are suggesting there may be distinct brain
networks for processing itch sensations.

One of the most interesting things is that itch seems to be one of the sensations most sensitive to
psychological state. For example, I guarantee you’ll feel more itchy just reading the article (and probably
already reading this).

The New Yorker does a great job of relating this work to wider cognitive science discoveries in perception
and the neurology of body image, even touching on the fact that people with phantom limbs can feel
itches.