DENGUE: PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Dengue is the fastest spreading vector – borne disease in the world. It has four SEROTYPES.

PREVENTION

1. wear long sleeve shirts and long pants

2. treat clothes with repellent

3. Use EPAregistered mosquito repellent

4. consider using mosquito netting in areas with many mosquitoes

5. prevent access of mosquitoes to an infected perso n with fever

6. the only way to protect yourself and your family is to avoid being bitten

7. prevent mosquito breeding inside and outside of home, use wire gauze or net at the windows

and doors

8. avoid visiting areas prone to mosquitoes

9. destroy existing mosquito breeding sites

10. avoid dark clothes, wear clothes of lighter hue

11. apply anti mosquito cream when outside

12. avoid crowded places

13. avoid water stagnation

SYMPTOMS

Fever intense headache loss of appetite

Nausea vomiting body aches

Joint pains skin rashes mucosal bleedin

CONTROL
CONTROL

Eliminating conditions that help mosquitoes multiply like wet, moist, cool, damp and dark places like
water puddles and pits is a major way of reducing the risk of dengue. Don’t allow rainwater to collect
and stagnate in balconies , in the garden and courtyard, on the roads or lanes near your place. Make
water puddles in and around your area non-mosquito friendly by covering them with sand or dousing
them with petrol or kerosene or insecticide. Also, ensure the drains are covered and not overflowing.

Boost immunity to help you build better resistance against diseases.

VIRAL HEPATITIS

Viral Hepatitis is an infection that causes liver inflammation and damage. Inflamation is swelling that
occurs when tissues of the body become injured or infected. InflammATION can damage body organs.

The Hepatitis BCD viruses can cause acute and chronic or long LASting infection..

Theliver s function include detoxifying the blood, storing vitamins and producing hormones. Hepatitis
can disrupt this process and create severe health problems throughout the body.

Other types of hepatitis can result from overconsumption of alcohol or autoimmune condition.
Hepatitis A B and C are forms of Hepatitis transmitted by a virus . Each is infected by a different virus.
All three types can be acute, lasting for six months or less and types B and C can be chronic , lasting far
longer. Each type has different characteristics and is transmitted in different ways but symptoms tend
to be similar.

HEPATITIS A

It is often mild, and most people make a full recovery after which they are immune therefore protected
from the virus in the future. However if it progresses , symptoms can be severe or life threatening.

People in parts of the world with poor sanitation are particularly at risk of contracting HAV. There are
effective vaccines that protect against this virus.

HEPATITIS B

Hepatitis B canbe transmitted when A PERSON

Has unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person

Shares a needle with an infected person, often forillegal drugs or steroiduse

Has a tattoo created with unsterilized needle

Is accidentally pricked, for example, health workers dealing with sharp objects
 Shares personal items, such as a toothbrush or razor, with an infected person

Is bitten by someone who is infected

An infected mother can pass the virus on to her infant when breast feeding.

The liver of an infected person with Hepatitis B swells. Severe damage can result. HBV infection can
become chronic. This can lead to complications including scarring of the liver or cirrhosis. It can also
cause a type of cancer called carcinoma. There is no cure for HBV currently.

HEPATITIS C

HCV can lead to liver damage and swelling. Around 1 of 4 people with HCV get cirrhosis and this can
lead to liver cancer. DonATED blood is now tested for HCV but people who received organ transplants
or blood donation before testing maybe at risk. Other at risk groups include healthcare workers who
are exposed to sharps, users of intravenous drugs AND infants born to motherswith HCV. There is no
vaccine to prevent HCV but treatment can cure it.