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DENGUE FEVER
Awareness presentation
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Contents
What is dengue fever & it Symptoms
Characteristics of the Aedes mosquito
Life cycle of the Aedes mosquito
How the Aedes mosquito transmit diseases
How to treat and prevent the spread of dengue
fever
The 10-Mininute Wipe-out Exercise
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Dengue is a tropical febrile disease
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What is Dengue Fever and It symptoms?
Dengue Fever is an illness caused by infection with a virus
transmitted by the Aedes mosquito.
Example of a skin rash dueto dengue fever
Musculoskeletal Pain
Bleeding from skin, gum,
nose, urine etc.
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Do you know
Dengue Fever (DF) and DengueHaemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are the most
common mosquito-borne viral disease in
the world.
It can be fatal.
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Characteristics of the AedesMosquito
One distinct physical feature
black and white stripes on its body and legs.
Bites during the day.
Lays its eggs in clean,
stagnant water
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Do you know
Only the femaleAedes mosquito feeds on blood. This is
because they need the protein found in blood to produceeggs. Male mosquitoes feed only on plant nectar.
On average, a femaleAedes mosquito can lay about 300
eggs during her life span of 14 to 21 days.
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Life cycle of the AedesMosquito
1-2 days
Stagnant water
Pupae
4-5 days
Larvae Eggs
2-3 days
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How Do AedesMosquitoes Transmit Diseases...
Mosquito bites and sucks
blood containing the virus
from an infected person.
Virus is carried in its
body.
And passes the virus
to healthy people
when it bites them.
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Treatment for Dengue Fever.
Supportive measures Mosquito screen
Avoid Aspirin and pain killers Steroids should not be used
Plenty of water and salt are required
Children below 12 require careful watch for dangerous
form
No antibiotics are of proven value
There is no vaccine available as yet
But we can prevent the disease by preventing ourselves
from mosquito bite!
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How to Prevent?
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out
Exercise everyday!
Remove ALL sources of stagnant
water.
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Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
Change water in vases on alternate days.
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Remove water from flowerpot plates on alternate
days.
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
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Turn over all pails and water storage containers.
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
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Cover bamboo pole holders when not in use.
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
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Clear blockages roof gutters regularly.
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
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Do not litter.
Rubbish such as cups/ bottles/ Coconutshells/ Tyres etc. can collect rain water and
breed mosquitoes.
Do the 10-Minute Wipe-out Exercise everyday
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Spread the dengue prevention message to others
Let yourfamily, friends and neighbors
know about the dangers of breeding
Mosquitoes!!
Prevention is better than cure!!!
