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Posted on: Aug 08, '07

dengue...prevent deaths

Dengue :
Dengue is rampant in Delhi, to some extent Mumbai and other cities. The main season is in months of October to December. Dengue is a viral fever, no antibiotics work on viruses and for dengue there is no treatment except for fever, body ache etc.
There are two types: one normally first attack when there is fever, body ache, rash on body it subsides in 7 to 10 days. Person becomes o k.
Second or subsequent attacks can be severe, causing high fever, severe body aches, bleeding from nose and all over body and death mainly due to reduction in platelet count.
Virus is carried by vector mosquito called Aedis Aegypti. It’s a large size mosquito which has white strips on abdomen and wings. Flyies and bites in daytime. It has specialty breeding in small clean water even few m m thick e g in coconut shells, coolers, a c, plastic tins, money plants, flower pots, loft tanks, tyres etc. the mosquito being large size does not fly far and leave the compound of society.
Steps: take society and office meetings and remove all breeding articles immediately, or at least clean and dry them once a week without fail. Clean the society compound thoroughly, stair cases and terrace of society immediately of odd articles and furniture. Use full sleeves and mosquito nets. Use mosquito coils or mats daily.

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jdoc said:
these mosquito (aedis aegypti)cannot

August 09, '07

ASYLUM said:
Mosquitoes can travel a couple of kilometres in a day. So even if our local neighbourhood/city is to-die-for clean, we are still not safe.

August 09, '07

whitfield said:
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August 08, '07

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