Things you need to keep in mind in order not to get dengue

Dengue mosquitoes are a type of mosquito bite during the day, a person who has dengue fever can still suffer from another type of virus.

When do mosquitoes transmit dengue fever?

Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a contagious disease caused by Dengue virus. The transmission medium is Aedes aegypti . This type of mosquito bites during the day, burning the most in the early morning and late afternoon.

Therefore, doctors recommend sleeping in the curtain, wearing long-sleeved clothes even during the day.

Where does this mosquito reside?

Resident mosquitoes are parked in corners, dark in the house, on clothes, blankets, clotheslines and household utensils.

Dengue fever is rapidly increasing in Hanoi.(Photo: PT).

How to spray mosquitoes?

In order to prevent dengue fever, people should pay attention to spraying all floors in the house, if only spraying 1-2 floors, high floors without spraying will not work because mosquitoes can live on high floors. In addition, when spraying, it is necessary to spray all houses, if only one house is sprayed, mosquitoes can fly from house to house. When spraying, in principle, all windows must be closed, only the door for people to enter, after 30 minutes to an hour to enter the house.

However, spraying chemicals is only a temporary measure to kill mosquitoes that transmit disease, the most important is to kill the larvae, the larvae - the source of disease.

Wherever there is stagnant water there are larvae

The zebra mosquito lays eggs mainly in clean water containers in and around the home; not laying in a prison with sewage and stinking water. Hanoi has statistics of 14 sources where midges lay eggs, most of them are cisterns containing 40% of water-free water tanks, then buckets, pots, ornamental pots and scraps, ornamental flower pots, shells Coconut . Even the plastic lid of the water tank, the leaves with standing rain water also have larvae.

'Where there is standing water, there are larvae, for example, iron pipes, plastic pipes for flags, even lunch boxes thrown out on the ground next to the house,' said Hoang Duc Hanh, deputy director of the Department of Health. Hanoi said.

Without larvae, there is no dengue fever

The Ministry of Health recommends that people take weekly measures to kill larvae and larvae as follows:

1. Drop fish into large water containers.
2. Wash small and medium water containers, turn over water-free tools.
3. Replace flower vase water, put salt or oil in a bowl of water to show your feet.
4. Eliminate waste materials, natural water holes for mosquitoes to lay eggs such as bottles, jars, bottles, coconut shells, broken pieces, old tires, bamboo pockets, sheaths .

A person with dengue fever may still get it again

Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by Dengue virus with 4 types of disease that are denoted D1, D2, D3, D4. One type of sick person will have lifelong immunity to this type of infection but can still get another type of illness.

In Hanoi, at the same time, 3 types of diseases are circulated at the same time while in the past only 1-2. The cause may be due to the exchanges between localities. However, the virus does not currently have virulence.

When having a fever, taking antipyretic drugs not lying down, located in areas with epidemic patients should go to the doctor, absolutely not arbitrarily treating dengue at home, not arbitrarily transfusion. The disease can rapidly change in severity, often with complications on day 3 onwards.