Dengue Outbreak in Cebu

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Dengue risk rises

FYI

June 06, 2008 12:02:00
Bernadette Parco Marian Z. Codilla
Cebu Daily News



Cebu City had 614 dengue cases with 22 deaths for the first half of the year which surpassed the same period in 2007, when the City Health Office recorded 241 cases and only three deaths.


Barangay Guadalupe has the highest number of cases at 39 with three deaths.


This is followed by Inayawan with 35 cases and one death, and Labangon with 33 cases.


Dengue fever is spread through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes usually after dawn and just before sunset. The mosquito breeds in clean, stagnant water.

Symptoms include a sudden fever with severe headache, pain of the muscles and joints, and sometimes, skin rashes.

“Dengue is more than a terrorism matter.”


CEBU PROVINCE

In Cebu province, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) also recorded a high number of 842 cases and 22 fatalities.


Two weeks ago, the City Health Office’s list of top five dengue-prone barangays showed:

1.Guadalupe (36 cases with 3 deaths)

2.Inayawan (35 cases with one death)

3.Talamaban and Tisa (30 cases and three deaths)

4.Labangon (32 cases), and

5.Mabolo (28 cases).

[sonza9]

Prevention is still the best remedy on that problem. We should clean our souroundings.

As I have said on the other thread use Organic insect repellent, we've been using it for 7 mos now. Very safe and effective. Don't use off lotion it's bad for our skin and health coz it has DEET.

[daveclark612]

kung naka suway na ka ug dengue, pwede pa ba ka ma dengue usab?

[STARoftheSEA]

kung naka suway na ka ug dengue, pwede pa ba ka ma dengue usab?

Yes, you can get Dengue fever again despite having been infected in the past. Succeeding cases are usually worse than when you first had it.

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Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by one of four types of dengue virus. It is transmitted by the aedes mosquito in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, principally in urban areas and mainly during and shortly after the rainy season.

The disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected aedes mosquito and symptoms including a high fever, severe headache and joint and muscle pain appear within 5-6 days.

There are four types of this virus (serotypes 1 to 4) which can infect you.
Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4), of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes provides immunity to only that serotype for life, so persons living in a dengue-endemic area can have more than one dengue infection during their lifetime.

[nilo_pepito]

Prevention is still the best remedy on that problem. We should clean our souroundings.

As I have said on the other thread use Organic insect repellent, we've been using it for 7 mos now. Very safe and effective. Don't use off lotion it's bad for our skin and health coz it has DEET.

unsay nawong anang Organic Insect Repellent bro, mapalit nas rose pharmacy