Record the first 2 deaths from dengue in 2022-Life Health

According to the Ministry of Health, accumulated from the beginning of the year until now, the whole country has recorded 9,919 cases of dengue fever, including 2 deaths.

On March 21, the Ministry of Health issued a report on medical work in March 2022.

Accordingly, from February 18 to March 17, the whole country recorded 4,287 cases of dengue fever, including 2 deaths in Binh Duong province. These are also the first two dengue deaths this year.

According to the Ministry of Health, accumulated from the beginning of the year until now, the whole country has recorded 9,919 cases of dengue fever, including 2 deaths. Compared to the same period in 2021, the number of dengue fever cases decreased by 65.4% and the number of deaths decreased by 4 cases.

Dengue fever patients are hospitalized and treated.

Particularly in Hanoi, according to a report of the city’s Department of Health, in the past week (from March 14 to March 20), there were no cases of dengue fever in the city. Accumulating from the beginning of 2022 until now, Hanoi has recorded 10 cases of dengue fever, down 42 cases compared to the same period last year.

According to health experts, although the number of cases is now decreasing, at the present time of season change, the hot and humid weather creates favorable conditions for the mosquito that transmits the disease to multiply and develop. In addition, dengue fever and COVID-19 are both dangerous infectious diseases caused by viruses with similar initial symptoms, which can cause confusion such as fever, headache, body aches and pains. . Therefore, people should not be subjective.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Duy Cuong, Director of the Center for Tropical Diseases, Bach Mai Hospital, said that dengue fever and COVID-19 are both dangerous infectious diseases caused by viruses with initial symptoms similar to those of the virus. can cause confusion such as: fever, headache, body aches.

However, these are two diseases with completely different epidemiological factors and modes of transmission as well as completely different conditions. COVID-19 is spread through the respiratory tract by contact with droplets, while dengue is transmitted through blood by mosquitoes.

Signs of COVID-19 in addition to fever, headache, and body aches also appear sore throat, cough, runny nose, runny nose, stuffy nose, loss of sense of smell… in more severe cases, chest tightness and difficulty breathing.

Meanwhile, dengue fever, in addition to high fever, headache, and body aches, will add congestive skin manifestations, red face and sclera, and more severe hemorrhage or lead to shock due to blood concentration. For patients with COVID-19, in addition to epidemiological factors having contact with people with COVID-19, there are also respiratory symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell, etc. respiratory failure.

The majority of dengue patients usually resolve spontaneously within 7 days, however, about 5% of patients will have severe manifestations such as bleeding or plasma leakage shock due to hypovolemia, if not detected and treated promptly. there is a risk of death.

“Especially in the context of the spreading COVID-19 epidemic, the symptoms of dengue fever need to be very careful because there are some symptoms that are easily confused with COVID-19 such as fever, muscle aches. Medical staff need to exploit the epidemiological factor very carefully and carefully, and at the same time, request a confirmatory test to avoid omission or confusion, causing unfortunate consequences,” advised Dr.