With these 3 signs, people with dengue fever must be hospitalized immediately
06/07/2022 09:18 GMT+7
Not all dengue patients require hospitalization. However, if the patient has a headache, cannot eat, and vomits a lot, he needs to be hospitalized immediately.
This is BS warning. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Head of the Department of Occupational Diseases, Thanh Nhan Hospital told reporters when the dengue epidemic was “hot” in the southern provinces and began to be recorded in some northern provinces.
According to a report by the Center for Disease Control of Hanoi (CDC), in recent times, the number of dengue fever cases has increased more than in the previous weeks. Specifically, at the beginning of May 2022, the city recorded an average of only 2 to 5 cases of dengue fever per week, but by the end of the month, the number of cases had increased from 8 to 15 cases per week.
Dr. Huong said that the initial symptoms of dengue patients are similar to those of Covid-19 infection. However, there is still a difference.
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| Dengue fever patients treated at Thanh Nhan Hospital |
Specifically: Patients with dengue fever often have a very high fever that can reach 40 degrees, accompanied by symptoms of headache, body aches.
As for patients infected with Covid-19 who have been vaccinated, according to our records, the fever is not high, only 37 – 38.5 degrees. However, except for patients with severe damage from Covid-19, the fever is still quite high.
Notably, according to Dr. Huong, not all dengue fever patients have to be hospitalized. However, patients need to go to medical facilities for examination and testing.
“If the platelets of the dengue patient are within the permissible limits, there are no signs of hemoconcentration, and the liver and kidney functions are normal, then we can keep the patient at home for monitoring and schedule a follow-up appointment. 2 days. However, if the patient has a headache, can’t eat and vomits a lot, he needs to be hospitalized immediately, “said Dr. Huong.
The head of this department also noted that in Hanoi, many people living in apartments often think that there are no mosquitoes, so they don’t sleep with nets and it is also difficult to get dengue fever.
However, this concept is wrong because people living in high-rise apartment buildings have low humidity and a lower mosquito rate, but not without mosquitoes. Because mosquitoes follow the elevator route, according to the food people buy, which is a condition for mosquitoes to multiply.
“Therefore, people need to be vigilant, especially during this epidemic period. In particular, usually according to recommendations, about once every 5 years, Dengue hemorrhagic fever breaks out into an epidemic. The biggest dengue epidemic recently was in 2017. According to the cycle, in 2022, dengue fever can cause a big epidemic, ”said Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong.
The best way to prevent disease is to kill mosquitoes, larvae/larvae and prevent mosquito bites.
– Eliminate mosquito breeding places, kill larvae/larva by:
Cover all water containers to prevent mosquitoes from entering and laying eggs.
+ Release fish or maze into large water containers (tanks, wells, jars, jars…) to kill larvae/larvae.
+ Clean medium and small water function tools (lu, chop…) weekly.
+ Collect and destroy waste items in and around the house such as bottles, jars, bottle fragments, broken jars, butter pipes, coconut shells, old tires/cases, bamboo niches, leaf sheaths…, clean up Sanitize the environment, turn water containers upside down when not in use.
+ Put salt or oil in a bowl of water to stand on the bottom of the cupboard/cupboard, change the water in the flower vase/cotton vase.
– Prevention of mosquito bites:
+ Wear long-sleeved clothes.
+ Sleep under a mosquito net, even during the day.
+ Use mosquito repellent spray, mosquito scent, mosquito repellant cream, electric mosquito net…
+ Use curtains, mosquito nets impregnated with insecticides.
+ For people with dengue fever to lie in nets, avoid mosquito bites to avoid spreading the disease to others.
– Actively coordinate with the authorities and the health sector in chemical spraying for epidemic prevention and control.
(Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health)
N. Huyen
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