What is dengue?
After a dengue virus enters the
Dengue fever is a disease
caused by a family of viruses
that are transmitted by
mosquitoes. It is an acute
illness of sudden onset that
usually follows a benign course
with headache, fever,
exhaustion, severe joint and
muscle pain, swollen glands,
and rash. The presence (the
"dengue triad") of fever, rash,
and headache is particularly
characteristic of dengue.
How is dengue contracted?
The virus is contracted from
the bite of a striped Aedes
aegypti mosquito that has
previously bitten an infected
person. Mosquitoes pick up a
dengue virus when they bite a
human who is already infected
with the virus. The mosquito
then carries it in its own blood
and spreads it when it bites
other humans.
dwellings, especially in urban
human bloodstream, it spreads areas.
throughout the body.
Symptoms appear in about
eight to ten days after a bite
from an infected mosquito.
Symptoms are flu-like and can
include high fever, nausea,
vomiting, body aches, and
headache.
Aeges aegypti mosquito?
is a mosquito that can spread
the dengue fever. The
mosquito can be recognized by
white markings on legs and a Signs & Symptoms:
marking in the form of a lyre on
the thorax. The mosquito • Dengue fever usually
originated in Africa, but is now starts suddenly with a
found in tropical regions rapidly climbing high
throughout the world. fever, that's why the
temperature in dengue
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is fever is called a
a daytime biter with peak 'saddleback' type
periods of biting around sunrise temperature.
and sunset. It may bite at any
• severe headaches
time of the day and is often
• nausea & vomiting
hidden inside homes or other
• loss of appetite
• rashes develop on the • Death
feet or legs 3 to 4 days
after the beginning of the Possible herbal Medication
fever Preventive measures for used:
• Swelling and pain in dengue. • soup made from
muscles and joints camote tops (purple
• soar throat, runny nose, • Patients are kept under sweet potato)
slight cough mosquito netting until • fruit juices (apple &
the second bout of fever orange)
is over and they are no • raw papaya leaves,
longer contagious. 2pcs just cleaned and
• control or eradication of pound and squeeze
the mosquitoes carrying with filter cloth
the virus that causes • tea must be herbal,
dengue with tulsi, ginger,
• empty stagnant water cardamom
from old tires, trash cans, • lemon grass (raw
and flower pots juice)
• Wear long pants and long • porridge and baked
sleeves toast (not fried)
• For personal protection, • Euphorbia hirta L.
Possible complications & use mosquito repellant (Tawa-tawa or gatas-
alarming signs of dengue: sprays gatas) Cut roots off 5
• Fatigue • Limiting exposure to to 6 gatas-gatas
• Tiredness mosquitoes by avoiding plants. Rinse and put
• Bleeding (gums, standing water and it into a pot of boiling
nosebleeding) staying indoors two hours water for one minute.
• Shock after sunrise and before Cool. Let the dengue
• Very low blood sunset will help patient drink the
pressure decoction, 1 to 1 1/2
 glasses, every hour for
24 hours.

REMINDERS:
No vaccine is made to
cure dengue. Preventive
measures are to be done
to avoid dengue.
Prepared by:
AMONOY, JALYCA I. BSN3-Q