DENGUE FEVER

Information from WHO

Prepared By EHS
Dengue is not transmittable from person to person.
 Information about DENGUE FEVER
 Dengue virus in southern Pakistan has
now spread to the north, partly because
more people have been traveling across
the country for Eid.

 The Dengue virus is transmitted through

mosquito bite to infected person and
transfer it to healthy person through biting
of that mosquito.
 SYMPTOMS

 High fever, up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit

 Severe headache
 Retro-orbital (behind the eye) pain
 Severe joint and muscle pain
 Nausea and vomiting
 Rash
 PRECAUTIONS
 Use a mosquito repellant.
 Dress in protective clothing-long-sleeved shirts,
long pants, socks, and shoes
 Keeping unscreened windows and doors closed
 Keeping window and door screens repaired
 Getting rid of areas where mosquitoes breed,
such as standing water in flower pots,
containers, birdbaths, discarded tires, etc.
 PRECAUTIONS
 At present, the only method of controlling or
preventing dengue and DHF is to combat the
vector mosquitoes.

 Vector control is implemented using

environmental management and chemical
methods. Proper solid waste disposal and
improved water storage practices, including
covering containers to prevent access by egg
laying female mosquitoes are among methods
that are encouraged through community-based
programmes.
 STATISTICS OF DENGUE
 An estimated 500,000 cases of DHF (Dengue
Hemorrhagic Fever) require hospitalization each
year, of whom a very large proportion are
children. At least 2.5% of cases die, although
case fatality could be twice as high.

 Without proper treatment, DHF case fatality

rates can exceed 20%. With modern intensive
supportive therapy, such rates can be reduced
to less than 1%.
 STATISTICS OF DENGUE IN PAKISTAN

 Out of a total of 2,009 suspected dengue fever

cases reported in Pakistan, 596 have been
confirmed as positive cases, a Pakistani health
official said Sunday.

 Briefing reporters in Islamabad, Federal

Secretary for Health Syed Anwar Mehmood said
there have been 30 deaths reported so far due
to the dengue fever across the country.