"IF THEY

BREED,
YOU WILL
BLEED."
Singapore has had more than 12000
dengue cases from January to June
itself, twice as much as the whole of
2021.

What is even more alarming is that

majority of mosquito breeding sites
have also found to be on residential
premises.
 Dengue Over The Years

Based on the graph, you can see

that the number of covid cases has
been increasing exponentially from
2018 onwards.
Why should senior citizens be concerned?

Low Immunity Existing Chronic Conditions

Elderly generally have Elderly often have underlying chronic

low immunity, so they conditions, like diabetes or high blood
will have a harder time pressure. This makes it harder for them to
fighting the disease. recover from dengue, and complications
may arise.

Dengue is different in elderly, because they don't have

Non-typical the typical symptoms like rashes or fever. This means
it is harder to tell that it's dengue, and when it's
symptoms diagnosed, the infection might be too severe.

So what do all of these mean?

This means that you will be more affected by dengue, and there's a higher risk of
death.
You may take a longer time to recover from dengue.
It will cause a larger strain on your immune system, leaving you more vulnerable
to other diseases. You might even get infected by dengue again!
But all of this can be avoided if you take the necessary protections to protect
yourself and your loved ones. Read on to find out more!
 Symptoms Of
Dengue
1. Fever
Dengue often causes high fever in
individuals, and fevers can go as
high as 40 degrees.

2. Joint Pain
Dengue also causes joint pain which
often shows up in the knee and elbows.

3. Rashes
Not only does Dengue causes Fever and Joint
Pain, but it also causes rashes. These rashes
often occur on the palms and the soles of the
feet, after the fever receeds.
SIMPLE STEPS TO TAKE
TO PROTECT YOURSELF
APPLY MOSQUITO WEAR LONG-
REPELLENT SLEEVED CLOTHES
Mosquito repellents
Long-sleeved shirts
help to keep away those
and pants cover up
pesky mosquitoes from
your arms and legs
you, which means the
which are the
chances of you getting
common spots
bitten and infected are
where mosquitoes
reduced.
like to bite.

MOSQUITO NETS BUY A

WHILE SLEEPING MOSQUITO BAT
Sleeping is when you are
If you live in an area with
most at risk of being
many dengue cases, you
bitten, because you can't
swat them away. By might want to invest in a
sleeping inside a mosquito bat, to get rid of all
mosquito nets, the mosquitoes before you
mosquitoes can't enter sleep so they won't bite you.
and bite you.

FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH

COMMON DENGUE KNOW HOW TO
SYMPTOMS MENTIONED PERFORM THE
BEFORE
By knowing all the MOZZIE WIPEOUT
common dengue By performing the mozzie
symptoms, you can wipeout, you can get rid of
identify them and seek potential mosquito breeding
treatment early before sites, which reduce the risk of
it gets too late. you getting infected with
dengue.
Do The Mozzie Wipeout
1.Overturn any buckets in
your toilets.

2.Tip all of your vases.

3.Flip the flowerpot plate

of your plants.

4.Loosen the hardened soil.

5. Clean roof gutters and place

insecticide. If you find it difficult to do
so, ask a loved one to do it for you.

6. Cover bamboo pole holders

when not in use.