Week 13 CD COURSE TASK 7. Dengue Fever, Filariasis, Malaria and Encephalitis

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Make a health teaching in tabular form on Dengue Fever, Filariasis, Malaria and Encephalitis with pictures of mosquitoes causing

the
said communicable disease, breeding places and nursing management.
MOSQUITO CAUSING THE BREEDING PLACES NURSING MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
Dengue Fever Water filled containers inside and Evaluation of patient with Dengue
outside of the house Fever:
a. non-used bottes A.
b. Containers • Heart rate
c. Discarded waste • Temperature
d. Tires • blood pressure
Aedes aegypti e. Drums B.
f. Portable pools • Capillary refill
g. Drinking bowls • skin color
h. Potted plants • pulse pressure
Indoors in dark areas C.
a. Closets • Increased capillary
b. Under beds permeability
c. Behind curtains D.
• Measurement of intake
and output.
Filariasis Breeding places for filariasis Evaluation of patient with
mosquitoes vary with the type of Filariasis:
filariasis. • Monitor vital signs,
• Swamps and bogs with specifically the
many aquatic plants. temperature
• Streams • Assess skin color and
• Puddles integrity. Note for
Culex mosquito (lymphatic • Pools wounds, bleeding, or any
filariasis) • Domestic water supplies skin changes.
• Septic tanks • Assess for any discomfort
• Salt water and pain.
• Tires • Provide wound care.
• Dumps
• Wells • Elevate affected body
• Cisterns area to reduce swelling.
• Tins • Administer medications if
• Crab holes ordered and discuss
• Tree holes them to the client.
• Provide support to
perform basic activities.
• Encourage a range of
motion and simple
exercises of the affected
extremities to stimulate
lymphatic flow.
• Recognize the client’s
self-esteem needs.
• Provide health teaching
and information for
continuity of care.
Malaria • Fresh or saltwater • Obtain history of recent
marshes travel to an endemic area
• Mangrove swamps - Ask the patient if they
• Rice fields traveled to a tropical area
• Grassy ditches • Determine patient’s;
• Edges of stream and - Immune status
Female Anopheles mosquito rivers - Age
• Small temporary rain - Pregnancy status
pools - Allergies
- Medications
- - Medical conditions
Encephalitis • Rural areas • Monitoring pupils and
• Flooded rice fields vital signs frequently for
increased intracranial
pressure (ICP; irregular
pupils, widening pulse
pressure, tachycardia,
Culex tritaeniorhynchus irregular breathing
hyperthermia).
• Monitor the patient’s
response to medications
and observe for adverse
reactions.
• Monitor neurologic
status closely. Watch for
subtle changes, such as
behavior or personality
changes, weakness, or
cranial nerve
involvement.
• Maintain quiet
environment and provide
care gently, to avoid
excessive stimulation and
agitation, which may
cause increase ICP.
• Maintain seizure
precautions; pad side
rails of bed and have
airway and suction
equipment available at
bedside.
• Maintain standard
precaution s and
additional isolation
according to hospital
policy to prevent
transmission.
• Administer antipyretic s
and other cooling
measures as indicated.
• Provide fluid
replacement through I.V.
lines as needed.
• Reorient patient
frequently.
• Provide supportive care if
coma develops; may last
several weeks.
• Encourage significant
others to interact with
patient with even while
in coma and to
participate in care to
promote rehabilitation.
• Provide comfort – keep
patient in a quiet, well-
ventilated room;
encourage oral hygiene
and bed bath.
• Prevent from
complication s – turn the
patient at least every 2
hours, encourage
increase oral fluid intake,
encourage high caloric
diet, moisten lips with
mineral oil.
• Monitor intake and
output.

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