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Dengue Fever Awareness
Dengue Fever Awareness
•Fever
•Headache
•Muscle and joint pain
•Nausea/vomiting
•Rash
•Hemorrhagic manifestations
7.The virus replicates in the salivary glands and when the mosquito
bites another human, the cycle continues.
Transmission Illustration Diagram
Four Grades of DHF
Grade 1
Fever and nonspecific constitutional symptoms
Positive tourniquet test is only hemorrhagic manifestation
Grade 2
Grade 1 manifestations + spontaneous bleeding
Grade 3
Signs of circulatory failure (rapid/weak pulse, narrow pulse
pressure, hypotension, cold/clammy skin)
Grade 4
Profound shock (undetectable pulse and BP)
Preventions
So far, over 9000 dengue cases have been reported in Lahore.
Sindh & Islamabad are 2nd and 3rd largest victimized ares of Pakistan.
The experts said Sri Lanka has successfully grappled with the disease
over the past thirty years mainly by creating 100% public awareness.
They said that the panic created in Pakistan has led to most deaths
because some affected who are already suffering from diabetes or
heart problems can't physically and psychologically bear the pressure
of the disease and collapse having cardiac arrest.
They said effect of dengue would ease by October and would end in
December.
Efforts of Government Health Departments
•The Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr. Shahbaz Sharif, had called a meeting
for this purpose. He had contacted with Dengue Special Mobile Team to
immediate recovery of this epidemic.
•Close liaison has been established with hospitals and National Institute of
Health (NIH), Islamabad in order to work in coordination. A separate team
comprising of a dispenser and a malaria worker has been deputed to
create awareness amongst general public who are visiting the
communities and advising them about the precautionary and preventive
measures against the diseases, he added.
Voluntary Actions
Khalid Book Depot-Lahore is voluntarily working free against
the spread of this epidemic. If any one wants to spray in his
community/home, please contact on this Number :
042-37223881
Kindly Note: Only allow those teams who have gov. identification
cards.