DENGUE FEVER SYMPTOMPS AND PREVENTION Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University
Background: Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is spread by several species of mosquito of the Aedes type, principally Aedes aegypti. An estimated 390 million dengue infections occur worldwide each year, with about 96 million resulting in illness. There are three phase of the symptomps. First, febrile phase. The febrile phase is a phase which the person feels the symptomps early. In ths phase, the person will get diarrhea, followed by nose bleeding, headache, rash, vomiting, and sudden-onset fever. The next phase is critical phase. We can called this phase with“ climax phase”. In this phase, the person will get hypotension, ascites, and pleural effusion. The last phase is recovery phase. Recovery phase is a phase that the person will experiencing the stages of healing. In this phase, the person will get a seizures, itching, and a slow-heart rate. After knowing the symptomps, we should know how to prevent the fever too. There are seven ways to prevent the fever; personal protection, reduce mosquito’ s habitat, ensure the windows are closed, vector control, empty unused container, natural methods, and top up all detective ground surface.
Objective: The purpose of making this poster is to educate people about the symptomps of dengue fever and how to prevent it.