DENGUE FABIO ZAVALEY

WHAT IS DENGUE? Dengue is a disease spread by mosquitos Not all mosquitos carry dengue There are 3 major diseases that the mosquitos may carry: malaria, yellow fever, and dengue People may die, fell very ill or feel ill Aedes mosquitos are who pass dengue

DENGUE'S AFFECT ON PEOPLE At the beginning of the fever there are small symptoms like headaches, rashes, high fevers, eye pain and joint pain After a while you begin to feel bleeding from gums, and start vomiting, vomiting blood and pale skin You can die from dengue You may go to the hospital for various days and feel pain all over, like you are going to die

LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF DENGUE The location of dengue is places close to the equator The places that contain the most dengue are Asia, South and Central America, and Africa There are approximately 100 million cases of dengue worldwide There is not a lot of dengue in America, most of it gets passed off by travel

PREVENTING DENGUE The main way to prevent receiving the fever is to stay away from any people with fever Stay in your house at dawn and dusk Use mosquito repellent and long sleeves when going on hikes Try to diminish mosquitos in your house by fumigant and killing them Clean the water of your plants because the mosquitos lay their eggs there

HOW TO CURE DENGUE The best way to cure dengue is to never have it, you can prevent it in many ways If you can prevent it the best way to cure dengue is going to the doctor and asking for cures, letting him check you There is no specific cure for dengue, but the best way is taking pain relievers. You should take rests and eat and drink to avoid dehydration In the ancient times they cured dengeu and yellow fever by blood letting

REFERENCES In An American Plague they talk about who brought the fever and that mosquitos transmit it. It also talks about symptoms and ways to cure it. In fever they also talked about symptoms and ways they tried to protect it, more from first person.

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