Top - Dengue Fever Thai Facts 2016
Dengue fever is really something that you should try to prevent. Dengue is one of the highest medical problems when travelling in Thailand.
- Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes.
- Symptoms include as severe joint and muscle pain, swollen lymph nodes, headache, fever, exhaustion, and rash.
- The presence of fever, rash, and headache (the "dengue triad") is characteristic of dengue fever. Dengue is prevalent throughout the tropics and subtropics.
- Because dengue fever is caused by a virus, there is no specific medicine or antibiotic to treat it.
- For typical dengue fever, the treatment is directed toward relief of the symptoms (symptomatic treatment).
- The acute phase of the illness with fever and myalgias lasts about one to two weeks.
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a specific syndrome that tends to affect children under 10 years of age. It causes abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding), and circulatory collapse (shock).
- The prevention of dengue fever requires control or eradication of the mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes dengue. There is currently no vaccine for dengue fever.