Written by Walid Abdel Salam Friday, July 28, 2023 01:00 AM
confirmed Ministry of Health And the population that there is no specific medicine to treat dengue fever, and people with dengue fever should rest, drink plenty of fluids, use fever-reducing medicines (paracetamol) and cold water compresses, and avoid using aspirin or non-steroidal antipyretics such as ibuprofen and diclofenac.
She explained that many cases of infection with the dengue virus cause mild symptoms, and in rare cases dengue fever may be severe, and no severe cases have been recorded in Egypt so far, and prevention of dengue fever depends on vector control and strengthening efforts to combat mosquitoes and environmental sanitation can lead To control the spread of infection and greatly reduce the exacerbation of the disease.
The Ministry of Health said: “Many cases of infection with the dengue virus cause mild symptoms, and in rare cases the infection may cause severe symptoms, including headache, bone or joint and muscle pain, rash, and a lack of white blood cells. The regions of the Americas, Southeast Asia, and the Western Ocean are considered The Pacific is the region most affected by the disease, with Asia accounting for about 70% of the global burden of the disease.
And the Ministry continued: “Dengue fever has appeared increasingly in terms of the number of infections and geographical distribution over the past fifty years, and nearly half of the world’s population lives in areas at risk of infection as a result of virus transmission, and the number of cases of dengue fever is estimated at about 100 to 400 million, and the disease is currently endemic.” In more than 100 countries worldwide in the regions of Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific.
2023-07-27 22:00:00
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