TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Have you heard of Dengue Shock Syndrome? For some people, this term may still sound foreign.
However, you must be familiar with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), a disease outbreak caused by mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.
Dengue Shock Syndrome itself is still closely related to DHF. In the National Guidelines for Medical Services for the Management of Dengue Infection in Children and Adolescents of the Ministry of Health, DHF is divided into four stages, of which stages III and IV are known as Dengue Shock Syndrome or DSS.
If in mild cases of DHF the patient will feel fever and other symptoms similar to flu, DHF patients with Dengue Shock Syndrome will experience various other symptoms due to complications from severe DHF.
With dengue cases that often increase in Indonesia, the presence of Dengue Shock Syndrome is something that people need to be aware of. The reason is, this syndrome has the potential to cause such a severe impact, it can even cause death.
Know Dengue Shock Syndrome
Dengue Shock Syndrome occurs when the condition of a DHF patient gradually worsens accompanied by symptoms that exceed the usual symptoms of DHF.
Citing the bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, this symptom is characterized by the appearance of red patches on the skin, such as petechiae, ecchymoses, and purpura. Then, there is also mucosal bleeding such as nosebleeds and bleeding gums.
Through the Tribunnews YouTube broadcast of the Healthy Sunday Night program on October 30, 2021, a doctor, philosopher, and community nutritionist, dr. Tan Shot Yen explained that Dengue Shock Syndrome occurs when blood plasma leaks out of the blood vessels, so the hematocrit rises and poses a danger to DHF sufferers.
Meanwhile, reported from Hellosehat, WHO determined that a person can be categorized as a sufferer of DSS when the fever lasts for 2-7 days, has hemorrhagic signs such as a positive tourniquet test (for dengue detection), changes in body temperature drastically to below normal, vomiting- vomiting, and decreased pulse and blood pressure.
When the patient’s condition worsens, Dengue Shock Syndrome will cause serious bleeding in various places such as the vagina and skull, until blood is found in the urine.
The importance of handling and preventing Dengue Shock Syndrome
Although it can also be found in adolescent and adult patients, this syndrome generally affects children with DHF.
Moreover, a study in the Journal of The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on the mortality rate caused by DSS in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, showed that the risk of death in children aged 1-5 years was four times higher than that of children aged 1-5 years. 11-15 years.
Generally, cases of DSS can be fatal when treatment is too late. Therefore, the speed of handling is important in preventing the danger of death due to Dengue Shock Syndrome. If a DHF patient begins to show symptoms of DSS, the first treatment you can do is to take the patient to a hospital intensive care unit (ICU).
Of course, prevention is still better than cure. Therefore, make sure you and your family always take precautions against the transmission of DHF in the surrounding environment by 3M Plus, namely Draining and cleaning water reservoirs regularly, Closing water reservoirs tightly, and Recycling or utilizing items that can collect rainwater.
Not only that, you can also use mosquito repellent lotion as a step to protect yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of dengue mosquito bites, such as Soffell Alamia, a mosquito repellent lotion made from 100% natural Leaf Extract.
With its ingredients that are safe to use for the skin, Soffell Alamia is here to protect you and your family from mosquito bites that cause deadly diseases.
Soffell Alamia has two variants, namely Geranium and Yuzu Tea Tree which do not make the skin sticky or dry, and keep the skin soft while preventing mosquitoes from approaching.
Apart from using mosquito repellent lotion, you can also provide extra protection for yourself and your family with ForceMagic, an Aerosol 2in1 mosquito repellent product. which effectively kills mosquitoes up to 100%.
With a synergist formula, eucalyptus oil to repel mosquitoes, as well as active ingredients synthetic pyrethroid (transfluthrin and permethrin), a single spray of ForceMagic will directly attack the mosquito’s nervous system and immobilize mosquitoes precisely with its ability to spread to hard-to-reach places.
It’s time to fight dengue to the fullest and protect yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of Dengue Shock Syndrome with Soffell Alamia and ForceMagic!
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