TEMANGGUNG – Entering the peak of the rainy season, the Temanggung Regency Government reminded residents to be aware of the potential increase in cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF).
Acting Head of the Temanggung District Health Office, Kristi Widodo, said that there was an increasing trend of dengue cases during the rainy season, especially at the peak of the rainy season which in Temanggung usually occurs in January and February. For this reason, residents are reminded to improve personal and environmental hygiene.
“Residents must be diligent (maintaining cleanliness) in an effort to prevent the emergence and exposure of dengue fever,” said Kristri Widodo, Monday (17/1/2022).
He explained that the prevention of dengue fever can be done with 4M Plus which is carried out once a week, including draining water storage areas, closing all water storage areas, burying, and closing all used items that can hold water.
“There is a trend of increasing dengue cases, residents must be aware of it with 4M plus,” he said.
In addition, residents must also diligently monitor all containers that can be used by developing mosquitoes, especially Aedes Aegypti, not hang clothes for too long, keep larvae-eating fish, avoid mosquito bites and put abate on the water in the reservoir.
Kristi conveyed, the symptoms that appear when exposed to DHF are characterized by sudden fever, headache, pain behind the eyeball, nausea and bleeding manifestations, such as nosebleeds or bleeding gums and redness on the surface of the patient’s body.
In general, DHF sufferers will experience a febrile phase for two to seven days, the first phase on the first to third days, the patient will feel a high enough fever up to 40°C.
Then in the second phase, the patient experiences a critical phase on the fourth to fifth day, in the fever phase it will drop to 37°C and the patient will feel able to carry out activities, or feel healed again. In this phase, if you do not get adequate treatment, a fatal condition can occur, there will be a drastic decrease in platelets due to the breakdown of blood vessels (bleeding).
The third phase will occur on the sixth to seventh day. In this phase, the patient will feel the fever rise again, this phase is the recovery phase. In this phase, the platelets will slowly rise, and return to normal.
Kristi advised, if you feel these symptoms to immediately go to a doctor or hospital for treatment.
Author: MC.TMG/ai;ekp
Editor: WH/DiskominfoJtg
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