Malang City Health Office strengthens 3M plus method to deal with dengue fever – ANTARA News East Java

Malang Raya (ANTARA) – The Head of the Health Service of Malang City, East Java, Husnul Muarif, said that dengue hemorrhagic fever (DBD) was controlled by strengthening the use of the 3M plus method by the community in the local area. .

Husnul in Malang City, on Monday, said that the method used was aimed at preventing mosquitoes from breeding aedes aegypticause of dengue fever.

“Efforts to prevent dengue fever in Malang City are still straining 3M more, namely drainage, closing water reservoirs and using or recycling used goods,” said Husnul.

Then, the three methods are accompanied by measures to prevent mosquito bites, such as practice lotion anti-mosquitoes, installing mosquito nets, so that fish can eat larvae.

“The big effort that was made was an initiative Malang Resik, Or Onok Lark,” he said.

The local health service will also be simultaneously eradicating mosquito nests (PSN) in 57 sub-districts, from 1-16 November 2024.

“We also provide access to schools through community health centers and create larva monitors or jumantik in schools,” he said.

Based on data from the local Health Service, the number of dengue fever in Malang City until October 2024 reached 657 cases, of which four were declared dead.

Meanwhile, through 2023 the number of dengue fever cases in Malang City will be 462 cases and four people will die.

When asked about the symptoms of dengue fever, Husnul explained that someone who gets the disease is caused by mosquitoes aedes aegypti he had a high fever. But what you need to be careful about is the horse’s saddle gait.

In addition, there are several stages in a horse’s saddle cycle, namely fever, emergency and recovery.

The fever phase in people with dengue fever occurs on the first to third day with a temperature of up to 40 degrees Celsius.

“After that, the fever will subside, but you need fluid intake and nutritious food, because this cycle is an essential phase of dengue fever,” he said.

When entering the recovery phase, someone with dengue fever will experience an increase in body temperature again.

“But you still have to pay attention to the saddle circle of the horse,” he said.