Poptren.suara.com – During the rainy season a lot pathology surface, one of which is dengue hemorrhagic fever or DHF. It is an infectious disease caused by virus bite dengue mosquito The Aedes of Egypt are called Aedes Albopictus.
If the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which previously sucked the blood of a dengue sufferer, bites another healthy person, the dengue virus will transfer to the healthy person. The person will suffer from dengue fever, as reported on the Yankes.itb.ac.id page.
This type of mosquito bites and infects a person in the morning until late in the evening and reproduces in warm, humid areas.
In Indonesia, the disease that surfaces during the rainy season is not only dengue fever, but other diseases also exist chikungunya. What is chikungunya? Chikungunya is also a disease caused by a viral infection caused by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito symptoms similar and endemic.
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Transmission of Chikungunya is the same as that of dengue fever. However, there has never been a person-to-person transmission without the intercession of an infectious mosquito.
Dengue fever and chikungunya certainly have differences. What is the difference? The first is the cause. Although both are caused by mosquitoes, the main cause is a virus. Chikungunya disease is often called bone flu and is caused by the Togaviridae alphavirus. Meanwhile, dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by the flavivirus Flaviviridae.
Next is the incubation period. The dengue virus has an incubation period of three to seven days, or about two weeks. Meanwhile, chikungunya has a shorter incubation period of 12 days after the mosquito bite. Keep in mind that the difference between the two is subtle, so it is often difficult to diagnose.
The next difference is in the symptoms. Generally, people with dengue fever will experience symptoms of heavy head or dizziness, pain in the joints and muscles, pain when swallowing, cough, abdominal discomfort or pain accompanied by nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, fever, and even bleeding.
A person with dengue fever will experience a fever that goes up and down, like a horseshoe. Patients will experience a high fever phase between 39 and 40 degrees Celsius, which will then enter a critical phase with fever symptoms dropping dramatically, returning to 37 degrees Celsius.
At this stage, patients are at risk of experiencing shock syndrome, which is characterized by a fast and weak pulse, pale face, sweaty body, restlessness, decreased consciousness, cold hands and feet, and even blue lips.
While chikungunya is more dominant in experiencing joint and muscle pain. Even in adults it can cause temporary paralysis because the legs hurt when walking. In children, fever is felt for three days and there is no bleeding.
Dengue fever and chikungunya are similar but not the same.
