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Dengue Virus:

The dengue virus formerly known as influenza or called small malaria. It starts with biting of Mosquitoes. It is a viral infection and increasing daily in mostly countries. It mostly affects the children under 15 years old.

Dengue Virus Creates  History to destroy people

History:

It had described for the first time 1779 in Australia, 1928 in Athens and 1931 in Taiwan. It was found in Southeast Asia but now it has been in full progress in Asia, France, South America and Africa.

According to statistics of World Health Organization that between 50 and 100 million people infected by this virus in all over the world. By this harmful virus 20,000 people kill per  year.

Dengue Virus in Pakistan:

The first patient of this harmful disease was discovered in 1994 at Karachi. After that it is increasing daily. According to Survey of WHO the affected persons are above 4800 in 2008.

At Lahore first patient of it was found in 2007. But in these days this virus is increasing day by day in all over Punjab.

This harmful virus came from abroad by importing food items. Now it is affecting all cities of Pakistan.

These days it is  creating an alarming situation for Punjab people and for the Punjab government. According to the report of provincial health department that as many as 145 patients of dengue fever are found in Lahore only.

Diagnosis:

The diagnosis of dengue fever is usually confirmed in the laboratory by seismologic tests on blood samples from the patient.

During the phase of the illness, the dengue virus that causes the disease can also be readily isolated from the patient’s bloodstream.

The differential diagnosis is made first with the flu and then yellow fever.

Treatment:

There is no medicine dengue fever or vaccine to prevent the disease. Hospitalization in intensive care is required for people who develop dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.

Most healthy people who get dengue fever will recover in about two weeks to one month.

Prevention:

There are some tips to prevent dengue virus which you can easily adopt and save your life.

    Wear clean dress
    Wear long sleeves
    Use mosquito repellant sprays
    Don’t Store water any where for long time
    Don’t waste time if you feel the disease
    Eat fresh food and drink fresh water
    Stay indoor after sunrise and before sunset