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Dengue. Fabio zavaley. What is dengue?. Dengue is a disease spread by mosquitos N ot all mosquitos carry dengue There are 3 major diseases that the mosquitos may carry: malaria, yellow fever, and dengue People may die, fell very ill or feel ill Aedes mosquitos are who pass dengue.
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Dengue Fabio zavaley
What is dengue? • Dengue is a disease spread by mosquitos • Not all mosquitos carry dengue • There are 3 major diseases that the mosquitos may carry: malaria, yellow fever, and dengue • People may die, fell very ill or feel ill • Aedes mosquitos are who pass dengue
Dengue's affect on people • At the beginning of the fever there are small symptoms like headaches, rashes, high fevers, eye pain and joint pain • After a while you begin to feel bleeding from gums, and start vomiting, vomiting blood and pale skin • You can die from dengue • You may go to the hospital for various days and feel pain all over, like you are going to die
Location and amount of dengue • The location of dengue is places close to the equator • The places that contain the most dengue are Asia, South and Central America, and Africa • There are approximately 100 million cases of dengue worldwide • There is not a lot of dengue in America, most of it gets passed off by travel
Preventing dengue • The main way to prevent receiving the fever is to stay away from any people with fever • Stay in your house at dawn and dusk • Use mosquito repellent and long sleeves when going on hikes • Try to diminish mosquitos in your house by fumigant and killing them • Clean the water of your plants because the mosquitos lay their eggs there
How to cure dengue • The best way to cure dengue is to never have it, you can prevent it in many ways • If you can prevent it the best way to cure dengue is going to the doctor and asking for cures, letting him check you • There is no specific cure for dengue, but the best way is taking pain relievers. • You should take rests and eat and drink to avoid dehydration • In the ancient times they cured dengeu and yellow fever by blood letting
references • In An American Plague they talk about who brought the fever and that mosquitos transmit it. It also talks about symptoms and ways to cure it. • In fever they also talked about symptoms and ways they tried to protect it, more from first person.
