Dengue Fever
"Dengue Fever"
Nowadays many people suffer from dengue. Dengue fever is
an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any four related
dengue viruses. This disease used to be called break-bone fever because it
sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain. Dengue fever is a quite
dangerous febrile (Feverish) disease can be found in the tropics and Africa.
Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which also transmits
diseases as yellow fever.
Health experts have known about dengue fever from more than
200 years. Dengue or dengue-like epidemics were reported throughout the 19th
and early 20th centuries in America, southern Europe, north Africa, the
eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Australia and various Islands in the Indian
Ocean, the south and central Pacific and the Caribbean. It has steadily
increased in both incidence and distribution over the past 40 years. Annually,
it is estimated that there are 20 million cases of dengue infection, resulting
in around 24,000 deaths. Dengue fever is a flu-like viral disease common
throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, mainly in
urban and pre-urban areas. Today, it afflicts (cause physical pain and
suffering) an estimated 50 million to 100 million in the tropics.
The symptoms of dengue fever are severe headache, pain in
the muscles and joints, and rash that can be described as small red spots. Some
patients experience gastritis, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Dengue
fever usually starts suddenly with a high fever, headache, pain behind the
eyes, and pain in the muscles and joints. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days
after the start of the fever. Nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite are common.
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Nowadays many people suffer from dengue. Dengue fever is
an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any four related
dengue viruses. This disease used to be called break-bone fever because it
sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain. Dengue fever is a quite
dangerous febrile (Feverish) disease can be found in the tropics and Africa.
Dengue fever is transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which also transmits
diseases as yellow fever.
Health experts have known about dengue fever from more than
200 years. Dengue or dengue-like epidemics were reported throughout the 19th
and early 20th centuries in America, southern Europe, north Africa, the
eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Australia and various Islands in the Indian
Ocean, the south and central Pacific and the Caribbean. It has steadily
increased in both incidence and distribution over the past 40 years. Annually,
it is estimated that there are 20 million cases of dengue infection, resulting
in around 24,000 deaths. Dengue fever is a flu-like viral disease common
throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, mainly in
urban and pre-urban areas. Today, it afflicts (cause physical pain and
suffering) an estimated 50 million to 100 million in the tropics.
The symptoms of dengue fever are severe headache, pain in
the muscles and joints, and rash that can be described as small red spots. Some
patients experience gastritis, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Dengue
fever usually starts suddenly with a high fever, headache, pain behind the
eyes, and pain in the muscles and joints. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days
after the start of the fever. Nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite are common.
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