Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

What is Dengue H-Fever?

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an acute infectious viral disease usually affecting infants and young children. It is characterized by fever using the initial phase, and other symptoms like headache, pain in the eye, joint pain, muscle pain, etc., followed by signs of bleeding, eg., petechiae (red tiny spots on the skin), nosebleeding, gumbleeding. If there is blood in
the stools and/or blood in the vomitus and accompanied by shock, this is called Dengue Shock Syndrome and is often fatal.

Aedes aegypti, the transmitter of the disease, is a day-biting mosquito which lays eggs in clear water container, such as flower vases, cans, rain barrels, old rubber tires, etc. The adult mosquitoes nest in dark places of the houses

What are the symptoms of Dengue H-Fever?
1. Sudden onset of high fever which may last 2 to 7 days
2. Joint and muscles pain and pain behind the eyes
3. Weakness
4. Skin rashes ? maculopapular rash or red tiny spots on the skin called petechiae
5. Nosebleedidng when fever starts to subside
6. Enlargement of liver
7. Vomiting of coffee-colored matter
8. dark-colored stools

How to prevent Dengue H-Fever

1. The community should organize themselves remove all possible
   breeding places of mosquitoes inside and outside of houses such as tin cans, rubber tires, bottles or drain accumulated water from trees and plants.
2. Cover water storage containers to prevent breeding of mosquitoes.
3. Clean house gutters to prevent stagnant of rain water.
4. Isolate patients suffering from Dengue H-Fever for at least 5 days.
5. Report to the nearest health center any suspected case of Dengue
   H-Fever in the neighborhood.

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Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index

Body mass index, or BMI, is a standard used to judge degree of body fat. It is determined by dividing an individual's weight in kilograms by an individual's height in meters squared.

BMI tables are taking the place of the standard height-weight tables. BMI, along with waist measurement, can be used to check if an individual is at increased risk for developing a number of chronic diseases. Unlike height-weight tables, BMI takes into account body composition. Body composition is the ratio of lean tissue to fat tissue that makes up an individual's overall weight.
A BMI between 20 and 25 is desirable for most adults. People with a BMI between 25 and 29 are considered overweight. Those between the ranges of 27 and 29 may be at greater risk for other diseases if they have two or more risk factors. Risk factors are as follows:

• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• sleep apnea
• type 2 diabetes

A BMI of more than 30 indicates obesity.
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