DENGUE PATROL ACTIVITIES DAY 11

DENGUE  PATROL ACTIVITIES

DAY  11 : 28 SEPTEMBER  2015 (MONDAY)

DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES
DAY  11 28/9/2015 MONDAY		Launching  of  “ Bilik Gerakan Dengue Patrol” Set up dengue banner  and  bunting around  school areas
		Launching  of  Media Sosial for Dengue Patrol
		Dengue Exhibition at School Canteen

Mosquito Diseases

Mosquitoes are considered one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet because of their ability to spread deadly diseases.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control report that the insects kill more than one million people a year just through the transmission of malaria. Add to that the numbers of those sickened and killed by other mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever and West Nile virus, and it’s easy to see how they earned their dangerous reputation.  In recent years the rate of infection has risen dramatically, and a growing number of scientists are now concerned that global warming will translate into an explosive growth of mosquito-borne diseases worldwide.
These are some of the most prevalent diseases spread around the world by mosquito bites:

Malaria

Caused by parasites, primarily Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasites by feeding on infected humans. The parasites develop in a mosquito’s body for 10 to 18 days, then is passed on when the mosquito injects saliva while feeding.
Once in the human body, malaria parasites migrate to the liver, where they grow and multiply. Eventually the parasites move into the blood stream to continue developing in red blood cells. As they multiply and are released, they destroy the blood cells.
This is the stage when those infected begin to show symptoms such as fevers, chills, sweating, headaches and other flu-like conditions. The infection can sometimes produce even more severe reactions, including kidney failure and death, especially if left untreated.
Quinine and other anti-malarial drugs cure patients by attacking the parasites in the blood.

West Nile virus

A viral infection carried in the blood of birds. Culex mosquitoes pick it by feeding on infected birds, then, after it spreads through their systems, pass it to humans through their saliva during feeding.
The West Nile virus multiplies in the human blood stream and is carried to the brain, where it begins to affect the central nervous system and causes inflammation of brain tissue, known as encephalitis. If this happens, a person will develop high fever, headaches, swollen lymph nodes and stiff neck.
In the most severe cases, the infection can lead to convulsions, coma and death. Even if a severely infected person survives, there is a good chance of permanent neurological damage.
There is no specific treatment of West Nile virus.
However, only one in 150 people infected with West Nile virus experience severe symptoms. People over 50 are most at risk. About 80 percent of those infected show no symptoms at all, according to the CDC.
Researchers believe that people who are infected once develop a natural immunity to West Nile virus that will last the remainder of their lives.

Set up dengue  banner  and  bunting around  school areas