Dengue Patrol SK Seri Iskandar: DENGUE PATROL ACTIVITIES DAY 26

DENGUE PATROL ACTIVITIES

DAY 26: 13 OCTOBER 2015 (TUESDAY)

DATE	DAY	ACTIVITIES
DAY 26 13/10/2015 TUESDAY		Team activity in dengue patrol operation room
		Update Dengue Patrol media social
		Thematic dengue exhibition at the school canteen
		Dengue Cross Word Puzzle With International Students

What Are The Signs and Symptoms?
Here’s the low-down on dengue fever: All it takes is one bite from one Aedes mosquito to infect a person. It is also important to note that the signs are not immediate after the bite — the virus would usually takes five to eight days to incubate before symptoms begin to appear.
Due to the fact that there are different severities of dengue fever, the symptoms can vary and are categorised into these three stages below:
Mild Dengue Fever: Symptoms of this stage can appear up to seven days after the Aedes mosquito bite, and usually disappear after a week. The good news is that this form of the disease hardly results in serious or fatal complications. Symptoms of mild dengue fever are:

Aching muscles and joints
Body rash that can disappear and then reappear
High fever (40°C) for up to a week
Intense headache
Pain behind the eyes
Vomiting and feeling nauseous

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF): In some cases, mild dengue fever might gradually result to DHF after a number of days. As DHF is fatal if left untreated, timeliness is a key factor to treatment during this stage. Mild dengue fever symptoms tend to occur in DHF, as well as the ones listed below:

Bleeding from your mouth/gums
Nosebleeds
Clammy skin
Considerably damaged lymph and blood vessels
Internal bleeding, which can result in black vomit and faeces (stools)
Lower number of platelets in blood – these are the cells that help clot your blood
Sensitive stomach
Small blood spots under your skin
Weak pulse

Dengue Shock Syndrome: This is the worst form of dengue, with fatality rates up to as high as 50%. Along with mild dengue fever symptoms, signs that are likely to appear are: