Holistic Approach To Dengue – Free PDF Download

Table of Contents

The advent of a new tetravalent vaccine against the dengue virus has thrown new light into the evidence-based management of dengue.
Tetravalent vaccine: The vaccine is tetravalent i.e. it provides protection against all the four types of dengue viruses.The vaccine confers about 80% protection to children vaccinated between 4 and 16 years of age without any major side effects.
Climatic factors
Risk factors

Management

Modern medicine is not against any complementary medicine; when such a medicine is approved after rigorous testing, modern medicine will absorb it, and there are many examples of that.
However, in the absence of evidence, the efficacy of such medicines remains in the realm of belief instead of science

Dengue fever is a tropical disease that is borne by mosquitoes. It is caused by the dengue virus. The symptoms of the disease will begin anywhere between three to fourteen days after the initial infection.
The symptoms include:
High fever
Headache
Vomiting
Muscle and joint pains
Skin Rash
Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes variety, specifically of the A.aegypti.
The ideal conditions for this species of mosquitos are usually between the latitudes of 35° North and 35° South with an elevation of 1000 metres (3300 ft). They usually bite during early morning and in the evening, though it does not mean that they will specifically bite at these hours.
Advocacy, social mobilization and legislation to ensure that public health bodies and communities are strengthened
Collaboration between the health and other sectors (public and private);
An integrated approach to disease control to maximize the use of resources;
Evidence-based decision making to ensure any interventions are targeted appropriately; and
Capacity-building to ensure an adequate response to the local situation.