Dengue
fever has become the 'talk of the country' of Bangladesh at present. It has
spread throughout whole Bangladesh
in an epidemic form. It is a virus fever. There are four different antigenic
varieties of dengue viruses and all are transmitted by the daytime biting of
adies aegypty mosquito. They are DEN-1, 2, 3 & 4 serotypes. From these
viruses, two forms of dengue are recognized. One of them is classical dengue
fever and the other is dengue hemorrhagic fever. Classical dengue fever is
characterized by the
abrupt
onset of fever, malaise, headache, facial flushing, troubles pain. This pain is
worse on eye movements, conjunctival suffusion and some backache that is a
prominent symptom. Lymphadenopathy, pastiche on the soft palate and skin rashes
may also occur. This classical dengue fever is recovered by seven days. The
patient of classical dengue fever should drink adequate water, take complete
rest, drink a lot of liquid food, wash whole body with wet-cloth and finally
should take the tablets of paracitamol group to decrease the fever. Dengue
hemorrhagic fever is very severe. It is believed to be the result of two or more
sequential infections with different dengue serotypes. If the symptoms of
dengue hemorrhagic fever of a patient are found, we should take him to the
hospital and consult with a doctor immediately. We have to wash the patient's
body again and again with a wet-cloth to mitigate fever. At the extreme case,
it may be bleeding. The patient may be given paracitamol but never should be
given aspirin group. It is a disease of children and has been found in South
Asia and Africa. Adies lays its eggs on
standing or stagnant water in the holes of trees, plastic bottles, plastic
cans, tin-pots, tyres, green coconut plates, polythene bags etc. All of us
should be conscious about the eradication of adies mosquitoes and should take
necessary steps for that. Besides, government should highlight it through
different media and should take essential measures to protect dengue fever.