What is Dengue Fever?

What is Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever is brought on by mosquito's bites. They have an infection in their system and when an Aedes aegypti mosquito bites a person. Dengue is not an airborne transmission type of virus that can cause from human to human.

Symptoms:

• It causes major headaches
• Muscle stiffnes.
• Rash
• Flu
• Fever
  

Note: These symptoms will start from three to ten days after being bitten by the mosquito.

Treatment:
Some says that Dengue has no specific treatment, and most people affected by this virus will recover within 2 weeks. Just get a plenty of bed rest and drink lots of water.

How to Prevent Dengue Fever:

• Wear Long clothing, such as pants and long-sleeved shirts, reduce the amount of exposed skin and lower the chances of a mosquito bite and subsequent transmission of the disease.
• Consider sleeping inside a mosquito net especially when in less developed countries and regions.
• Control the mosquito population with the use of insecticides through regular spraying around the area you spend the most time outdoors.
• Try to avoid stagnant water build-up which is the breeding ground of mosquitoes.