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New Delhi . This monsoon season brings many health challenges. There is a risk of many types of mosquito-borne diseases along with bacterial and viral infections. Dengue is one such serious illness due to which huge crowd is seen in hospitals every year. Severe dengue can be fatal, which is why health experts advise all people to keep taking measures to prevent this disease. Dengue can affect people of any age, from children to the elderly. There are problems like fever and continuous fall of platelets. Sometimes these severe symptoms can even be fatal.

Dengue virus is mainly spread by the bite of female mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti species. Dengue symptoms usually last for 2-7 days, with most people recovering after about a week. However, people who have problem of platelets falling due to fever require special treatment. Let us know which people are more at risk of dengue and what measures should be taken to prevent it?

Identify dengue symptoms in time?

By paying timely attention to the symptoms of dengue, the disease can be prevented from taking a serious form. Symptoms of dengue may be similar to flu in the beginning, in such a situation it becomes necessary to differentiate between them. Symptoms may begin four to 10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. The problem of high fever is most commonly seen in this. The fever may be close to 104 Fahrenheit. Fever may also be accompanied by headache, muscle, bone or joint pain, nausea, vomiting, pain behind the eyes and redness of the skin.

Who is more at risk of dengue?

Health experts say, in some situations you may be at higher risk of getting dengue than others. For example, if you are living in dengue affected areas or have recently traveled to places where there has been dengue infection, then there can be danger in these situations.

Apart from this, if you have already had dengue fever, then the risk of infection may be higher for you. If you have been infected with dengue before, your risk of severe symptoms increases in the next infection.

Danger in people with weak immunity

Studies show that people who have weakened immune systems may be more at risk for severe dengue symptoms than others. In such people, platelets start falling rapidly and it may take more time for them to recover than others. People with weak immunity need to take special precautions to prevent dengue.

What to do to prevent dengue?

According to health experts, it is very important to take measures to stay safe from mosquitoes to prevent dengue. For this, you should wear full sleeve clothes. To prevent mosquitoes from breeding around the house, spray insecticides, do not allow water to accumulate in empty utensils and use mosquito nets while sleeping at night. To stay safe from the danger of dengue, it is also important to take measures to strengthen immunity.

Note– The information and suggestions given above are for general information only, we do not claim to investigate it. Before adopting any of these, one must take advice from the concerned expert.