- Store water in containers with tight fitting lids
- Empty coolers, or put kerosene in water in cooler tanks
- Empty animal water bowls
- Empty vases, or change water in them every day
- Empty water drip tray under the refrigerator
- Use repellent cream on exposed areas of skin
- Use anti-mosquito mats, coils or vapourisers in rooms
- Use mosquito nets to protect children and elderly who sleep during the day
- Dress to cover arms and legs
- Treat curtains with insecticide
- Homoeopaths say Eupatorium perfoliatum 200, taken twice daily for 3 days and then 2 doses a week at 3-4 day intervals, is believed to be a preventive
- High fever, 103-105 degrees, severe headache and pain in joints, with or without swelling, nausea, vomiting, rashes
- Symptoms appear 3-7 days later l Fever lasts less than a week, but in some cases joint pains and swelling persist for several weeks (in chikungunya up to a year)
Management of dengue...
