Kolkata High Alert Malaria and Dengue Cases are Reported

Kolkata High Alert: Two people have died due to Dengue

Kolkata is on High Alert Dengue disease has killed two people in Kolkata said the Health official The teenage girl and a Temporary worker of Dum Dum Police station two are deceased and died the DengueThe Dum Dum Policestation worker Pritam Bhowmick suffering from high fever and was admitted in the nursing home in Dum Dum area in Kolkata city and he was tested positive for dengue and died soon. The Teenage girl Madhu Singh from Dum Dum felt unwell and went to the Government hospital and shifted to the Beliaghata hospital she suffered from hemorrhagic fever after she died.

Symptoms for Dengue Disease

• Headache
• Eye pain (Typically behind the eyes)
• Muscle, joint, or bone pain
• Rashes
• Nausea
• Vomitings

Go to the Hospital if you suffer from the below-given list

• Stomach or belly pain or tenderness
• Vomiting at least three times in 24 hours
• Bleeding of blood from gums and nose
• Vomiting blood
• Blood in the stool
• Feeling restless

Uses of Insect Repellent

Use the environmental ingredients given below to protect yourself from dengue

• DEET
• IR3535
• 2-Undecanone
• Picaridin
• Oil of lemon eucalyptus

Prevention of Dengue and How

There is no medicine available to treat dengue

Avoid the infection by preventing mosquito bites

The dengue vaccine is approved only for Children 9–16 years old

Wear fully-covered clothes to escape from mosquito bites

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