Although dengue has not reached a high level in the country this year, doctors say that attention should be paid to avoiding mosquito bites and increasing hygiene.
Dengue infection was high in Chitwan at one time during Dasain-Tihar. The hospital was full of fever patients. But this time, even in the second week of October, the number of people infected with dengue in Chitwan is less than 100.
Dengue infection begins with heat and rain. It is a past situation that dengue fever increases in August-August till October. But this year, from July to Sunday, October 12, the number of people infected with dengue in Chitwan is only 81.
This year, the situation of dengue infection is very slow. But October is still far away. It is a past situation that dengue reaches its height in autumn. Looking at the number of infected so far, it is not very big. But we have to be alert and vigilant till October,' said Dinesh Rupakheti, head of Public Health Office of Bharatpur.
Since the last couple of days, the heat has increased and it has been raining, so this time is considered favorable for mosquitoes that spread dengue . The mosquito that spreads dengue lays its eggs in frozen clean water .
Last year, the number of people infected with dengue fever was one thousand 237 till October 12th. Then on November 1, the total number of infected reached 2,872. In the meantime, one of the infected died. August and October are considered risky in terms of dengue infection. In the past, the situation of dengue infection is complicated in Chitwan in the interval of three years . The situation became complicated in 2016, 2019 and 2022.
'Until the year 2022, many people were infected every three years. But after the year 22, the number would have increased every year . This year it has decreased," said Rupakheti, the head of the Public Health Office.
Dengue is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species. The best way to prevent dengue is to prevent the spread of this mosquito and avoid mosquito bites .
The Aedes mosquito lays its eggs even in clean water that is slightly frozen. This mosquito lays its eggs in small places like tin cans, plastic bottles, shells, tires, cisterns, eggshells, drums, trays, buckets, vases, pots, coolers, water tanks. Therefore, not allowing water to freeze in such a place is the main method to prevent Aedes mosquitoes from growing and spreading, said Rupakheti.
This mosquito is especially active during the day. This mosquito is most active two hours after sunrise and two hours before sunset. If a person gets infected by being bitten by an infected mosquito, symptoms such as sudden fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, fatigue and nausea appear. If you see these symptoms, you should go to a health institution and get tested and treated according to the advice of a health professional.
At such a time, if the patient takes medicine by himself, does not go to the health institution or goes late, complications arise and the infected person dies. So what is Dengue? How does it move? What are the symptoms? "We have been conducting programs in tol tol under the leadership of the local level to convey the message of what to do if there is an infection or symptoms," said Ram KC, vector (kit) control inspector of the public health office.
Casey said that if the community is involved in sanitation to prevent water from freezing, the infection of this disease will not spread. It is the past situation of dengue patients to reach the highest level in Kattim in August and October. Therefore, a campaign is underway to find and destroy mosquito larvae in water-logged places. We have to be active till October,' said Casey.
Dengue infection was confirmed in a foreigner in Chitwan for the first time in Nepal in 2004 . Then it appeared in different parts of the country. Dinesh Rupakheti, head of Public Health Office of Bharatpur, said that dengue has not reached such a high level in the country this year. He says that if hygiene is improved and mosquito bites are avoided, the infection will slow down.
