3,881 Dengue Patients Provided Free Medical Treatment: Dr Astori
Muhammad Irfan Published October 14, 2019 | 07:00 PM
Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC) hospital has provided free medical treatment to 3,881 confirmed dengue patients so far in prevailing high-risk disease season
According to spokesman FGPC Dr Sharif Astori, 99 patients were still admitted in the hospital and receiving medical treatment out of which two were in serious conditions.
He said so far six dengue patients had lost their lives from the disease at the hospital. He said 10,199 suspected dengue patients visited the hospital with disease like symptoms.
He said by taking special preventive measures citizens could avoid from carrying dengue virus and asked the citizens to properly dispose of solid waste and stop water storage practices at their residences to prevent any access to egg-laying female mosquitoes.
He said mosquitoes breed primarily in containers like earthenware jars, metal drums and concrete cisterns used for domestic water storage, as well as discarded plastic food containers, used automobile tyres and other items that collect rain water.
He said dengue viruses are transmitted to humans through the bites of infective female Aedes mosquitoes. He added mosquitoes generally acquire the virus while feeding on the blood of an infected person.
He said the virus circulates in the blood of infected humans for two to seven days, at approximately the same time as they suffer from fever. He added the clinical features of dengue fever vary according to the age of the patient.
Dr Astori said after virus incubation for eight to ten days, an infected mosquito is capable, during probing and blood feeding, of transmitting the virus to susceptible individuals for the rest of its life.
He said dengue hemorrhagic fever is a potentially deadly complication that is characterized by high fever, hemorrhagic phenomena. He said dengue is a mosquito-borne infection, which in recent years has become a major public health concern.
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