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Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) (medical language is called dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)) is a disease caused by dengue virus is transmitted through the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which causes disturbances in capillary blood vessels and blood clotting system, thus resulting in bleeding-bleeding. The disease is commonly found in tropical region such as Southeast Asia, India, Brazil, United States, including in all corners of Indonesia, except in places a height of more than 1000 meters above sea level. Physicians and other health professionals such as midwives, enforcement is often wrong in the diagnosis, because the tendency of early symptoms that resemble other illnesses such as flu and Type (typhoid).

Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever
The period of shoot / incubation for 3-15 days after someone attacked by dengue virus, then the patient will reveal a variety of signs and symptoms of dengue fever as follows:

1. Of sudden high fever 2-7 days (38-40 degree Celsius).
2. On examination torniquet test, looked the larva (puspura) bleeding.
Three. The presence of dikelopak bleeding inside the eye (conjunctiva), Nosebleed (Epitaksis), * Dispose of the dirt (Peaces) in the form of mucus mixed with blood (melena), and others. Read the rest of this entry »

Dermatitis Skin Disease and its Prevention

DermatitisThere are many illnesses that attack the human skin, one of which is dermatitis. Dermatitis is a skin disorder with subjective symptoms of itching. The disease is usually characterized by a rash that generally bounded polimorfi and firmly. The skin looked inflamed and irritated. this inflammation can happen anywhere but most often affected are the hands and feet.

There is indeed dermatitis disease indiscriminately, of all people both young and old “likely” this disease. Usually the disease appears in infants aged two years. The more a person age increases, this dermatitis disease could disappear by itself. However, in some cases there is someone who for all his life affected by this disease.

Types of dermatitis

Type of disease that is often referred to as eczema by most people, having some kind, one of which is a disease of atopy dermatitis, the dermatitis of this type of disease, a condition where chronic inflammation of the skin occurs and residif, accompanied by itching. This disease usually have a history / stigmata atopy (a group of diseases in individuals who have a history of sensitivity to allergens in the family, such as asthma, bronchial, allergic path).

Phase dermatitis disease

There are two phases that are usually experienced by people with dermatitis. First, Phase children, this phase began with the emergence of sub-acute dermatitis. This type of dermatitis tends to be dry. Dermatitis often appears in the folding elbow / knee. Second, mature phase, this phase is accompanied by the appearance of hyperpigmentation (excess pigment in the skin that can cause black color on the infected scar), hiperkeratosis and likenifikasi (skin thickening and increased clarity normal lines of the skin).

To prevent this disease there are different ways beberpa handling of them is hispatologi examination (lesions of acute, chronic) and conduct a series of test sticks and paste (positive reaction after 24 – 48 hours).

How to prevent dermatitis

1. Keep the skin to avoid humidity by temperature changes.

2. Avoid sweating too much or too hot.
3. Reduce Stress.
4. Avoid soaps with ingredients that are too hard,

5. If you are allergic to it avoid trigger allergies, like dust, animal fur