Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Foods for Dengue Patients
- What will happen when someone has dengue fever?
- What foods can speed healing of DHF?
- 1. Guava
- 2. Papaya leaves
- 3. Date fruit
Medical Video: 5 Foods for Dengue Patients
In tropical countries like Indonesia, dengue fever (DHF) is still a frightening specter. Indonesia is still listed as the number one country in Southeast Asia related to dengue fever cases. Whereas in the world, Indonesia is ranked second after Brazil. Don't let dengue fever become a further complication. If handled properly, this disease can be cured.
What will happen when someone has dengue fever?
When a person is bitten by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, that's when the mosquito may infect the dengue virus that lives in the body of the mosquito. About four or six days after infection, DHF symptoms are likely to arise, namely high fever, back eye pain, nausea, vomiting, joint pain, fatigue, and the appearance of a skin rash two to five days after a fever.
These symptoms usually occur for ten days. It may even occur mild bleeding, such as the gums, nose, and easily arise bruises in the body. These symptoms can develop into serious causes of damage to the lymph nodes and blood vessels, enlargement of the liver, circulation system failure, heavy bleeding to death.
What foods can speed healing of DHF?
If the doctor's medication advice is properly followed, the symptoms of dengue fever will usually begin to show signs of recovery within 3-5 days, then recover completely in less than two weeks.
Most people will feel tired when they have just recovered from DHF, but this is normal and only temporary. There are even some people who need up to one and a half months until the condition is completely fit.
In addition to following the medication given by a doctor, there are several foods that can help speed up your body recovering from dengue fever.
1. Guava
Guava can be your first choice. According to a study published in the Journal of Natural Medicines guava can stimulate platelet formation or new blood platelets. Guava is also rich in quercetin, a natural chemical that can be found in various types of fruits and vegetables.
Quercetin can suppress the formation of viral mRNA which is an important genetic material for the survival of the virus. If the virus does not have enough mRNA, the virus cannot function properly. This will cause the virus to be difficult to develop and then the increase in the number of viruses in the body can be suppressed. So it is not surprising that consuming guava in the form of whole fruit or juice can accelerate the healing of dengue fever.
In order for you to recover quickly from DHF, you can also increase your endurance by consuming enough vitamin intake such as vitamin C. Vitamin C can help increase endurance and help the recovery process.
As reported by the health site Dietitians of Canada guava contains vitamin C of 206 mg four times more compared to oranges.
2. Papaya leaves
In addition to guava, you can also try papaya leaves to increase platelets. A study proves that papaya leaf extract has the properties of stabilizing membranes and protecting blood cells from damage caused by stress experienced by patients with dengue fever. Therefore, papaya leaf extract may be beneficial for DHF patients in preventing deficiency or running out of platelets.
3. Date fruit
The content of natural sugars, such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, in dates is proven to be able to restore your body's energy that is still weak or weak after experiencing dengue fever. Not only that, iron in dates naturally can also increase the number of platelets in the body. Plus, the content of amino acids and fiber in dates is also able to facilitate digestion.
