Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Common signs of Dengue Fever
- 1. Clean your bathtub once a week
- 2. Pay attention to your household furniture that holds water
- 3. Use mosquito netting
- 4. Don't stack or hang clothes too long
- 5. Use it lotion mosquito repellent or mosquito net
Medical Video: 5 Common signs of Dengue Fever
DHF (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever), or better known as dengue fever, is caused by a dengue virus carried by mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. To prevent dengue fever, usually spraying or fogging is done to prevent mosquito larvae Aedes aegypti breed. However, you also have to do prevention yourself at home. Here are 5 easy ways you can prevent dengue fever.
1. Clean your bathtub once a week
Water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes Aedes aegypti . Female mosquitoes lay eggs on a wall filled with water, mosquito larvae will then get food from microorganisms that live around it. During this time, mosquito larvae will release their protective skin and multiply until they reach the final stage. When the mosquito larvae are strong enough, the larvae will then turn into pupae. At the pupa stage, no food is needed. Pupa will only experience a change in shape to eventually become an ordinary mosquito ready to fly.
This entire cycle lasts 8-10 days at room temperature. Cleaning your bathtub at least once a week can break the life cycle of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.
2. Pay attention to your household furniture that holds water
Water basins, flower vases, buckets and other containers that can hold water have the potential to become a place for nesting mosquitoes. Be diligent in cleaning these places at least twice a week to reduce the risk of mosquitoes carrying dengue fever.
3. Use mosquito netting
Mosquito gauze is useful to prevent the entry of mosquitoes from outside the home. You can install this mosquito net on your door and window.
4. Don't stack or hang clothes too long
Occasionally consider your coat hanger behind the door. Dirty clothes that accumulate can be a favorite place to catch mosquitoes. Indeed a pile of dirty clothes is not a place for mosquitoes to breed, but is a favorite place for mosquitoes to perch. This is because mosquitoes like the scent of the human body. If you really need to save the clothes that have been used again, place the clothes in a clean and closed place.
5. Use it lotion mosquito repellent or mosquito net
When you want to travel, don't forget to use it lotion mosquito repellent especially on body parts that are not covered by clothing. But not only when traveling, you still have to protect yourself from mosquito bites while sleeping because the dengue mosquitoes are active at night until before dawn.
Besides using lotion mosquito repellent, using mosquito nets while sleeping can also help avoid mosquito bites and prevent dengue fever.
