Contents:
- Medical Video: Dengue Fever Vaccine: 2015 Top 10 Medical Innovation
- The dengue fever vaccine is not necessarily safe for everyone
- Prevent dengue fever with the following steps
Medical Video: Dengue Fever Vaccine: 2015 Top 10 Medical Innovation
Some time ago, the Philippines launched a program vaccine (immunization) dengue fever with the Dengvaxia vaccine. This program is for children aged 9 years to 16 years. However, some time ago this dengue fever vaccine was stopped because there were several risks lurking. In Indonesia alone, the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) has also recommended termination of this immunization. So, bdoes the dengue fever vaccine actually pose a certain risk?
The dengue fever vaccine is not necessarily safe for everyone
Last April 2016 700,000 more people in the Philippines were vaccinated by Dengvaxia. This vaccine is stopped by WHO or the World Health Organization. Previously, WHO also confirmed that dengue fever vaccine is one way to prevent and also as a drug to treat diseases transmitted through these mosquitoes.
Unfortunately, it turns out it's not that easy to overcome and prevent dengue fever in humans. The WHO stopped the handling of the DHF free program because the vaccine producing company revealed that the Dengvaxia vaccine could prevent recurrence of infection in someone who had been infected with dengue before.
If a child has never been infected with dengue before, giving a DHF vaccine to a child can actually increase the risk of being infected with dengue in the future.
Now, the use of dengue vaccine is stopped for further review, including in Indonesia. So, other vaccine provider companies are changing and adjusting other regulations for this immunization. Because the immunization is actually quite good and can be obtained for people who have been infected. If you have never, you must prevent dengue hemorrhagic fever by maintaining your environment and health.
Prevent dengue fever with the following steps
It is true that there is a slogan, "Better to prevent than cure."The reason, DHF there is still no cure. However, you can prevent dengue fever in several effective ways that have long been applied in various neighborhoods where residents live.
Indonesia itself has a program to eradicate dengue fever mosquitoes known as the Eradication of Mosquito Nests. The contents, there are three activities that aim to reduce mosquito nests, namely:
- Drain, which is cleaning up places that are often used as water reservoirs such as bathtubs, buckets filled with water, reservoirs of drinking water, reservoirs in the fridge, and other places with stagnant water in them.
- Close, namely closing meetings of water shelters such as bathtubs, buckets containing water, water drums, toren water, and so on.
- Reuse or recycle used goods which has the potential to become a breeding ground for dengue fever mosquitoes.
In addition, several other ways to prevent mosquito bites are:
- Put a mosquito net on your bed, especially for babies and young children.
- Wear clothes that are quite closed so that your skin is protected from mosquito bites.
- To wear lotion mosquito repellent.
