Lifestyle | Stay alert! Endemic ulcer of Mahakam, DBD and Malaria

AKURAT.CO, The regency of Mahakam Ulu in East Kalimantan Province is an endemic region of dengue haemorrhagic fever and malaria. People are therefore asked to be vigilant and not to allow mosquito larvae to develop.

"As this area is endemic, the health service and the community must always remain vigilant – in fact, not only is Mahulu, but almost all parts of Kalimantan are now endemic for dengue fever and malaria," the report said. Head of Mahakam Ulu Health Department, Uustin Bilbao Santang, in Ujoh Bilang. (27/10).

Both diseases are transmitted by mosquito bites, so people are asked to pay attention to the environment.

If there are a lot of mosquitoes in the neighborhood, the community is invited to play an active role in the eradication of mosquito larvae. While the health office is fumigating to kill adult mosquitoes.

The most effective way to avoid DHF, continued Teguh, eradicating mosquito larvae; empty the bath once a week, eliminate stagnant water, bury cans or objects likely to become water tanks.

"Methods such as this one should be used because the larvae multiply in puddles.The mosquito eggs larvae are two weeks old.An adult mosquito is usually able to produce 200 eggs which then become larvae. The bathtub must be drained a week before, become mosquitoes, "he explained.

This is the most effective way to eradicate dengue fever. By eliminating the larvae, it means that it has broken the breeding chain of DH mosquitoes.

Smoking by the health service, he said, was aimed only at killing adult mosquitoes. However, the community must eliminate the development of mosquito larvae and keep the environment clean and healthy.

He also stated that there was no cure for dengue fever. The effective way to do this is to drink a lot and be helped by intravenous fluids. Do not underestimate a child or family with a hot body temperature or fever.

When a person has fever, at least on the second day, must be taken to a health center or hospital.

"Do not consider this a common fever.This could be a symptom of DH, especially from drought to rain like now, many puddles that can become mosquito nests. aedes aegypti, mosquitoes transmitting the dengue virus, "he said.

The signs of a person attacked by DHF, as Augustine explains.

"DHF fever is often misleading, the body is hot from day one to day three, but the fourth and fifth days of heat are so dreadful that the disease is cured." In fact, at that time, the number of platelets was falling, do not underestimate fever, doctors, or Puskesmas, or hospitals, "he asked.[]