2023-07-23 21:00:00
Walid Abdel Salam wrote Monday, July 24, 2023 12:00 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population revealed mechanisms for treating simple and severe cases infected with BDenguestressing that treatment is done in hospitals free of charge.
The Ministry of Health and Population stated that the mode of transmission is through the bite of infected mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The Ministry of Health and Population classified the cases into 3 categories, the first being suspected cases with simple symptoms, which are:
1- Sudden fever in which the temperature rises for regarding 5 days.
2- Headache
3- Nausea or vomiting
4- Muscle pain
5- Pain in the back of the eye and joint pain.
Its treatment is as follows:
1- Complete comfort
2- Proper nutrition
3- Eat plenty of fresh juices, not canned ones
4- Obtaining rehydration solution + treatment of symptoms of the disease with continuous follow-up.
For the second category, suspected cases with severe symptoms are:
1- A severe fever of 39.5 or more.
2- Abdominal pain.
3- Abdominal pain and sensitivity when touched.
4- Continuous vomiting, saline solution or Ringer’s lactate (depending on the attachment), fluid accumulation in the chest and ascites in the abdomen, which can be diagnosed by ultrasound.
5- Presence of obvious signs of bleeding.
6- Lethargy, insomnia, and enlarged liver.
7- Increasing the sedimentation rate to 20%.
The treatment is carried out according to the following protocol:
1- Salt solution or paracetamol.
2- Treating symptoms and performing medical examinations.
3- The patient is isolated with continuous follow-up until the symptoms disappear.
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