Stay Healthy on Your Vacation: Tips to Avoid Dengue Fever, Malaria, Leishmaniasis, and Yellow Fever

2023-08-12 07:31:10

Residents of St. Petersburg were reminded of dangerous diseases that can seriously ruin a vacation. Therefore, it is worth observing some safety rules so as not to spoil your vacation. According to the press service of Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg, an acute viral disease that occurs with fever, intoxication, myalgia, arthralgia and rash – dengue fever – can be caught in Asia. This disease is widespread in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Sudan, Egypt, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil. The virus is introduced into the body by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquito.

Another life-threatening infectious disease characterized by recurrent febrile attacks, anemia, and enlargement of the liver and spleen is malaria. Infection occurs when bitten by an infected mosquito of the genus Anopheles. You can meet malaria in India, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Angola, Sudan.

In addition, in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean region and parts of Asia and Mexico, leishmaniasis can be caught – a group of infections characterized by damage to internal organs, skin and mucous membranes.

Yellow fever is also a dangerous disease. This is a viral disease characterized by high body temperature, damage to the liver and kidneys. Infection occurs by the bite of an infected Aedes and Haemogogus mosquito.

Rospotrebnadzor reminded that when traveling it is worth wearing closed clothes, using repellents, special nets for windows and doors, as well as aerosols, fumigators and other means to control mosquitoes and mosquitoes indoors.

Earlier, Petersburg Diary wrote that the doctor told what disease causes pain in the stomach while eating.

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