Its time to wake up.................

When you hear the word "Dengue" definitely you may get shake. It has become so much harsh to our lives. Statistics released by the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported 24,829 cases of dengue island wide as of today. Among them were 177 deaths. Colombo district suffered the most with 4,057 cases followed by Gampaha district with 2,920 cases and Jaffna district with 2,535 cases. Ratnapura, Batticaloa, Kandy, and Kurunegala districts also recorded high rates of the epidemic. Also considering the world it has become a big trouble. Following figure depicts how dengue is spread.

Dengue is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes Symptoms appear 3—14 days after the infective bite. Dengue fever is a febrile illness that affects infants, young children and adults. mosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses.

Symptoms range from a mild fever, to incapacitating high fever, with severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and rash. There are no specific antiviral medicines for dengue. It is important to maintain hydration. Use of acetylsalicylic acid (e.g. aspirin) and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Ibuprofen) is not recommended.

Its very important to obstruct places where dengue can born. If you have bitten nothing to do anymore. Hurry up............Its time to wake up.................