Every time the seasons change arrives, the phenomenon of disease dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) name as a deadly threat to tropical countries like Indonesia.
DHF caused by dengue virus, distributed by Aedes mosquitoes aegipty or Aedes albopictus female pairs. Mosquito-legged white pinto these human bite during the day. Dengue virus consists of four types (strains), namely dengue type 1,2,3, and 4. However, the dominant type in Indonesia is a type 3.
Dengue disease until now was not unexpected. In general, this disease has features such as high temperature, headache and even vomiting blood. But unfortunately, the same symptoms are often found in other diseases. As a result, until now often the case wrong diagnosis. Therefore, you should more vigilant and recognize other symptoms.
SYMPTOMS:
- Sudden high fever
- Severe headache, especially in the forehead
- Pain in the body and joints
- Nausea or vomiting
- Front redness
- Laboratory tests showed leukocytes and platelets down (less than 100 thousand) and an increase in hematocrit (blood viscosity).
HANDLING
- Monitor patient’s temperature every day
- Bring the patient back to the doctor if the fever lasted 3 days
- Rest and adequate fluid intake are two things that are important in dengue virus infected patients.
- If the patient condition increasingly weak, vomiting, trouble eating or drinking, give intravenous fluids by doctors.
- If the laboratory results showed no sign of decline or increase platelet hematocrit, the patient must hospitalized.
- Patients being watched in shock not to place marked by a sense of weakness, drowsiness, and fainting, while the very cold feet.

[...] Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a contagious disease caused by dengue virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Dengue virus infection spreads quickly and can attack many people in the epidemic. More severe conditions experienced by the children. [...]
[...] Patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), especially children, vulnerable to impaired fluid balance. This could be fatal, occurred by shock syndrome that ends in death. Shock syndrome usually occurs in the third or fourth day since fever occurrence. In fact, at this moment fever usually subside. [...]