DHF patients help by guava juice, not because guava, but because the large quantities of liquid juice into the patient’s body. The liquid, especially if taken up to 5 or 6 cups a day, much-needed patients who have lost a lot of blood plasma due to decreased platelets.

Any liquid, either plain water or solution water of salt and sugar or other fruit juices, if consumed in large quantities can help the healing process of dengue fever patients . Drinks in cans containing electrolytes is also recommended given to patients.

Here are some types of liquids that could give to people with dengue fever to avoid dehydration:

1. Coconut water
The UN World Food Agency (FAO – Food & Agriculture Organization) recognizes that the properties of young coconut water as a thirst-killing substances rich in natural electrolytes. Electrolyte and nutritional substance more than just drink the thirst-killing factory production. Mentioned in the FAO official website that the young coconut juice natural, delicious, rich in salt, sugar, and vitamins needed Olympic-class athletes and amateurs. In fact, the UN agency has patented a young coconut water is efficacious.

In the young coconut water has minerals potassium, sodium, chloride, and magnesium. These substances are electrolytes the body needs to help overcome the threat of shock in dehydrated condition. Besides potassium, also contains sugar, vitamins B and C and protein. Sugars and minerals composition contained in water is so perfect, that mentioned a similar balance with human body fluids.

2. Hexagonal Water
Chinese traditional medicine, always suggested  “live water” consumption. Never mentioned mean “life” is. In Korea, people who diligently take waterfalls in the mountains maintained their health, according to Yunjo Chung, MD, a doctor from the University of Korea. “Live water” could be a  rich water in oxygen content as the waterfall.

Korea has recently successfully patented a technology called Actimo to make water “life” that has oxygen and sold throughout the world. According to them, in the human body there are two forms of water compounds, pentagonal (pentagons) and hexagonal (hexagonal).

Hexagonal and pentagonal distinction was only based on its structure. Pentagonal water molecules form a series of water with a large group of bonds and unstable. As usual white water, hexagonal water is not tasteless and odorless. (see rubric You Need to Know in the 290th edition SENIOR)

3. Fruit juice
Lack of fluid because of dengue fever can also be overcome by water juice. Not always have guava juice. Can papaya juice, orange, or mango juice, as long as the patient likes.

Water content in the fruit high count, which varies between 65 to 92 percent, so that it can cover the lack of fluid from blood plasma absorb out of the vessel.

Michael T. Murray, ND, in his book The Complete Book of Juicing, write that juice is easily absorbed by body for its smooth and fluid. Known nutrients such as the intestine absorbed in the form of juice. Means juice helps the digestive process by accelerating the body’s absorption of nutrients high quality contained in the juice.

4. Guava
Although not medically proven, it never wrong to give the guava juice for dengue fever patients. Therefore, this exotic fruit has very high vitamin C.

Vitamin C is found in the flesh. Seeds are often not consumed also contains vitamin C. Mentioned in the book Foods that Heal, Foods that Harm, 90 grams of guava fruit is more than enough to meet the daily need of vitamin C in adults. The book also mentions, though it lost nearly 25 percent of the vitamin because the process of processing, packaging guava juice box is still a source of vitamin C is good.

Thanks to contain high doses of vitamin C is, immunity against bacteria in the body will increase. Any wound healing process go faster. In addition, blood pressure is also getting better because of this fruit is a good source of potassium.

To get the largest benefit, select fruit that had just ripe and still green and yellow. When fully ripe, store in the refrigerator. Do not forget to wash before made juice.

5. Alang-Alang
Wild plants named Latin Imperata cylindrica (L) Beauv has been often studied, foreign weeds have made patent medicines.
Research on this plant mention, reeds contain mannitol, glucose, sakharosa, malic acid, citric acid, coixol, arundoin, cylindrin, fernenol, simiarenol, anemonin, grit acid, resin, and alkali metals. Judging from the contents, the weeds are antipyretic (reduce heat), diuretics (urine shed), hemostatik (stop bleeding), and end the thirsty.

Traditional Chinese Medicine says, the weeds have a sweet and cool properties. The effect of this treatment plant enters the lung meridian, stomach and small intestine. With the launch diuretic properties urine, reeds useful to treat acute renal inflammatory disease.

Diuretic properties which remove useless body fluids is useful for controlling blood pressure is likely get high. Hemostatik properties that can stop the bleeding can also be used to overcome the nosebleed and internal bleeding.

These herbs in the body will infiltrate into the organs of the lungs, stomach and small intestine. Therefore, weed herb should not given to those who are weak stomach functions and urinary frequency.

Part of reed plants can be used as traditional medicine is a rhizome, either fresh or dried. Reed materials found in the Chinese medicine shop. Now readily available even reeds drink instant hot efficacious in eliminating. This instant beverages are available in herbal shops or Chinese medicine shop.

How to use, take one bunch or roll roots of the weeds. Wash and boil in three cups of water until the remaining one cup. Mix the juice of one lime juice with three tablespoons of water weeds such. Use as needed. Add sweetener if the herb for children.

6. Angkung
Angkung believed to help cure the disease meningitis, stroke, brain inflammation, liver disease, seizures, and lack of body fluids as well as in the case of dengue fever. However, unfortunately angkung very expensive price. Price one pill angkung reached USD 250 thousand. Angkung usually sold in packs of pills in Chinese medicine shop.

Careful when buying because the angkung market identified many false. The characteristics of the original angkung including pills wrapped in gold paper after opening the box. Angkung pill form like porridge, flexible but easily broken. Other characteristics, very quickly dissolves when brewed with hot water, even in less than 1 minute. Characteristics that are easily recognized are authenticity of the outer packaging is the hologram label and sign manufacturers.

In addition to the expensive cost, the benefits are not immediate angkung after drinking one or two eggs. Just felt Angkung savour to overcome severe illness taken regularly after 6 to 8 pills every day.

7. Daun Dewa
God leaves of plants can also be used as a substitute angkung. This plant-shaped bush. Leaf is part of the plant used as a medicine.
This herb is rich with various chemical ingredients such as saponins, ASIRI oils, flavonoids, and tannins. With the chemical content of the plant are useful as an anticoagulant (dilute blood clot), stop the bleeding, remove the heat, clean toxin.

Plant gods are also available in Chinese drug stores in capsule form. The price is relatively cheaper than angkung.

Dengue virus infection can lead to leakage of plasma so that the liquid will fill the cavity around the heart, lung, and stomach, resulting in swelling. On the other hand, the body fluid deficiency. Dengue infection that do not cause leakage of plasma called dengue fever. This type of relatively mild and not life-threatening.

The signs of shock to consider is the patient’s anxiety, there was a marked decrease in consciousness with the patient was sleepy and wanted to sleep, no appetite, abdominal pain, no appetite, and rarely urinate.

If the shock occurs without any prolonged medical action could result in death. To prevent shock, DHF patients must given plenty of fluids, either by mouth or infusion.

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.

DHF is a more severe form of dengue fever because of bleeding and shock may occur which sometimes could be fatal, which is death. Symptoms of dengue fever or DHF is generally quite similar. “In the initial phase, the two diseases couldn’t be distinguished,” he said.

In general, the dengue fever and DHF are typical.

Dengue fever
- Acute fever for 2-7 days, accompanied by headache, sore muscles and joints
- Can be accompanied decrease in platelets.
- The heat will come down on the third or fourth day.
- Better cure rate.

DHF:
- Sudden high fever, accompanied by headache, pain in the back of the eyeball, sometimes abdominal pain.
- There is a sign of rash or red spots on skin
- Not accompanied by a cough or sore in the throat.
- Platelets and leukocytes down (less than 100,000)
- Hematocrit levels  increasing (up 20 percent of normal).
- Bleeding the soft tissues (nose, mouth, or gums).
- There was infiltration of plasma. The more leaks can cause shock.

Added by Alan physician, determination of dengue fever or DHF can only be done on the third day through the clinical symptoms plus the investigation. “The diagnosis of DHF can enforced if it fulfills two clinical criteria and a decrease in platelets and increased hematocrit,” he explained.

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.