Dengue fever rises among Swedes
Published: 6 Feb 11 12:42 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/31866/20110206/
Dengue fever is becoming more and more widespread among the Swedish population due largely to to increasing numbers travelling on holiday to Thailand.
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In most cases, those infected discover the symptoms on their return, with about half of all cases picked up from trips to Thailand, according to the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet).
The disease is carried by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The most common symptoms are high fever, headaches and pains in the joints.
There is currently no available vaccine for dengue fever, but measures to reduce number of mosquitoes, and limiting exposure to bites, are being used to stem the growing number of reported cases.
Dengue fever is not life threatening but in the most severe cases a blood transfusion is sometimes necessary. Normally treamtent is done by rehydrating the person infected, either orally or with an intravenous drip.
The rate of infection has increased rapidly over the last 50 years, with around 50–100 million people catching the disease annually.
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What are your sources, there is a vaccine against yellow fever!
Check out these links:
http://www.smi.se/amnesomraden/vaccinationer/vaccinationer-a-o/gula-febern/ (yes it is in SMI website)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever_vaccine
I will send a copy of this comment from my personal e-mail account too.
NOTE: Instead of Thailand, why not visit Malaysia Truly Asia? Visit once and you never want to change your vacation destination again.
And once you have caught one of the "regular" Dengue Fevers, the risk of catching the hemorrhagic variety increases.
I caught a "mild" case of the normal Dengue once and felt like I was dying. The term "pain in the joints" is grossly underestimated. Your entire skeletal system is in constant pain. It feels like a massive cluster migraine headache inside every bone in your body - including your head. Hence the other popular name for this disease "Bone Fever".
1) "The rate of infection has increased rapidly over the last 50 years, with around 50-100 million people catching the disease annually" around the globe or in sweden ?
2) one of the best possible diagnosis or observation is that your pallet count in blood will drop drastically and make life threatening.
3) no conventional/alternative medicine available to increase pallet count
4) but if "Smittskyddsinstitutet" contacts me i can give a formula which can secure the life a) 100 % no deaths b) recovery withing few days.......c) no extra cost for medicines.....
This shouldn't be taken for granted, it really take lives.
Dengue fever does not use to lead to sequelae see: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/215840-overview . I did have dengue fever and I got no sequelae.
Of course, it is also known as "breakbone fever" for a reason.
As you can read, accordingly to the reported in the article 50% of the cases come from Thailand; however we must consider:
1-Not all cases are reported
2-the other 50% (obviously) does not come from Thailand, however Thailand (using a bit of fool-proof math) seems to be the major source of cases!