5 things you should know about the virus zika
1. Transmission
Unlike the flu, Zika virus does not exit from person to person. Zika virus is spread by the Aedes mosquito aigypti, mosquitoes that can spread dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Chikungunya.
Unlike the flu, Zika virus does not exit from person to person. Zika virus is spread by the Aedes mosquito aigypti, mosquitoes that can spread dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Chikungunya.
2. Symptoms
Generally mild symptoms, such as fever, rash, headache, joint pain, muscle pain, weakness and red eyes. Symptoms appear within three to 12 days after a person is bitten by a mosquito-borne.
These symptoms generally lasted two days to a week. Zika generally does not cause fatal complications in adults and children.
3. Treatment
There is no vaccine for this virus. Moreover, Zika diagnosis often feels difficult because similar to the dengue fever, though lighter. Therefore, patients are advised to rest and drink enough, and eat nutritious foods.
Doctors only give medicine to treat the symptoms. For example if the fever is very annoying, then the patient can drink fever-lowering drugs. Then if you feel itchy, will be given a drug used to treat itching-itch.
4. Prevention
Given the vector is the same as dengue fever, prevention of the disease was the same as that in mosquito eradication. Well, to eradicate mosquito breeding people are encouraged to bury the used goods which could be a puddle. Then drain the water tanks and water reservoirs close.
For prevention could also wore long. Thereby reducing the possibility of mosquitoes to bite. Can also use mosquito repellent.
5. Zika Attention
Although the symptoms of viral infection zika lighter than dengue, but Zika attract some people. Dr. Ari Fahrial spoken, PhD, FACP of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (Faculty of medicine), because sticking attention abroad, especially in Brazil, Zika virus infection is associated with small-headed baby (microcephaly). So sticking alleged virus-infected pregnant women can give birth to babies with microcephaly so impaired brain development.
"Therefore last week dated January 15, 2016, the US government through the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) has provided a travel alert for its citizens who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant to postpone travel to countries that are infected with virus Zika this, "said Dr. Ari.
So far there are 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported a viral infection Zika, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico , Saint Martin, Suriname and Venezuela.
5 things you should know about the virus zika
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