explain the following dieseas dengu and polio?
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Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne infection that can lead to a severe flu-like illness. It is caused by four different viruses and spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Symptoms range from mild to severe. Severe symptoms include dengue shock syndrome (DSS) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Dengue - Dengue fever, commonly known as break bone fever is a flu-like illness caused by the Dengue virus. It is caused when an Aedes mosquito carrying the virus bites a healthy person. Once a person recovers, he is immune to the specific virus and not the other three types. The probability of developing severe Dengue fever, also known as Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, increases if you're infected a second, third or fourth time. Symptoms of Dengue:
Headache
Muscle, bone and joint pain
Nausea
Vomiting
Pain behind the eyes
Swollen glands
Rash
Mild Dengue Fever – Symptoms are seen after a week from the bite and include severe or fatal complications.
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever – Symptoms are mild but can gradually worsen within a few days.
Dengue Shock Syndrome – This is a severe form of dengue and can even cause death.Medication: Painkillers like Tylenol or Paracetamol are generally prescribed to the patients. IV drips are sometimes supplemented in case of severe dehydration.
Stay hydrated: This is crucial as most of our bodily fluids are lost during vomiting and high fever. Continuous intake of fluids will make sure that the body does not easily dehydrate.
Polio - Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus.
The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body). About 1 out of 4 people (or 25 out of 100) with poliovirus infection will have transmission.
Poliovirus is very contagious and spreads through contact.
It lives in an infected person’s throat and intestines.
Poliovirus only infects people. It enters the body through the mouth and spreads through:
Contact with the faeces (poop) of an infected person.
Droplets from a sneeze or cough of an infected person (less common).u-like symptoms that may include:
Sore throat
Fever
Tiredness
Nausea
Headache
Stomach pain
Prevention & Treatment
There are two types of vaccine that can prevent polio:
Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) given as an injection in the leg or arm, depending on the patient’s age. Only IPV has been used in the United States since 2000.
Oral poliovirus vaccine is still used throughout much of the world