Ithetha ukuthini i-dengue fever?

Umkhuhlane weDengue. Isishwankathelo. Umkhuhlane weDengue (DENG-gey) sisifo esithwalwa yiingcongconi esifumaneka kwiindawo ezishushu nezishushu zehlabathi. Umkhuhlane weDengue ongenamandla ubangela umkhuhlane ophezulu, ukurhawuzelela, kunye nentlungu yemisipha namalungu.

Ifumaneka phi i-dengue ehlabathini?

Oku kufumaneka kwiindawo ezishushu nezishushu kwihlabathi liphela. Umzekelo, i-dengue fever sisifo esixhaphakileyo kumazwe amaninzi eMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Iintsholongwane ze-dengue ziquka ii-serotypes ezine ezahlukeneyo, nganye kuzo inokukhokelela kwi-dengue fever kunye ne-dengue enzima (ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-'dengue haemorrhagic fever').

Ithini ingxelo yomhlaza wedengue?

Kwiimeko ezinzima kakhulu, isenokuqhubeka ifikelele ekuphazamisekeni kokujikeleza kwegazi, ukushwabana kunye nokufa. I-dengue fever idluliselwa ebantwini ngokulunywa ziingcongconi ze-Aedes ezifuywayo. Xa isigulana esine-dengue fever silunywa yi-vector mosquito, ingcongconi iyosuleleka kwaye inokusasaza isifo ngokuluma abanye abantu.

Ziziphi iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeentsholongwane ze-dengue?

Iintsholongwane zedengue ziquka ii-serotypes ezine ezahlukeneyo, nganye kuzo inokukhokelela kwi-dengue fever kunye ne-dengue enzima (ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-'dengue haemorrhagic fever'). Iimpawu zonyango I-dengue fever ibonakaliswa yi-clinical fever, intloko ebuhlungu, intlungu emva kwamehlo, iintlungu zemisipha kunye namalungu, isicaphucaphu, ukuhlanza,…