Nowadays, outbreak of mosquito borne diseases is being seen in many states of the country. According to health experts, due to the increased effect of monsoon this year, a situation like flood and water logging has arisen. Due to which the risk of serious diseases has increased. Records of last several years were broken due to dengue.
At the same time, cases of diseases spread by mosquitoes have increased in Delhi-NCR also. Along with this, the number of patients of dengue as well as malaria has increased in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. In such a situation, all people are advised to make efforts to avoid mosquito bites.
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Know what experts say
According to health experts, people of all ages are at risk of dengue and malaria. Children are more at risk of developing severe forms of dengue. When the condition of dengue becomes severe, platelet count starts decreasing and there is a risk of internal bleeding. The side effects of which can be fatal.
At the same time, malaria can also have a serious impact on the patient's health. The initial symptoms of dengue and malaria are similar. In such a situation, it is difficult to differentiate between them. In such a situation, let us know how to identify these two diseases.
symptoms
In dengue fever, there is sudden high fever, headache, loss of appetite, burning sensation in the eyes, bleeding from the gums and rashes and rashes on the skin. In its severe condition, blood platelets start decreasing. Let us tell you that platelets help in forming blood clot. In such a situation, its deficiency causes bleeding and the patient's condition starts deteriorating.
symptoms of malaria
Malaria is also caused by mosquito bites. Its symptoms are like dengue. Malaria causes fever along with vomiting, dry cough, chills, sweating and fainting. If this disease becomes severe, the affected person may suffer from loss of consciousness, dark colored urine, bleeding in urine and difficulty in breathing.
identify like this
According to health experts, if you are troubled by the problem of high fever these days, then first know whether you have dengue or malaria. Let us tell you that with the increase in fever in the evening, weakness and chilliness starts. Whereas dengue fever can cause pain in joints, muscles and headache. Apart from this, rashes and rashes start appearing on the skin. In such a situation, you can easily differentiate between dengue and malaria by these symptoms. However, to confirm the disease, do a blood test on doctor's advice. Because timely treatment is very important in both these diseases.
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