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H-Fever
H-FEVER
is an acute infectious disease characterized
by high fever and accompanied by
nose bleeding. It is believed to be caused by
a virus related to those that caused dengue
fever, and is transmitted by mosquito bite.
It is contracted principally in childhood.
The
suspected carrier is a common house mosquito
which breeds in ordinary containers such as
flower vases, cans, rain barrels, old
rubber tires, etc. These mosquitoes lay eggs
on the sides of these containers so that
merely changing the water daily or removing
it will not destroy the eggs. Thorough
scrubbing must be done to destroy these
eggs.
SYMPTOMS
Red tiny
spots on the skin in the extremities,
chest, the back and the abdomen.
Sudden onset of high fever which may last 2
to 7 days.
Nosebleeding,when fever starts to subside.
Joint and muscle pain and pain behind the
eyes.
Weakness.
Vomitting of coffee-colored matter.
Dark-colored stools.
Enlargement of liver.
TREATMENT
Seek the
help of your community health worker or
Medical Services Brigade or the rural health
midwife in your barangay health station.
PREVENTION
The
community should organize themselves to
remove all possible breeding places of
mosquitoes inside and outside of houses such
as tin cans, rubber tires, bottles or drain
accumulated water from trees and plants.
Avoid
hanging clothes in dark closets and house
corners as they become resting places of
mosquitoes. Air closets regularly.
Cover water
storage containers to prevent breeding of
mosquitoes.
Change water in flower vases thrice a week.
Isolate patient suffering from H-Fever.
Clean house
gutters to prevent stagnation of rain water.
Report to
the nearest health center any suspected case
of H-
Fever in the neighborhood.
Tuberculoses
WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS?
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a germ called "tubercle
bacilli". Its common symptoms are:
1. Hemoptysis or coughing out blood
2. Cough for more than two weeks
3. Chest and back pain for a month
4. Afternoon fever for more than a month
5. Loss of weight and appetite
In the presence of one or two of the above symptoms have
yourself examined and treated by a doctor or go to your
nearest health center for sputum examination.
HOW DOES ONE GET TUBERCULOSIS?
1. Inhaling air or dust laden with TB germs from a tuberculous
person when he coughs or sneezes.
2. Using the domestic utensils of a person sick with
tuberculosis.
3. Kissing, fondling or continuous close contact with a person
sick with TB.
4. Drinking milk from tuberculosis cattle.
WHAT SHOULD A PERSON SICK WITH TUBERCULOSIS DO?
1. Have a separate bed. If possible, sleep alone in a room
under a mosquito net.
2. Cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief whenever you
cough or sneeze.
3. Don't spit anywhere. Spit in a paper bag, and burn it.
4. Have your own personal domestic utensils for eating,
drinking as well as towels, linens, beddings and mat.
5. Consult your doctor more often and follow strictly his
advice and instructions.
PREVENTION
The
community should participate in information
dissemination
regarding TB prevention and
get involved in local planning and
immunization activities during the Expanded
Programme in Immunization (EPA) rounds of
the Rural Health Unit.
Help in identifying TB cases.
Help in
collecting sputum for sputum examination.
Encourage
food production for good nutrition.
Report TB
cases to Rural Health Unit for early
treatment.
Be sure
that persons taking care of children do not
have the disease.
Tooth Decay
WHAT IS TOOTH DECAY?
It is a disease which starts as a small damage to an erupted
tooth,, first from the outside involving softening of the hard
part leading to the formation of a hole in the tooth surface.
CAUSES OF TOOTH DECAY:
Tooth decay is caused by several factors such as bacteria,
poor resistance to decay (nutritional deficiency), by eating
sweet and sticky foods (carbohydrate foodstuff), chemical
agents (acidic in nature) and poor oral hygiene.
TREATMENT
Filling of decayed tooth, root canal treatment, pulp capping,
pit and fissure sealing. Extraction, if the tooth can no
longer be saved by filling.
PREVENTION
1. Drink
flouridated water.
2. Periodic
cleaning of the mouth by a dentist.
3.
Avoidance of sweet and sticky food
particularly in between meals.
4. Correct
way of brushing the teeth immediately after
meals.
5. Rinsing
of the mouth vigorously after eating.
6. Use of
tooth paste with flouride.
7. Use of
tooth pick or floss to remove food particles
in-between the teeth.
8. Regular
visit to the dentist.
9.
Correction of crooked teeth.
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