Dengue: Dengue is spreading rapidly in the capital Delhi. The number of dengue patients has increased by 71 percent in the last month. Although this disease can happen to a person of any age, due to the weak immunity of children, dengue fever is rapidly affecting children. If you are also worried about the safety of your children, then you can keep your child safe from dengue with the help of these tips. Know what those tips are
How to protect children from dengue?
Let us tell you that dengue is a virus, which spreads through mosquito bites. These mosquitoes are known as Aedes mosquitoes. Due to this, symptoms like fever, muscle pain, fatigue, and headache are seen. Sometimes the platelets fall so much that there is a need for hospitalization.
- The solution to prevent this is to first remove the breeding areas of mosquitoes. Yes, adies mosquitoes breed in frozen water. If there is stagnant water in pits, utensils, or tires around your house, then clean it immediately and prevent water from accumulating in it.
- Keep windows and doors closed. This reduces the chances of mosquitoes coming inside the house. Also, use a mosquito net.
- Prevent your children from playing outside in the parks in the evening, because there are many places in the parks where water accumulates and mosquitoes that spread dengue can easily breed here.
- Whenever you send your child out of the house, send him wearing a full-sleeved shirt and full pants. Long clothes protect from mosquito attacks.
- Mosquito bites are most likely to occur 2 hours after sunrise and just before sunset; do not send your child outside at such times.
- Use mosquito repellent cream on exposed skin
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