Thread: Dengue fever patients in Bangkok rise more than double

Dengue fever patients in Bangkok rise more than double

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Health Office today reported a total of 13,000 dengue fever patients in Bangkok this year, more than double of last year’s patients.
dengue fever nightmare in ThailandThe highest number of accumulated patients was in Saphan Soong district (476 patients), followed by Wattana (438) and Suan Luang (428).
It said that in the past one month from October 1- November 7, 239 people were found to be sick of dengue fever in Wang Thong Lang district, 188 in Thonburi, and 143 in Pathumwan.
It said most dengue fever patients in Bangkok were found to be infected with dengue virus type 1 or DENV-1, and type 3 or DENV-3.

The reason for the wide spreading of the fever this year was the delay of the rainy season that contributed to more breeding grounds for mosquitoes while life cycle of mosquito was also shortened to just 5-7 days.

In advised the best way, in addition to spray mosquito foams, to prevent the spread of dengue fever is to regularly or once a week check the breeding grounds of mosquitoes at homes and vicinities and destroy them.

Dengue fever patients in Bangkok rise more than double - Samui Times

MOPH promotes self observation for dengue symptoms


NONTHABURI, 15 November 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health said that those who believe they have the symptoms of dengue fever, should seek medical attention before their health deteriorates.

Minister of Public Health Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said that authorities are working attentively on this issue, and the general public are advised to follow official news and information regarding this disease.

He said that the indicating symptoms for dengue fever can be self-observed, namely having a high fever over 38.5 celsius for more than 2 days, loss of appetite, nausea, and no reaction to fever reduction medicine. Persons suffering from these symptoms should seek immediate medical attention to receive immediate diagnosis and treatment.

The most critical period for this disease is when the fever reduces. Generally patients regain their appetite and feel more refreshed will be shortly cured afterwards. However, patients who feel more drowsy, tired, anxious, with cold hands and feet, acute stomach ache, or vomiting blood, may face a state of shock and must be immediately be kept under the doctor’s care.

The Public Health Minister added that the spread of dengue can be prevented with participation from the general public, by eliminating mosquito breeding spots, by cleaning all water containers or puddles, and avoid getting bitten by mosquitos by using repellants or other methods.

According to the Bureau of Epidemiology, 107,564 cases of dengue have been recorded since the beginning of this year to 10 November, with confirmed 106 fatalities. The ratio of patients per 100,000 people is at 165.17 with the fatality rate at 0.16. Statistics show that the age group most prone to the disease are patients aged between 15-24 years, followed by 10-14 years, and 25-34 years.

The general public can inquire for more information regarding the dengue disease by calling the Department of Disease Control’s 24-hour hotline 1422, or at the website ???????????????????????.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_en...C5811150010011

^ There is a well known thai actor with severe dengue currently that is all over the news. Does not look good for him, but it is finally getting through to the public in a way that campaigns have failed to do.

Was announced by the local Amphoe [Taphan Hin] health authorities this last week that numerous cases of dengue are doubling in particular regions of Phichit Province....

Taking care and precautions.

It's simply impossible to avoid getting bitten by Mosquitoes in Bangkok.

Part of life living in the tropics.

That said,

We have Ross River Virus in Australia and that is as bad as Dengue.

Given the numbers affected and seeming annual rise in the rate of infection I would have thought the authorities might mount a nationwide campaign at the beginning of every rainy season through every media outlet hammering the message home etc. But, we are living in a feckless society which couldn't care less about anything very much except making money, eating and generally being silly, and so nothing really happens at all.

Impeding the rise of dengue requires a sustained campaign of public awareness and the assiduous application of measures on a weekly basis undertaken by citizens and authorities alike. What chance of that in Thailand?

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Impeding the rise of dengue requires a sustained campaign of public awareness and the assiduous application of measures on a weekly basis undertaken by citizens and authorities alike. What chance of that in Thailand?

Nail on the head.

Originally Posted by terry57

It's simply impossible to avoid getting bitten by Mosquitoes in Bangkok.

life's a lottery. didn't see any nets in that pad of yours pictured in another thread but you should be ok the 'quitoes with the heavy virus in their blood don't come up so far.

Actually, I rarely got bitten whilst living in central Bangkok. The mossies responsible generally only feed in the period just before and during dawn and dusk. Simply applying a Deet based repellent and wearing long trousers, socks and shoes and a long-sleeved shirt is usually quite sufficient to ensure an immunity against bites. Spraying your accommodation during the rainy season every evening and avoiding cultivation of house plants with trays that may collect water is a good idea.

Contracting dengue is a numbers game.

Terry, I suspect, simply disports himself around the town clad only in his flappy, khaki ex-army shorts, a singlet and a bush hat with no protection other than a somewhat inelegant moustache and a layer of perspiration enriched by beer Lao.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I would have thought the authorities might mount a nationwide campaign at the beginning of every rainy season through every media outlet hammering the message home etc

They do just that. Spraying in and around villages and announcements on TV telling folks how to avoid dengue. You really must get out more.

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I would have thought the authorities might mount a nationwide campaign at the beginning of every rainy season through every media outlet hammering the message home etc

They do just that. Spraying in and around villages and announcements on TV telling folks how to avoid dengue. You really must get out more.

To be fair - thegent does have a point. Unusual I know.

The odd spraying binge will help, but unless it is coupled with ACTIVE programs to eradicate household breeding sites, the spraying is largely a waste of time.

Singapore has officers whose job it is to regularly go round households looking for mossie breeding sites - and you can get a hefty fine if they are found on your property. Plant pot holders, rubbish in the gardens etc - all are breeding sites that could be eradicated by households. Most however do not do so - through a combination of ignorance and lethargy.

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I would have thought the authorities might mount a nationwide campaign at the beginning of every rainy season through every media outlet hammering the message home etc

They do just that. Spraying in and around villages and announcements on TV telling folks how to avoid dengue. You really must get out more.

The significant spread of dengue has occurred within densely populated urban areas which hitherto have not been the focus of a concerted attack by the authorities in Thailand, ever. The odd diesel smoke spraying every month or so in a haphazard, fanny-arsed fashion is about as fucking useful as a fart in a hurricane.
Jesus, just about every nook and cranny, waterway, foetid pond and rubbish strewn corner in every town and city is a breeding ground throughout this unsanitary and third world country.

Anyway, if the authorities are waging an annual campaign, as efficacious as you allege, then just why the fuck is dengue increasing exponentially?

Get out more? Now you're just being presumptuous..

Singapore does a fine job. A 719.1 km2 mostly urban island about the size of Bangkok makes controlling dengue a snap. In contrast, Thailand at 513,120 km2 of mostly rural farm country is a whole different kettle of fish.

No doubt mosquitoes breed in household pots and such but the breeding takes place in rice paddies which surround the village. Perhaps draining the paddies is the answer.

As stated, the gov does programs every year. TV announcements, prevention posters in the local community center (aka the wat). Plus spraying.

The gents opinion is just that. Opinion. Facts are quite another thing.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Anyway, if the authorities are waging an annual campaign, as efficacious as you allege, then just why the fuck is dengue increasing exponentially?

Hell if I know but this sounds reasonable.

"Several factors have combined to produce epidemiological conditions in developing countries in the tropics and subtropics that favour viral transmission by the main mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti: rapid population growth, rural-urban migration, inadequate basic urban infrastructure (eg. unreliable water supply leading householders to store water in containers close to homes) and increase in volume of solid waste, such as discarded plastic containers and other abandoned items which provide larval habitats in urban areas. Geographical expansion of the mosquito has been aided by international commercial trade particularly in used tyres which easily accumulate rainwater. Increased air travel and breakdown of vector control measures have also contributed greatly to the global burden of dengue and DHF."

WHO | Impact of Dengue

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Get out more? Now you're just being presumptuous..

Not really. If you are unaware of the measures to control dengue, you need to get out more.

Originally Posted by Norton

No doubt mosquitoes breed in household pots and such but the breeding takes place in rice paddies which surround the village. Perhaps draining the paddies is the answer.

Hmmm. The main mosquito vector of dengue transmission in Thailand is the Aedes aegypti mosquito. These are a household associated mosquito -not a field associated mosquito - basically they are a domesticated mosquito species. Draining paddy fields will do nowt for them

Originally Posted by Norton

Facts are quite another thing.

Quite.

They breed in stagnant water. The rice paddy bit was tongue in cheek.

Not the point. The government has programs. Full stop.

Btw, in spite of Singapore's superior methods they too experience increases in dengue cases.

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I would have thought the authorities might mount a nationwide campaign at the beginning of every rainy season through every media outlet hammering the message home etc

They do just that. Spraying in and around villages and announcements on TV telling folks how to avoid dengue. You really must get out more.

Yeah...some don't wish to [or blindly refuse] understand the realities of life outside of their secure and gated city communities.

Originally Posted by Norton

They breed in stagnant water. The rice paddy bit was tongue in cheek.

Not the point. The government has programs. Full stop.

Btw, in spite of Singapore's superior methods they too experience increases in dengue cases.

Presumably, you are still living in the boonies.
Such folk certainly do seem to develop the carapace of ignorance, stupidity and a disinclination to comprehend what most find quite simple understand. I rather think it is a mechanism employed by them so that they may blend in all the better in the dystopia that is rural Thailand.

Ah well. Never mind.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The mossies responsible generally only feed in the period just before and during dawn and dusk.

Wrong again - those are Anopheles, transmitters of Malaria.

The striped Tiger-mosquitos which carry Dengue are active during daytime.

Goodness, you really don't know much on the subject - but don't let that stop you from ranting on.

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The mossies responsible generally only feed in the period just before and during dawn and dusk.

Wrong again - those are Anopheles, transmitters of Malaria.

The striped Tiger-mosquitos which carry Dengue are active during daytime.

Goodness, you really don't know much on the subject - but don't let that stop you from ranting on.

Yep....

Originally Posted by Munted

life's a lottery. didn't see any nets in that pad of yours pictured in another thread but you should be ok the 'quitoes with the heavy virus in their blood don't come up so far.

That's because they can't press the buttons in the elevator.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

That's because they can't press the buttons in the elevator

Funny . But ask anyone above the 5th floor and they will agree not many mosquitoes up there.

After 20 years

Mexico to get world's first dengue fever vaccine

Mexico has approved the use of the world's first vaccine against dengue fever, the health ministry announced.
The deadliest form of the mosquito-borne disease kills 22,000 people per year, according to the World Health Organisation.
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said it developed the vaccine, Dengvaxia, over the past 20 years.
Some 40,000 people will receive the treatment in Mexico in an initial phase.
"With this decision, Mexico moves ahead of all other countries, including France, to tackle the spread of this virus," said the health ministry in a statement.
'Public health history'

Dengue fever affects more than 400 million people a year across the world, mainly urban areas in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
It is a leading cause of hospital admissions in most Latin American and Asian countries, says the WHO. Most of the victims are children.
The vaccine will be available only to children over the age of nine, and adults under 49 who live in areas where the disease is endemic.
It is designed to prevent four types of dengue virus, said Sanofi.
"It's a very important moment in the history of public health," the head of Sanofi Vaccines Division, Olivier Charmeil, told the AFP new agency.
The company said it spent more than $1.6bn (£1bn) developing and creating the treatment.
The symptoms of dengue fever are similar to those of a severe flu.
It is transmitted from person to person by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads chikungunya, zika fever and other diseases.
The first cases of dengue were registered in the 1950s in Thailand and the Philippines.

Mexico to get world's first dengue fever vaccine - BBC News

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

After 20 years

Mexico to get world's first dengue fever vaccine

Mexico has approved the use of the world's first vaccine against dengue fever, the health ministry announced.
The deadliest form of the mosquito-borne disease kills 22,000 people per year, according to the World Health Organisation.
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said it developed the vaccine, Dengvaxia, over the past 20 years.
Some 40,000 people will receive the treatment in Mexico in an initial phase.
"With this decision, Mexico moves ahead of all other countries, including France, to tackle the spread of this virus," said the health ministry in a statement.
'Public health history'

Dengue fever affects more than 400 million people a year across the world, mainly urban areas in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
It is a leading cause of hospital admissions in most Latin American and Asian countries, says the WHO. Most of the victims are children.
The vaccine will be available only to children over the age of nine, and adults under 49 who live in areas where the disease is endemic.
It is designed to prevent four types of dengue virus, said Sanofi.
"It's a very important moment in the history of public health," the head of Sanofi Vaccines Division, Olivier Charmeil, told the AFP new agency.
The company said it spent more than $1.6bn (£1bn) developing and creating the treatment.
The symptoms of dengue fever are similar to those of a severe flu.
It is transmitted from person to person by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads chikungunya, zika fever and other diseases.
The first cases of dengue were registered in the 1950s in Thailand and the Philippines.

Mexico to get world's first dengue fever vaccine - BBC News

I might be suspicious towards "medical science" that has developed a vaccine for a virus[es] that is able to change forms for a matter of survival......this is how resistant strains manifest, especially in the mosquito-born circle.

Just look at the varieties of resistant born strains of malaria that exist today before the encroachment of medical science.

Originally Posted by thaimeme

I might be suspicious towards "medical science" that has developed a vaccine for a virus[es] that is able to change forms for a matter of survival......this is how resistant strains manifest, especially in the mosquito-born circle.

Just look at the varieties of resistant born strains of malaria that exist today before the encroachment of medical science.

This doesn't make any sense.

Besides, there is no vaccine for Malaria.