{"id":3488,"date":"2019-10-02T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T06:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2019-10-02T12:02:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T06:32:36","slug":"the-ultimate-guide-to-measures-to-protect-your-children-from-dengue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/the-ultimate-guide-to-measures-to-protect-your-children-from-dengue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to protect children from dengue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"story-intro\">There is no vaccine currently available to combat this disease which can turn fatal if it is not diagnosed or treated on time.<\/h2>\n<p>Dengue is widespread in India this year with cases being reported from every nook and corner of the country. The southern Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are worst affected. The mosquito-borne disease typically occurs in the monsoon season when the weather is warm and humid. Such weather allows the dengue mosquito to breed rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>It causes severe flu-like illness and, sometimes causing a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. It occurs mainly during the monsoon season in sub-tropical and tropical climate. The incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years. Up to 50-100 million infections are now estimated to occur annually in over 100 endemic countries, putting almost half of the world\u2019s population at risk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5v4UNiba6v\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/how-officials-in-different-states-are-testing-for-dengue-to-combat-spike-in-cases\/\">How Officials in different States are testing for dengue to combat spike in cases<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"&#8220;How Officials in different States are testing for dengue to combat spike in cases&#8221; &#8212; Version Weekly\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/how-officials-in-different-states-are-testing-for-dengue-to-combat-spike-in-cases\/embed\/#?secret=5v4UNiba6v\" data-secret=\"5v4UNiba6v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is no vaccine currently available to combat this disease which can turn fatal if it is not diagnosed or treated on time.<\/p>\n<p>Dengue can affect any age group. Children are more prone to the disease as they play around in the evening when the mosquitoes bite the most. Kids also have a growing immune system which can increase the negative impact of dengue fever on their body.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_headline\">\n<p class=\"ins_descp\"><strong>Dengue fever can affect your children. You must follow some prevention steps to safeguard your children. Here are some steps which you can follow to keep your children safe from dengue mosquitoes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>1. Keep your indoors clean and safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not just outdoors you must keep your indoors safe as well. Keep all the corner of the house clean. Do not keep standing water inside your house. Do not store water in pots or utensils. You can also add mosquito-repelling plants to your garden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Maintain an immunity-boosting diet for kids<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When your children are stepping outside make sure that they are wearing full-sleeved to ensure better protection. Children cannot stay inside the house all the time. School, tuition or playtime there can be many possible reasons which can make your children step outside. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare your children well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Make your children wear full-length clothes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important that you cover your children to the maximum possible area so that the mosquitoes have a lesser chance to bite them. Children cannot stay inside the house all the time. School, tuition or playtime there can be many possible reasons which can make your children step outside. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare your children well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Use repellant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are multiple repellents available these days which can help you keep dengue mosquitoes away from your children. There are some products which are especially meant for children and do not leave any negative effect on their skin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Know the symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better knowledge about the symptoms of dengue can help you control the dengue on time. It will help you provide the right treatment on time to your children. High fever, headache, vomiting, pain behind the eyes, fatigue, skin rash are some symptoms of dengue fever. If you notice these symptoms in your children so not ignore these and consult a doctor immediately.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_headline\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"web728x90_inarticle\" class=\"mnone\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-D-728x90-InArticle\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"web728x90_inarticle_2\" class=\"mnone\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no vaccine currently available to combat this disease which can turn fatal if it is not diagnosed or &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Ways to protect children from dengue\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/the-ultimate-guide-to-measures-to-protect-your-children-from-dengue\/#more-3488\" aria-label=\"More on Ways to protect children from dengue\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/The-Ultimate-Guide-To-Measures-To-Protect-Your-Children-From-Dengue.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}