Odisha Forum

hello to all,
Now the Dengue fever is spreading in Orissa. The urban areas of Angul & talcher have mostly affected by this. We all should try to prevent this deases.
As there is no drug to cure dengue or vaccine to prevent it, there are two key measures that can be applied to prevent the spread of Dengue.
Elimination of mosquitoe breeding places-
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· Cover water containers -Tight covers on water storage containers, will prevent the mosquitoes laying their eggs there. If the cover is loose, mosquitoes can go in and out.

· Septic tanks and soak-away pits -Cover and seal these, so that dengue mosquitoes cannot breed there.

. Make large holes on tyres used as anti-bumping measure in garage or wrap them up with plastic cover to prevent water trapping or use mark(s) on the parking space to prevent bumping instead

· Removal of rubbish -Garbage articles and other rubbish found around houses can collect rainwater. remove them.

· Biological control -Mosquito wigglers can be controlled by small larva-eating fish, such as guppies. These fish can be found in streams or ponds or obtained through pet shops. Bacterial pesticides will also kill mosquito wigglers.

· Chemical control -Safe and easily used larvicides such as temephos sand core granules can be placed in water containers to kill developing wigglers.

Prevent mosquitoe bites-
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People can protect themselves from mosquito bites by using any of the following means-
· Mosquito coils and electric vapour mats-
Use them just after sunrise and/or in the afternoon hours before sunset, when dengue mosquitoes bite.

· Mosquito nets -
Use mosquito nets.The effectiveness of such nets can be improved by treating them with permethrin (a pyrethroid insecticide) . Curtains (cloth or bamboo) can also be treated with insecticide and hung at windows or doorways, to repel or kill mosquitoes.

· Repellents -
Mosquitoe repellents can be applied to exposed parts of the body where mosquitoes bite.

· Screens -
Screens on windows and doorways are effective protection against the entry of mosquitoes in homes.

· Protection of people sick with dengue -
Mosquitoes become infected when they bite people who are sick with dengue. Mosquito nets and mosquito coils will effectively prevent mosquitoes from biting sick people and help stop the spread of dengue.

Thanks for sharing such a good information..

I live in a town, but i have never seen the persons who spray the DDT on wall. For spraying of DDT, to whom should we complain

from where we can get the insecticides to apply on the mosquito net? should we contact to the nearest gov hospital? will it be available in the medicine stores?

In the year 1987-1988, we were living in a semi-urban area of baleswar district. At that time people from the public health department were regularly spraying DDT on the walls of every house in the pre-monsoon months. but now i can't see it enywhere.

Day by day the Dengue fever is spreading in all over the state. Why this fever is spreading in our state( other than other statrs) every year? It is clear that, our peple are not properly conscious about it. The govt should take strong steps to eradicate this deases.