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Let's talk about Dengue in the US....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Dengue in the US....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again.

0:03.0

So today we are going to talk about something being on the rise here in the United States.

0:10.0

We will talk about what it is, we'll talk about the good, the bad, we'll talk about what you can expect if you end up with it

0:21.1

and just go over some basic information here because with everything going on

0:27.8

people might have missed it but a notice went out that said that right now there are three times as many cases of

0:37.2

Dengue as there were at the same time last year. Now the good news is that if you're talking about actually in the

0:47.3

states a relatively small number of those are locally acquired. Now this is something

0:59.9

that DOD predicted when they did their study on the effects of climate change, this is completely

1:06.6

anticipated. It will go further and further north as the range of the insects increases.

1:17.0

So, what can you expect with Dengue?

1:22.0

Well, I mean, the other name... And what can you expect with Dengue?

1:23.0

Well, I mean, the other name for it is bone break fever, so aches, a lot of them.

1:31.0

The way this works is if you get infected, four to ten days later if you're going to

1:37.4

show symptoms you start. 75% of people do not show symptoms.

1:45.0

For those 25% that do, nausea, rash, aches, pains, throwing up, the pain behind the eye is one of the things that is

2:00.1

identifiable as opposed to other aches.

2:06.0

And that's what you know 25% of people will get.

2:11.0

Those symptoms will last two to seven days. Now 5% of people will get something

2:17.2

called severe dengue. What are you looking for there? Tenderness in the abdomen and blood.

2:26.0

In what you threw up, in your nose, gums, wherever.

2:31.0

If you see any of that, you go to the dock.

2:35.0

Even if you've already been to the doctor.

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