Dengue fever

Mart · Member Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 98

I know of three reported cases of Dengue fever occuring in the last couple of weeks in the Takiap area, close to the Baan Thai resort.
All three cases ended up in hospital.

Dengue is spread by the day biting mossie, so put plenty of repellent on.

Mart

prcscct · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject:

There's much more on here about Dengue and other yung borne diseases. Type Dengue in the search window. Cheers

Pete

lomuamart · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the illegal Burmese workers brought it in. And malaria?
Nothing like blaming someone else.
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prcscct · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

lomuamart · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:

That's about right, Pete.
Never accept responsibility Shocked

Muppets, arn't they?
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Gutte · Member Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 98 Location: Hua Hin

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Jaime · Ace Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1894 Location: Sh*t Creek

An update on dengue fever from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office web site:

Since January 2005 the number of reported cases of Dengue Fever in Thailand, and in particular Southern Thailand has increased sharply. There have been several thousand cases and some deaths.

On 23 July 2006, the Thai Ministry of Public Health declared four provinces in the upper Central and lower North regions of Thailand as "red zones" for Dengue Fever.

These include Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Uthai Thani provinces. You should take particular care if travelling to these provinces.

The rainy season, which is the peak season for dengue fever, is May to October. You should take adequate precautions against being bitten by mosquitoes.

Detailed information about dengue fever is available on the WHO website:

http://www.who.int/topics/dengue/en/

and the National Travel Health Network and Centre website:

http://www.nathnac.org/pro/factsheets/dengue.htm
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prcscct · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

The rainy season here Jaime has been monumental. The coastal areas have not seen much, but inland sure has. The Chao Praya river is about to inundate the whole of Bangkok. I saw news film tonight that the river is lapping at it's highest boundry ever. I'm not surpirsed about any water bourn diseases this year.

I need to correct myself concerning a previous post I made on this thread. I've learned since posting it that a person already having dengue, who is bitten by a mosquito again, the mosquito takes on the virus and can then pass it on to others through a bite.

This makes sense concerning the Thai authorities saying the people coming in from Burma or Cambodia or wherever, may have increased the problem. Pete

chelsea · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:22 am Post subject:

It would seem that there does seem to be a problem with the Dengue Fever in the Jungle area's of Burma/Thailand.
While I was in Koh Samui in June, there was a story in the local paper of a young 22 year old Irish boy that had been trekking around. Burma/Thailand jungle area's for 12 months, and contract the disease on the last stage of his journey. He ended up dying in a Thailand hospital (he was to sick to travel back to Ireland) 2 weeks after being diagnosed.
It was written that he had taken all known precautions (strongest possible that were available), but this particular strain he contracted was imune to whatever he had taken.
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Jaime · Ace Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1894 Location: Sh*t Creek

Chelsea, there are no preventative measures you can take against dengue fever, other than avoiding being bitten.
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duan · Amateur Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 36

A pal of mine caught a bad dose of Dengue fever following a cricket sixes trip to Chang Mai a couple of years ago. He ended up in hospital in the UK in a pretty bad way but fortunately fully recovered.