Dengue panic still persists
by Dr Harekrishna Mandal
The Independent
24 November 2000

 

Dengue is again breaking out in an epidemic form. Being affected by the marauding fever many people still are being admitted in different medical colleges and health centres. According to the recent statistics of the Bangladesh Health Directorate more than two thousand persons have been attacked by dengue and are undergoing treatment in different hospitals and clinics. As a result again Dengue Phobia has been created in the minds of man. In our national dailies and periodicals much has been written about the resultant fright in the minds of the inhabitants of this land. Homeopathic medical science has answers to dengue in another way. Science of Homeopathy has ability to prevent this killer disease successfully with its proper medicines. Dengue fever is the most common of all anthropod born diseases. It occurs in most of the tropical countries. Over half of WHO member states representing a total of 2000 million are threatened by Dengue. Dengue viruses are orbovinuses. The Dengue infection may be: a) Asymptomiatic or b) Symptomatic, which may lead to:1) Classical Dengue fever II) Dengue Haemorrhagic fever with shock or III) Dengue Haemorrhagic fever without shock.

Classical Dengue fever:- This fever is also called Dundee fever because it at first epidemically attacked the people of Scotland. The symptoms of Classical Dengue fever as the onset is sudden with chills and high fever raised from 102 to 105 degree and continued about 3-5 days, intense headache, severe muscle and backbone pain, vomiting, tastelessness, weakness, dry tongue, constipation, reddish eye, and Oedoma on face. The fever lasts for 5-7 days after which the recovery is usually complete. The chance of fatality is very low.

Dengue Haemorrhagic fever: It is the severe form of Dengue fever caused by infection of double Dengue virus. The first infection sensitise the patient and the second appears to produce immunological catastrophe. The clinical manifestations are: a) Fever-acute onset-continues-lasting for 2-7 days; b) Liver enlargement and tenderness. Pain feels at pressure on liver. c) Nausea and vomiting, abdomen pain, d) Severe pain on whole body specially in backbone and joints. e) Haemorrage- Bleeding under skin.-Bleeding from nose.-Gum bleeding.-Blood in vomiting.-Blood in stool.

Pathological Diagnosis:- Blood test and serological test is important to diagnosis the Dengue fever. Dengue carrier:- Aedes mosquitoes are the carrier of Dengue viruses. These mosquitoes can be easily distinguished as it is larger in size and have black and white stripes on its body, so it is sometimes called tiger mosquitoes. They usually bite during the day time. They bread in artificial accumulation of fresh water, such as broken bottles and tins, flower pots, coconut shell, tree holes etc.

Prevention of Dengue fever:- The proverb is "prevention is better than cure". So we should be careful to this proverb. To prevent the infection of Dengue virus, the first thing is to create social awareness and control the mosquitoes. The environment should be cleaned up and get rid of the water holding containers, mosquito nets should be used. If there is fever, immediately consult with experienced Homeopathic and also allopathic doctors, next hospitalise either in clinic or hospital for proper observation and treatment.

Protective/Preventive medicine in Homeopathy:- Eupatorium purfoleatum - 6.30. 200 is the most effective and active medicine to prevent the Dengue fever. This medicine will be used before virus infection or incubation period of Dengue virus in human body; Homeopathic treatment of Dengue fever:- Homeopathy is a science which treats the patient but not the diseases.

It is a science of similia, similibus and curantum. It is also a symptomatic treatment. The medicine are proved in human body but not animal or others. The following medicine are mostly used in Dengue fever’s treatment according to the symptons of diseases with similar of medicinal symtoms. Aconite nap, Rustox, Eupatorium perfoliatin, Arsenic Alb, Ipeccac, Phytolocca Belladona etc. In curing Dengue fever some other medicine also used in Dengue fever - as per symptoms as follows: Brjonia Album, Chelidonium, Mercsol, Cantharis, Colocynth, Arnica mont China etc. The other medicine found in Homoepathic Materia Medica. All those drugs are proved in human body. Eupatorium perfotiatum is the most curable and well acting medicine in Dengue fever in all respects. This medicine has proved in human body in 1882. It is boneset. N. O composition, Tincture of whole plant. It is used as a preventive medicine of Dengue fever. The main characteristics of Eupatorium perfatum is an old word remedy that have been recommended by Dioscodies for ill conditioned ulcers bysentery Dengue fever, chronic fever, obstructed liver. The leading characteristics for its homeopathics use is distressing bone-pain, stripnen and tenderness of bone soreness, bleeding nausea, vomiting etc.

Prognosis of Dengue fever: It is an epidemic virus fever but mostly not a dangerous one. The case of Dengue fever fatality is generally low.

 
 
References:
 
 
1) Homeo Chikistsha Biggan by N. K Banerjee,
2) Dictionary of practice of Meteria Medica, Clark,
3) Meteria Medica, N. C. Ghose,
4) Preventive and social Medicine by Dr K Park.
 
 
 
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