Pencegahan Demam Berdarah

 Oleh

 Hevi Hanifah Fajriati  

hevihanifahfjrt@gmail.com

 

Abstrak

 Penyakit Demam berdarah merupakan penyakit yang ditemukan didaerah tropis, hal ini karena Serangga seperti nyamuk dan lalat yang pembawa penyakit yang paling umum atau vector aktif pada daerah beriklim tropis. Serangga ini dapat membawa parasit, bakteri atau virus yang menular kepada manusia dan hewan. Salah satu yang menyerang manusia adalah penyakit Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) atau disebut juga Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF)Penyakit ini disebabkan oleh virus dengue yang ditularkan melalui gigitan nyamuk Aedes Aegypti dan Aedes Albopictus. Kedua jenis nyamuk ini terdapat hampir di seluruh pelosok Indonesia, kecuali daerah-daerah yang memiliki ketinggian lebih dari seribu meter dari permukaan air laut. Hampir setiap tahunnya di Indonesia ada saja orang yang terjangkit penyakit DBD. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa sebagian masyarakat masih kurang sadar terhadap kebersihan lingkungan serta lambatnya pemerintah dalam mengantisipasi dan merespon terhadap merebaknya kasus DBD ini.

 

Kata Kunci: Pencegahan, Penyakit, Hewan

  Abstract

 Tropical diseases are diseases found in tropical areas, this is because insects such as mosquitoes and flies are the most common disease carriers or active vectors in tropical climates. These insects can carry parasites, bacteria or viruses that are transmitted to humans and animals. One that attacks humans is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) or also called Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF). This disease is caused by the dengue virus that is transmitted through the bites of Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes. These two types of mosquitoes are found in almost all corners of Indonesia, except for areas that have a height of more than a thousand meters above sea level. Almost every year in Indonesia there are people who are infected with dengue fever. This proves that some people are still not aware of the cleanliness of the environment and the slowness of the government in anticipating and responding to the spread of this dengue fever case.People are often wrong in diagnosing this dengue fever with other diseases such as flu or typhus. This is because the dengue virus infection that causes dengue fever is asythematic or the symptoms are not clear. DHF patients usually or often show symptoms of cough, runny nose, vomiting, nausea or diarrhea Problems can increase because the dengue virus can enter along with the infection of other diseases such as flu or typhus. Therefore, dengue fever problems have not reached a bright spot until now.