Recently in class, I read an article on dengue fever.Dengue is a very dangerous disease....If an Aedes moquito bites you,you will get dengue fever.The mosquito bites aperson who has dengue,then bites another person and gives the disease to that person.Some dengue fever can also include red rash,aches,pains,headaches,as well as feeling sick and wanting to vomit.Now,some dengue fever can turn to something called "dengue haemorrhagic fever",which can be deadly.With dengue and dengue haemorrhagic,the number of platelets in a person's blood drops.Platelets are blood cells clot or clump together.So when your skin is cut,your blood clots and seals up the opening,which stops you from losing too much blood.When a person have dengue,he/she may see blood in his stool or vomit,or even bleed from his gums when he brushes his teeth.It's dangerous to lose blood because we need it to make all our organs working properly.There are four different type,or strains,of dengue,if we got one strains our body can fight it but it doesn't mean that we could not get the other three.Dengue has no cure,doctor can only treat the symptoms.Doctor are trying to make a vaccine to stop the disease.
Sarah