How to prevent fever ?
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Fever is a symptom of infection .Infections spread through various modes including air (droplet infection as in case of common cold), infected food and water (cholera, typhoid), mosquito bite (dengue fever, malaria). |
Prevention of fever means prevention of infection
Proper hygiene Protective clothing for infants save from mosquito bite
Proper disposal of waste Safe drinking water Fresh & hot food
Save from weather change Warm clothing in winters
Daily bath Vaccination against diseases Maintain physical fitness
Typhoid
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Hygiene |
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Safe food, water |
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Hand washing before eating food. |
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Proper sanitation. |
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Avoid eating outside. |
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Vaccination |
Typhoid vaccine, a bacterial vaccine prepared from an inactivated, dried strain of Salmonella typhi. It is given for primary immunization against typhoid fever for adults and children.
Malaria
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Individual prophylaxis includes insect repellent, covering of skin, use of mosquito netting for bed, and avoidance of outdoors at night when in endemic areas; |
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Community prophylaxis includes control of mosquito breeding grounds and protection of the blood supply |
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Antimalarial drugs for acute attacks and as prophylaxis if traveling to endemic areas; |
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Worldwide destruction of the disease has not been possible. |
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Insecticide-immune mosquitoes and drug-immune protozoa have developed. |
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Through the use of insecticides and destruction of swamps, the disease has disappeared from many parts of the world. |
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Vaccines are experimental
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Cholera
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A cholera vaccine is available for people traveling to areas where the infection is common. |
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Other preventive measures include drinking only boiled or bottled water and eating only cooked foods. |
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Cooking food long enough, keeping food in the refrigerator, and careful hand washing may help prevent the disease. |