#Aedes mosquito

[aquakat-draws]

Hint: I live in Iran

[rmlpathology]

Understanding Dengue Fever: Symptoms, Causes, and Prevention

Dengue fever, a virus that mosquitoes spread, has become a big health problem in hot and humid areas. This blog will tell you about the signs, reasons, and ways to avoid dengue fever, so you can know more and stay safe.

What is Dengue Fever?

The dengue virus causes dengue fever. Infected female Aedes mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, spread this virus to humans through bites. The virus has four strains. A person who gets infected with one strain might become immune to it. However, the other strains can still infect them. This raises the chances of severe symptoms.

Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Dengue fever symptoms change based on how severe the infection is. People start to show symptoms 4-10 days after an infected mosquito bites them.

Mild Dengue Fever Symptoms:

high temperature (up to 104°F/40°C)

Bad headaches

Pain behind the eyes

Hurting joints, muscles, and bones

Feeling sick and throwing up

Skin rash showing up 2-5 days after the fever starts

A bit of bleeding (like nosebleeds or gums bleeding)

These signs go away within a week, but for some people, the sickness can get worse.

Severe Dengue Symptoms: Severe dengue also called dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome, can result in life-threatening issues like plasma leakage fluid buildup, breathing problems heavy bleeding, and organ damage. Severe dengue has these signs:

Intense stomach pain

Non-stop throwing up

Bleeding from the gums or nose

Blood in pee, poop, or vomit

Trouble breathing

Tiredness, unease, or crankiness

Severe dengue might show up after the fever goes away, so it's vital to watch infected people.

Causes of Dengue Fever

The dengue virus infects humans when Aedes mosquitoes with the virus bite them. A mosquito gets the virus when it bites someone who has dengue in their blood. Once a mosquito has the virus, it can pass it to others. Remember, dengue can't spread between people.

You're more likely to get dengue if:

You live in or visit tropical or subtropical areas where dengue is common (like Southeast Asia, Pacific islands, Latin America, and Africa)

You're around infected mosquitoes when they're most active (early morning and late afternoon)

Complications of Dengue Fever

Severe dengue can lead to problems like shock bleeding inside the body, and harm to organs such as the liver and heart. Without treatment severe dengue can kill. You need to get medical help right away if you notice any serious symptoms.

How to Prevent Dengue Fever

No specific cure or shot exists for dengue fever so stopping it from spreading is crucial. Here are some key ways to prevent it:

Don't Let Mosquitoes Bite You:

Put on bug spray with DEET, picaridin, or lemon eucalyptus oil.

Cover up with long sleeves, pants, and socks to shield your skin.

Set up bug nets or screens to keep mosquitoes out of your house.

Get Rid of Mosquito Breeding Grounds:

Dump out and clean any containers that collect water, like flower pots, buckets, and tires where mosquitoes lay eggs.

Switch out the water in outdoor pet bowls and bird baths often.

Keep Up with the News:

Watch out for dengue outbreaks if you travel to or live in areas with high risk. Stay away from places full of mosquitoes when these pests are most active.

Shots in High-Risk Places:

Some countries offer the dengue shot Dengvaxia, but doctors suggest it for people who've already had dengue. If you've never had dengue, this shot isn't for you because it might make dengue worse if you catch it later.

When to See a Doctor

If you have symptoms of dengue fever after a trip to an area where dengue spreads, get medical help right away. Quick diagnosis and proper care can lower the chance of problems.

When to Get Tested for Dengue

If you have symptoms such as high fever, body aches, or bleeding after visiting an area with dengue outbreaks, you should see a doctor. At RML Pathology, our complete testing services will help confirm the diagnosis allowing for quick care and lowering the risk of serious complications.

Dengue fever can be deadly. Quick diagnosis, prevention, and treatment are key to fighting this disease. Keep yourself informed, take steps to prevent it, and get tested at RML Pathology to have the best chance of recovery.

Keep yourself protected and take action in the battle against dengue with cutting-edge diagnostic help from RML Pathology!

Conclusion

Dengue fever is a serious illness that can turn into life-threatening conditions. Knowing its symptoms, causes, and ways to prevent it helps you take steps to protect yourself and your family. Stay alert in places where dengue often occurs, and control mosquitoes to cut down the risk of getting sick.

For people in areas with lots of mosquito’s steady work on prevention and staying informed can help control the spread of dengue fever.

This blog offers a complete guide to dengue fever. It stresses how crucial it is to spot, prevent, and treat this disease. To protect your health from this mosquito-spread illness, it's key to stay in the know and take the right steps.

[townpostin]

Dengue awareness: Know the symptoms and prevention tips

Understanding dengue symptoms and following preventive measures is crucial to stay safe from this mosquito-borne disease. Dengue fever, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, requires vigilance in symptoms and prevention, as cases continue to rise. Dr. Manish Kumar Consultant, Medical Indoor Services, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur Dengue fever, also known as break-bone fever, is a viral infection…

[mindblowingscience]

While a mosquito bite is often no more than a temporary bother, in many parts of the world it can be scary. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, spreads the viruses that cause over 100,000,000 cases of dengue, yellow fever, Zika and other diseases every year. Another, Anopheles gambiae, spreads the parasite that causes malaria. The World Health Organization estimates that malaria alone causes more than 400,000 deaths every year. Indeed, their capacity to transmit disease has earned mosquitoes the title of deadliest animal. Male mosquitoes are harmless, but females need blood for egg development. It's no surprise that there's over 100 years of rigorous research on how they find their hosts. Over that time, scientists have discovered there is no one single cue that these insects rely on. Instead, they integrate information from many different senses across various distances.

Continue Reading.

[snototter]

A mosquito (Aedes albifasciatus) feeds from a human in Uruguay

by Anders L.

[arcticarthropod]

The arctic mosquito Aedes nigripes, a fellow arctic arthropod.

Apparently they lay eggs which survive frozen all winter to emerge during the short summer.

Photos from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221098794

[onenicebugperday]

@marshmallow-fluffy submitted: A pretty girl having a meal. It doesn't come across so well on camera but her back legs have the prettiest black and white striping. I've seen this type of mosquito around alot since I've moved and was wondering what species it was. Also a neat beetle I saw on a leaf, and was also wondering about. Location is [removed] (please remove location)

The mosquito is one in the genus Aedes, and looks like Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. As mosquitoes go, Aedes species are one of the larger vectors for disease, and although most of those diseases are not super common in the US, you should exercise caution whenever possible and not let them bite you if you can help it. Still, they are very pretty, and I love their white striping!

The beetle is a harmless spotted cucumber beetle :)

***Negative comments about mosquitoes on this post will get you blocked!

[000marie198]

Don't try and appeal mosquitos to me with those posts

I know every species has an importance in the ecosystem we don't yet fully understand, I'm a nature enthusiast for heaven's sake

But don't try to appeal mosquitos to me. It is clear you've never suffered due to them. It's clear many of the deadly ones aren't an invasive species in your region, it's clear your people haven't died due to them. It's clear you've never been bitten by one or been annoyed by one. It's clear they haven't kept you awake for nights on end.

Do Not try to appeal mosquitos to me. They're a pest, maybe not to you or maybe not to areas where those species originated but to us they are.

Please and thankyou

[fireheartwraith]

Pepito (according to brazilians)

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i paid the toll for glory (fresh natural orange juice and meals by the sea) in blood, sweat and tears (i got stung like a thousand times by mosquitoes and it was so very hot and so very humid)

[musicalgifs]

every february-into-march i get more insane about hadestown and right now it's hitting SO hard

[almightyhamslice]

Insektober day 3: Backstory!

A young Krabo (not quite a Lord then) pays a visit to Doctor Aedes' laboratory, though he's actually only here to see her assistant, Synapse. He is here for a weekly dose of T, which Synapse gives him since Aedes' vision isn't what it used to be.

Aedes is a tiger mosquito! She was ancient, having been lead scientist for several decades. She trained Synapse and Magus in their youth, and was only succeeded by another lead scientist (Magus) after she passed away. She was friendly and humorous, but often times a little too playful and liked to mess with the other Kruds. She was very meticulous about her work, but a lot of her patients feared she was a quack. If she were still alive she'd tell you it was all nonsense!

Krabo headcanon/overanalysis under the cut???

Regarding Krabo, he has a funky relationship with gender to say the least. Krud society is not outright hostile towards transgender Kruds, nor is there anything explicitly stated in Krud dogma that would cause your average Krud to be dismissive of transgenderism, but Krabo still feels the need to hide this facet of himself in front of his peers, other than Synapse and the doctors. I think whether or not Krabo wants to admit it, Krud society does often punish those who stray from conformity, and he's afraid because to transition would be "non-conformist" of him. He often goes through old documents about himself and forges them to reflect his current self, to keep commoners from finding out his "secret". Synapse and Kurkulie have reminded him time and again that it's not as big a deal as he makes it out to be, but I think Krabo won't feel truly comfortable until he resolves his inner turmoil and self hatred. He's... kind of a mess?

Anyways this isn't like canon to the show or anything its just smth I thought of cuz I couldnt figure out what type of cockroach he was when I watched the show LOL. I thought he could be a dubia cockroach since they don't fly or climb and they're very round. Thing with that is, the males still have prominent wings n the females only have wing stubs. Krabo had stubby wings in Insektors: The Making Of, so that gave me the idea that he might've removed them on purpose!

If you recall my Trans Day of Visibility drawings featuring Insektors characters and OCs, you might remember I drew Krabo on there but I didn't color him in! That's because, unlike Kaboche, he's stealth. He's generally pretty uncomfortable with others knowing he's trans. There is actually 1 other trans insektors character I haven't gone in depth with yet, but... thats for a similar yet different reason. It's difficult! I want to reveal who it is but their identity is so tied to a story arc in my rewrite that I think it'd be a huge spoiler! Wtf do I do there... write the damn rewrite I guess LOL.

[ophiophxgus]

Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)

05/09/22, Central Florida.

[terriblebicho]

And the thing with the Aedes aegypti fuckers is you can't feel them on your skin and only hear them if you're really lucky. My college is flooded with Aedes scapularis and luckily they're big mfs so you can almost immediately tell when one sits on you (also they have a big shiny white thorax so lol). same thing with most Culex. With aegypti you get no alert no feedback, no buzz no nothing. Horror movie shits.

[adrianastrix]

Went to the hospital yesterday. Good news is that there's a 90% chance not playing Dengue Fever Russian Roulette this time. Bad news is that it might be a bacterial infection (really really hope it isn't, I hate how antibiotics wreacks you and give you candida).

For those who are blissfully unaware of Dengue Fever Russian Roulette, it goes like this:

Dengue Fever is a tropical disease transmitted by mosquitoes that is like a REALLY UNPLEASANT flu episode that lasts about ten days. You have sharp pain on your joints and high fevers that alternate with you feeling weak and tired, with or without nausea and headaches. Then, when the fever and the pain subside, everything starts to itch and you develop a red rash under your skin. More damning, your coagulation blood cells (I'm feverish and don't wanna use Google Translate, I think you call then plaquettes?) are destroyed by the virus, so you have to be careful about injuring yourself.

The Roulette comes from the fact that there are around 4 or 5 types of Dengue Fever. Getting one makes you immune to it. And one of those types is called "Haemorrhagic Dengue Fever", which is when your blood coagulation REALLY goes down and you might start bleeding and bruising out of nowhere. Meaning that every time you get Dengue Fever, you SPIN! THAT! WHEEL! to see if you are getting the "after the 3rd day people start to get antsy because you are really sick without external noticeable symptoms like coughing and sniffling" type or the "you'll probably need to be on observation in the hospital so you don't bleed to death" option.

And don't start me on Zika Fever or Chikungunya Fever, which are different (and significantly worse) diseases, but also options on that wheel since they start similar to Dengue Fever and are transmitted by the same species of mosquito.

Tropical diseases just plain hate you, man.

[revista-amazonia]

Novas estratégias de controle da dengue e Aedes Aegypti excluem o fumacê

  Em um país polarizado, há uma unanimidade entre os brasileiros: o mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmissor de doenças como Dengue, Zika, febre amarela e Chikungunya, deve ser combatido. Este pequeno inseto pode depositar até 450 ovos durante sua vida de 30 dias, e seus ovos podem sobreviver por um ano sem água, aguardando uma fonte para se desenvolverem em apenas 30 minutos. Originário da África, o…