Dozens of Russians massively get a lethal fever on vacation. According to media reports, more than 20 people have died from Denge’s fever. Aif.ru contacted the victims to find out about the situation abroad and the state of tourists.
Not a paradise vacation
On the picturesque island of Bali, the rainy season began. And with him the country was filled with thousands of vital mosquitoes, carrying Denge’s fever. According to the media, about 30 tourists have died in Indonesia alone in recent months, dozens of still trying to overcome a terrible disease. We tell you more details about the fever and how the Russians cope with it.
Denge’s fever is a particularly dangerous viral infection. It is transmitted to a person with a mosquito bite in hot countries. Moreover, these insects almost do not differ from ordinary mosquitoes. They are small in size, gray-striped and even buzz in the same way as Russian “bloodsuckers”.
But if, with a bite of a domestic mosquito, only a blister and itch appear for several days, then when a bite of an infected insect, the symptoms are much worse. First, the body temperature jumps from 39 to 41 degrees. Next, the skin is covered with red spots and dots. In the most critical state, bleeding opens, including internal.
Read more about the treatment of Denge Aif.ru was told Alexei Agranovsky.
“Denge is an endemic fever that is found in the tropical places of South-West Asia and South America. It is transmitted by mosquitoes, man cannot infect a person of a person. With the disease, a rash, a passion for lymph nodes, cough, head and muscle pain appear. In general, symptoms are characteristic of a cold. If it is not treated, then mortality is about 20%, if treated, then 2–7%, ”the doctor told AIF.RU Alexey Khukhrev.
“As if in delirium”
Traditionally, tourists in crowds are infected with fever from December to March. In these months in Thailand, Bali and other Asian countries, the seasons of rain begin, and, accordingly, the active reproduction of mosquitoes. Aif.ru contacted the affected by a terrible illness to find out how they transferred her.
Blogger Alice Z. Together with his family, he has been living in Bali for several years. And what only she did not get ill during this time, meeting with local insects. But with the fever, Denge was faced with this February for the first time.
“Two weeks ago, my mother called and said that, probably, I would no longer come to my senses. And all the fault of the bite of an ordinary mosquito. The first days were severe – high temperature (more than 39), weakness, muscle pain. I drank a lot of water and watched the amount of platelets in the blood, ”says AIF.RU Alice.
A few days later, Alice was hospitalized. The temperature every day became higher and higher, and nothing helped to knock it down. Periodically, she lost consciousness. The nurse, who followed Alice’s condition, said that she could only live for three days.
I really did not want my parents to be told about my illness, but when I turned off for five hours, the doctors called them. Local healers no longer believed that I would come to my senses. But the very next day it became easier for me and from a critical state I simply went into bad, ”continues Alice.
A few days later, Alice completely came to her senses. The temperature returned to normal, the desire to live again appeared. As a reminder of a serious illness, weakness in the muscles remained and the idea of making a vaccine.
The same story touched the tourist Maria G.. Together with her family, she went to Bali to spend her vacation. After a couple of weeks, it’s time to return home.
It became impossible at home to enduring pain in the body. For a long time, doctors could not make a diagnosis, sorting out different options from pharyngitis to ordinary colds. But after some time, the infectious disease specialist nevertheless determined that these are symptoms of Denge’s fever.
The feeling that the skin was torn to me. I screamed in pain, cried, ”says Maria.
After a few days of treatment and patience, the pain subsided. Maria began to return to the usual life again, but there was only enough strength for any activity for only ten minutes. Since then, the girl decided that the entrance to Asia was closed for her. And those who still want to go to Bali recommend taking paracetamol with them and clog the suitcases from Komaro.
This is not a cold
Another Russian woman Evgenia K. Transferred the disease last December. Symptoms are like a book: high temperature, severe pain in the head and thick blood. It seemed that it was just ARVI. In the early days, the woman tried to be treated at home, but when the heat was impossible to endure, they called doctors.
Doctors immediately put a dropper of paracetamol and took a test. The next day it became clear, this is not a cold, but a fever Denge.
“When they put a dropper, it hurt me so much, as if all the muscles were twisted. But after a few minutes it became easier, and the temperature fell before our eyes. At night I even cooled so much that I scared my husband. He called me, but I did not respond. I tried to feel the pulse, ”says Zhenya in his blog.
But the very next day, Eugene became worse. 128e temperature rose again to 40 degrees, the body was covered with unknown inflammations and the worst thing began – bleeding.
“There was a feeling that I was slowly dying. And I can’t even help myself. There is no treatment for this disease. Only paracetamol, water and patience. Nothing will help more, ”says Zhenya.
The girl was urgently hospitalized in the hospital and put on droppers. From endless needles, her hands began to swell, scabies appeared. And only a few days later, the condition was stabilized, and the platelets began to grow. By the New Year, Eugene was discharged from the hospital and sent to be treated home.
It is impossible to endure pain
The same story affected the tourist Maria G. Together with her family, she went to Bali to spend her vacation. Having walked around a couple of weeks, it’s time to return home. The transplant to Moscow was in China.
Leaving the plane, the girl felt terrible weakness. When settling in the hotel, her temperature jumped up, the limbs were swollen and blushed, Maria could not stay on her feet at all.
Then the hotel employees called soon, and Mary was taken to the hospital. After spending the night there, the woman returned to the hotel, packed her things and went to the airport to wait for the flight to Moscow.
Arriving home, it became impossible to endure the real pain in the body. For a long time, doctors could not make a diagnosis, rushing from pharyngitis to ordinary colds. But after some time, the infectious disease specialist nevertheless determined that the symptoms of Denge fever.
“They made me a dropper, took tests, checked all the organs. It became a little easier. But as soon as we returned home, hell began. I was covered with a rash, the capillaries began to burst over my body. The feeling that they torn the skin on me to live. I screamed in pain, cried, ”says Maria.
After a few days of treatment and patience, the pain subsided. Maria began to return to the usual life again, but there was only enough strength for any activity for only 10 minutes. Since then, the girl decided that the entrance to Asia was closed for her. And those who still want to go to Bali recommend taking paracetamol with them and clog suitcases with mosquitoes.
Source: aif.ru