Actions against dengue continue

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The greatest impact of dengue on health is during the rainy season; however, it is preventable thanks to the implementation of personal protection measures.

That is why one of the strategies implemented by the Hidalgo Health Secretariat (SSH) is the “wash, cover, turn over and eliminate” campaign, whose main objective is to reduce or, where appropriate, limit the reproduction of populations of mosquitoes, through four actions that are: washing buckets, sinks, water tanks, cisterns, vases, animal waterers and any container that serves to store water with soap and brush.

As well as covering any container or object that can accumulate water such as drums, sinks,

cisterns, buckets, boats, etc.; turn over buckets, tubs, saucepans, jars, flower pots or any object in which water can accumulate and that are not in use at that time; and eliminate bottles, tires, caps, cans, dishes or containers that are no longer used and in which water can accumulate.

Therefore, they urged the entire population, especially in endemic areas, to carry out these simple actions, both in their homes, as well as in school spaces, offices, work centers, health units, shops, and entertainment centers. and in public spaces in localities.

It should be remembered that dengue is one of the vector-transmitted diseases, the most important that affects man, it is transmitted through the bite of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito. And although at this time there are only vaccines in the research phase, there is no effective treatment against the virus and its global expansion continues.

Although non-severe dengue is not a fatal disease, the sensitivity of each person to the virus, or overexposure (reinfection from another bite) increases the risk of presenting dengue with warning signs or severe dengue, which does have a high lethality. , if it is not attended to in a timely manner.