{"id":21598,"date":"2024-08-07T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21598"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:31:25","slug":"preventing-dengue-essential-tips-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/preventing-dengue-essential-tips-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing Dengue: Essential Tips to Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>To reduce the risk of contracting dengue, individuals are urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites and regularly clean their homes and surroundings. &#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more in tonight\u2019s NCN Health Report sponsored by Essential Care Pharmacy and GTM Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dengue is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people who get dengue won\u2019t have symptoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, for those who do, the most common symptoms are high fever, headache, body aches, nausea, and rash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While most people recover within 1\u20132 weeks, some develop severe dengue, requiring hospitalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In severe cases, dengue can be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health advises avoiding dengue by preventing mosquito bites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Reza Niles, speaking on the program &#8216;Health Matters&#8217;, emphasizes taking precautions to control mosquitoes both inside and outside the home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes ensuring that there are shades and screens on windows and doors to reduce mosquito entry and using mosquito repellents and nets to protect oneself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health&#8217;s Vector Control Department has been conducting fogging exercises to reduce the mosquito population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens are encouraged to open all windows to allow the mist to enter their homes, adequately protect all food items, cover all drinking water, and secure pets and poultry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People with asthma are advised to keep away from the fogging droplets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To reduce the risk of contracting dengue, individuals are urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites and regularly clean their homes and surroundings. &#8216; Learn more in tonight\u2019s NCN Health&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21600,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21598\/revisions\/21600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}