Dengue ‘can be contracted from infected sexual partner’

By THE NATION

 

Asadang Ruayajin

 

A senior Thai official said it was possible to contract dengue fever through sex after Spanish authorities said a patient, 41, was found to have got the disease from his homosexual partner’s semen.

 

 

Department of Disease Control deputy governor and spokesman Asadang Ruayajin said on Friday (November 15) that it was possible for dengue to be contracted through sexual intercourse as the virus falls in the same group as Zika.

 

The Spanish man reportedly developed dengue fever despite never visiting any area prone to that disease. Authorities in Madrid said his partner had been infected by the virus during a visit to Cuba.

 

Reports said scientists found out only a year and half ago that the virus could live in semen, after a traveller returning from Thailand was examined.

 

Dengue fever is mainly contracted from the Aedes mosquito. Those infected suffer from high fever, bodyache, and sometimes stomach ache or diarrhoea, symptoms similar to influenza. “However, patients should not buy medicine without a doctor’s prescription as some medicines like ibuprofen and aspirin can cause internal organs to bleed easily,” Asadang added.

 

“Those who suffer from high fever for more than two days must see a doctor,” he said. “Besides, while the fever is decreasing, if there are symptoms like depression, anorexia, stomach ache, restless hands, cold feet, rapid and light pulse, nasal cavity bleeding or vomiting of blood, patients must be sent to a hospital as soon as possible as there could be a risk to their life.”

 

 

Asadang said to prevent dengue, breeding places of the Aedes mosquito should be eliminated. He said public health volunteers could play a crucial role by encouraging and instructing local people to eliminate breeding places of mosquitoes so as to prevent dengue.

 

“Moreover, the volunteers and concerned persons can survey and evaluate the risk of the disease from the density of Aedes larvae in each area,” said the deputy governor. “In addition, we have developed an online reporting system for their operation, which has already been used in some areas, and will expand to cover all areas of Thailand in the future.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378392

 

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What a fantastic and ground breaking piece of news. You can also catch a cold from your partner if you have sex with them. Would be better to list the things you can´t catch that way.

16 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

the virus could live in semen

I am checking mine as I type!   But have to keep flicking back to the Dolly Parton post! LOL

Find that hard to swallow..

Anyone who is desperate enough to have sex with a Dengue fever partner...is already Dingy!  ????

2 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

Anyone who is desperate enough to have sex with a Dengue fever partner...is already Dingy!  ????

Have a walk around the sexpat areas. Desperation doesnt begin to describe the punters

2 hours ago, Matzzon said:

What a fantastic and ground breaking piece of news. You can also catch a cold from your partner if you have sex with them. Would be better to list the things you can´t catch that way.

Another sterling example of "Thai Visa Omnipotence" because OF COURSE you knew that this was possible ... oh wait .. this is the first time you ever even thought about it!  

important to know method of delivery, straight up,  on the rocks,  or . sunny side up

 

Headline should read "Homophobic doctor clutching at straws".

 

No consideration given to the possibility that a mossie traveled back with the infected person or that Dengue was already in Europe.

 

Oh look, December 2018:

 

"Dengue fever is a viral infection passed on from a mosquito bite, and affects millions worldwide. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published an assessment of the risk of dengue fever transmission after three cases of dengue were confirmed in Spain and six in France in October 2018"

 

"On 9 October 2018, the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare of Spain reported two confirmed cases of locally-acquired dengue in adult residents of Spain.

On 16 October, a third case was confirmed . All three individuals are from the same family and experienced onset of symptoms in late August 2018, after spending time in Murcia region and Cádiz province (Andalucía). There is no history of travel to known dengue risk areas "

 

Andalucia/Murcia.....Southernmost Spain.......a buzz away from Africa with the right wind.

 

 

 

Edited November 16, 20196 yr by Enoon

Yawn!

There are multiple reliable sources (from a Google search) that say clearly that dengue cannot be transmitted from person to person.  I think this guy is wrong!

Fake news. Dengue is spread by a mosquito.  

41 minutes ago, RBOP said:

Fake news. Dengue is spread by a mosquito.  

Prudent strategy is to not have oral sex with mosquito, just to be on the safe side...

Why does he not speak about all the other diseases that you can get, maybe too many to mention?

Dengue can be contracted from reading Nationmultimedia,com along with AIDS and Gonorrhea

This man  seeks to get the Nobel Prize for bulls'hit in branch ? 

Edited November 16, 20196 yr by Assurancetourix

35 minutes ago, Emdog said:

Prudent strategy is to not have oral sex with mosquito, just to be on the safe side...

You've meant "male mosquito" if I got you right?

Scientists only discovered the virus could live in semen 18 months ago, when they examined a traveller returning from Thailand, but had no evidence it could spread.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7666007/Spanish-man-contracts-dengue-fever-SEX-known-case.html

No more sleeping with yung women then

59 minutes ago, Emdog said:

Prudent strategy is to not have oral sex with mosquito, just to be on the safe side...

 Not without protection. 

1 hour ago, atyclb said:

important to know method of delivery, straight up,  on the rocks,  or . sunny side up

I've just been sick

Utter tosh. 

1 hour ago, RBOP said:

Fake news. Dengue is spread by a mosquito.  

with big gonads and a sly grin

A deputy governor stated this "fact"!

Thailand continues on it's path to doom......he's not alone...there are thousands of <deleted> like him!

Now you always blame sex if you want to make news!
In Thailand, children between the ages of 11 and 12 have the first sexual experiences, they are not afraid of this news.
Get the right sex education in schools, the results will be better!
Perhaps Mr. Asadang Ruayajin and his superiors stop having sex now!

anus never ment to get a shot load overthere... rough sex, small wound ... there you go...ideal for HIV transmission, right into the bloodstream

 

a bit like a vaccine full of toxins filled with aborted baby cells, chicken protein, etc...

2 hours ago, Emdog said:

Prudent strategy is to not have oral sex with mosquito, just to be on the safe side...

Especially if it is the same sex

that has got a few people worried, god what happens if my wife has sex with someone who has it? 

Don’t worry, Thai doctors will find a cure for this.

4 hours ago, Truthhurts said:

Have a walk around the sexpat areas. Desperation doesnt begin to describe the punters

I used to notice that often the working expats look a bit weird which makes sense as that's why they come here