webfact Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Dengue fever situation expected to worsen this yearFile photo, source: Wikipedia.orgBANGKOK, 26 February 2013 (NNT) - The Department of Disease Control is worried about the dengue fever situation this year after over 5,000 people have been ill from the disease, increasing from last year by five times. Without prevention, the department fears that the number of patients would reach 100,000.Director-General of the Department of Disease Control MD Pornthep Siriwanarangsan said from 1 January 2013 until now, there had been around 5,700 dengue fever patients with four fatalities. The rising number of patients before the disease’s spreading period in the rainy season is a sign that this year’s dengue fever situation might be severe, with a projected number of patients of 100,000.The department therefore joins forces with public health offices nationwide to prevent a dengue fever outbreak before the rainy season by encouraging communities to destroy mosquito larvae and breeding grounds. The Ministry of Public Health has already set up a dengue fever war room to impose preventive measures and follow up on dengue fever prevention efforts in each area on a weekly basis.-- NNT 2013-02-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I have had it twice in the last 3 years in Chiang Mai. How much worse can it get ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pimay1 Posted February 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2013 They used to come around every year with foggers and kill the mosquitoes but it stopped about four years ago. I suppose the local kamnan decided he had a better use for the funds. Interestingly enough he is a local farmer and he just finished building a 6 million baht house. I need to take up farming. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 We are overwhelmed with mossies this year. If the tessabans don't fog them all at once, pest control is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Yeah guys. The mossy situation has been very bad since mid last year. Fog them you say ?? It doesn't seem to have any effect on them. Except for maybe just pissing them off even more. I see that even northern Australia is having an outbreak of the disease which I believe is quite rare for the area. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/2013/02/26/18/02/dengue-stops-blood-flow-in-far-north-qld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Funny, not really, that Phuket officials just denied that there was any Dengue outbreak that had been reported to a local news source. See thread here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/621712-phuket-officials-squelch-dengue-fever-rumors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nisa Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) 74,250 people were infected with dengue in Thailand – 79 fatally – last year, representing a proportion of 116 patients in 100,000 people. http://www.thailand-business-news.com/health/43773-70000-cases-of-dengue-fever-in-thailand#.USynmzD_mSo Edited February 26, 2013 by Nisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 A simple natural cure is papaya leaves crushed and juiced. Tastes horrible but they work. Juice the leaves and take for a week - all gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang07 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Who told you? Any more details about this "miraculous" medicine? Is not Dengue gone after a week even without taking anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Who told you? Any more details about this "miraculous" medicine? Is not Dengue gone after a week even without taking anything? According to this article from the OZ government there are four types of dengue fever and it can be life threatening. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/dengue/info/definition.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 A simple natural cure is papaya leaves crushed and juiced. Tastes horrible but they work. Juice the leaves and take for a week - all gone. Please explain more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 We are overwhelmed with mossies this year. If the tessabans don't fog them all at once, pest control is pointless. Our local Teseban came and fogged our estate (Bang Saray) yesterday. A number of residents declined the service as they had DOGS! This rendered the whole exercise rather pointless. Do dogs get Dengue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1222 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Today there is a solution. http://www.ted.com/talks/hadyn_parry_re_engineering_mosquitos_to_fight_disease.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhar Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Good info, Thanks for the heads up on the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I have had it twice in the last 3 years in Chiang Mai. How much worse can it get ?? there are 4 strains and it is suggested that it gets worse each time - so be careful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 A simple natural cure is papaya leaves crushed and juiced. Tastes horrible but they work. Juice the leaves and take for a week - all gone. Please explain more Nonsense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Gm is not a "final solution" - it can be used to reduce populations in areas for a period of time. The Thai government favours chemical methods which has all sorts of concomitant problems such as side effets and gradual restistance by mozzies. also as a bio-mass, mozzies are n essential part of the eco-system Edited February 27, 2013 by wilcopops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1222 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Although GM is not a "final solution" it will prevent thousands of people from getting sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Although GM is not a "final solution" it will prevent thousands of people from getting sick. probably - have you read any trials? THe fight against Mozzies has to be multi-faceted, and often the simple lo-tech solutions such as education and mozzie nets are overlooked. i even read of a system for spraying ponds with an egg powder - this changes the surface tension characteristics and prevents the larvae from hatching out from the water. It is of course bio-degradable and ion toxic. The problem with GM is that as soon as you raise the spectre of anything genetically modified being released uncontrolled into the environment then you have an immediate public outcry. There have been suggestions that these modified genes have been found to linger on in the mozzie population despite the claims that they are programmed to die out. The cost - to society the nation and family, the amount of man-hours etc lost through poor public health is a topic that the Thai authorities seem in general to e oblivious to......road safety , Dengue and many other sources are put on the back-burner here largely it would seem due to ignorance in the corridors of power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super22k Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I was at Wat Prasing,Chiang Mai,yesterday when they " fogged "the area heavily without warning. I moved away as quickly as possible,but after a few minutes my eyes started to blur and I was overcome by dizziness. I managed to find a low wall to lean againt otherwise I would have fallen to the ground. I then headed for the exit, after recovering slightly, then got away from the smoke completely and I have now recovered and I feel fine. Is the smoke bad for humans as well as for Mosquitos! Has anyone else been affected like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1222 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Although GM is not a "final solution" it will prevent thousands of people from getting sick. probably - have you read any trials? THe fight against Mozzies has to be multi-faceted, and often the simple lo-tech solutions such as education and mozzie nets are overlooked. i even read of a system for spraying ponds with an egg powder - this changes the surface tension characteristics and prevents the larvae from hatching out from the water. It is of course bio-degradable and ion toxic. The problem with GM is that as soon as you raise the spectre of anything genetically modified being released uncontrolled into the environment then you have an immediate public outcry. There have been suggestions that these modified genes have been found to linger on in the mozzie population despite the claims that they are programmed to die out. The cost - to society the nation and family, the amount of man-hours etc lost through poor public health is a topic that the Thai authorities seem in general to e oblivious to......road safety , Dengue and many other sources are put on the back-burner here largely it would seem due to ignorance in the corridors of power. Genetic elimination of dengue vector mosquitoes. http://www.pnas.org/content/108/12/4772.full.pdf+html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 We are overwhelmed with mossies this year. If the tessabans don't fog them all at once, pest control is pointless. I'm sorry top say, but that's not the way to do it. They need to control/ remove the breading grounds i.e stagnant water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I have had it twice in the last 3 years in Chiang Mai. How much worse can it get ?? there are 4 strains and it is suggested that it gets worse each time - so be careful. Yes, it's increased risk of complication with a further infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 A serious dengue problem coupd wipe out tourism in some regions. People don't pay much attention to tuk tuk and jetski scams and the like because they figure if they avoid the touts they are immune. Disease is something very different and nothing can cause panic quite like a serious or deadly disease. Remember the panic that set in after the avian and swine flu cirses in the past years? Bookings from some of the developed asian countries vaporized. It is no wonder that Phuket's officials will do their utmost to make sure that the concern is muted. This year is bad. Remember the rule of thumb in public health: For every case reported, many more go unreported. This is one of those times I wish the Thai officals published the locations where cases were reported on a weekly basis. When there was a serious flu outbreak in the USA 2 years ago, the CDC was providing daily updates and they were put onto a google map to show the hot spots and where the disease was at its worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I was at Wat Prasing,Chiang Mai,yesterday when they " fogged "the area heavily without warning. I moved away as quickly as possible,but after a few minutes my eyes started to blur and I was overcome by dizziness. I managed to find a low wall to lean againt otherwise I would have fallen to the ground. I then headed for the exit, after recovering slightly, then got away from the smoke completely and I have now recovered and I feel fine. Is the smoke bad for humans as well as for Mosquitos! Has anyone else been affected like this? Presumably you didn't notice the person doing the spraying NOT wearing his protective mask??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Although GM is not a "final solution" it will prevent thousands of people from getting sick. probably - have you read any trials? THe fight against Mozzies has to be multi-faceted, and often the simple lo-tech solutions such as education and mozzie nets are overlooked. i even read of a system for spraying ponds with an egg powder - this changes the surface tension characteristics and prevents the larvae from hatching out from the water. It is of course bio-degradable and ion toxic. The problem with GM is that as soon as you raise the spectre of anything genetically modified being released uncontrolled into the environment then you have an immediate public outcry. There have been suggestions that these modified genes have been found to linger on in the mozzie population despite the claims that they are programmed to die out. The cost - to society the nation and family, the amount of man-hours etc lost through poor public health is a topic that the Thai authorities seem in general to e oblivious to......road safety , Dengue and many other sources are put on the back-burner here largely it would seem due to ignorance in the corridors of power. Genetic elimination of dengue vector mosquitoes. http://www.pnas.org/content/108/12/4772.full.pdf+html As I said earlier this document does not refer to the problem of the genes lingering on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super22k Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It was not just one person doing the spraying.The fog was belching out of the back of a lorry and engulfing the whole area like a tidal wave. Tourists should be made aware.Maybe,the monks forgot to pass the message on. Also, if Buddists(who I love) are against killing all living things, why do they agree to kill the mosquito? As a Chistian I would like to see all mosquitos wiped off the face of the earth even though they are only"carriers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) is it "Permethrin"?....or DDT even? Edited February 27, 2013 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) is it "Permethrin"?....or DDT even? If it is DDT they are dead mosquitoes for sure. When I was a boy they would come around every spring and spray inside the house with DDT. No mosquitoes, flies or any other bugs for two months. Then they had to go and ban it. Edited February 27, 2013 by Pimay1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) We are overwhelmed with mossies this year. If the tessabans don't fog them all at once, pest control is pointless. I'm sorry top say, but that's not the way to do it. They need to control/ remove the breading grounds i.e stagnant water. THe Aedes mozzie wil breed in still or slow moving water......it only needs a tiny amount, an old car tyre or upturned flowerpot is sufficient. As IU said before it is not a matter of one solution fits all....there needs to be increased public awareness and a raft of preventative measures - mossie nets are extremely effective when treated. Dengue is spread by the mosquito who first has to bite an infected person and then transmit the virus to another. As the animal has only a limited life span and flight range, this is obviously easier in a population that is densely packed. Only the female bites for blood and then only once or twice every 24 hours or so.......so breaking this chain can be an effective way to stop the spread of the disease. Edited February 27, 2013 by wilcopops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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