Develop an application “Know it” to warn people’s health during this rainy season.
Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, with NECTEC and 7-ELEVEN, developed an application “Knowledge” to notify health warnings around you. Especially dengue fever during this rainy season. The situation at the moment is a patient Dengue fever spreads in 73 provinces and is the most common in the upper part of the country. Therefore asking people to cooperate in reducing the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes. By managing the garbage around the house so that there is no waterlogging. especially single-use plastic containers
On September 16, 2022, Dr. Opas Karn Kawinpong Director-General of the Department of Disease Control said that due to heavy rains in many areas during this period and flooding This makes it a breeding ground for Aedes aegypti larvae, which are carriers of dengue fever and other diseases such as Zika fever, Aedes arthritis. By the situation of dengue fever in Thailand from January 1 to September 14, 65, there were 24,065 cases of dengue fever, 16 deaths. The age group that found the most cases was 5-14 years old, followed by 15-. 24 years and newborns – 4 years The 5 provinces with the most cases are Mae Hong Son, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Tak.
An investigation into the deaths of 16 patients who died from dengue fever from January 1 to September 14, 2022 found that the risk factors for the patient’s condition to be severe until death were 1) having underlying medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, disease. Heart, high blood pressure, liver disease, kidney disease, alcoholism or diseases related to the immune system 2) late hospitalization Some patients thought they were infected with COVID-19, so they bought Andrographis paniculata to eat themselves. or some patients refuse hospitalization. thought that dengue had a mild disease; and 3) the purchase of ibuprofen antipyretics. or a set of pills to take by yourself This group of drugs can cause more bleeding. Therefore, it is recommended that people observe the symptoms of themselves or their family members. If there is a high fever that floats for more than 2 days and wipes the body or takes antipyretics and the fever does not decrease with headache Body aches, red face, may have small red spots on the body, arms, legs, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, unable to eat. Please think that you may be sick with dengue fever. Immediately go see a doctor or a public health facility near your home. To get a diagnosis, assess the symptoms. and prompt corrective care It will help reduce severe illness or death.
The Department of Disease Control and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) has developed an application “Knowledge” that can be used for both IOS and Android operating systems, which is an application for alerting health around the world. It will help to know how many dengue patients are there in the surrounding area. In order to help accelerate the elimination of mosquito larvae to reduce the number and now the department has cooperated with CP All Public Company Limited to link this application with the 7-11 application to Expanding awareness about dengue fever to reach more people. will help campaign to reduce dengue fever during this rainy season People can ask for more information at the Company’s convenience stores nationwide or ask for more information at the Department of Disease Control hotline 1422.
