Understanding Yellow Fever: Symptoms, Prevention, and Vaccination Locations – BrightTV

2024-03-23 04:53:33

Let’s get to know yellow fever! Not only that, there are also ways to prevent it for everyone.

Many people may not have heard the name yet. “Yellow Fever” right? Today, Bright TV (BightTV) will take everyone to get to know it. Understanding the disease and how to prevent yellow fever If explained easily Yellow fever is caused by mosquito bites. But do you know? that being bitten by a mosquito is more dangerous than you think Not only dengue fever but also yellow fever that we must be careful of.

What is yellow fever?

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Yellow fever is a disease caused by an acute flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family. Mosquitoes are the vectors. Symptoms will appear 3 – 6 days after infection. Yellow fever is an endemic disease. Found mainly in Africa and South America.

yellow fever symptoms

• headache
• Have a high fever
• Yellow body, yellow eyes
• muscle aches
• Nausea and vomiting. Some people may vomit blood.

In people with severe symptoms There may be abnormal easy bleeding in the body such as eyes, mouth, nose, stomach, etc. In the later stages, liver failure, kidney failure, and internal organ failure may occur. and cause death

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The Ministry of Public Health has announced areas or ports outside the Kingdom that are yellow fever infected zones in 2017, a total of 42 countries, as follows:

• South America 13 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Ecuador.

• Africa: 29 countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Niger, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia. Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea. and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Contact and spread of infection

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Naturally, yellow fever occurs in two cycles: the forest cycle and the savannah cycle. and urban cycle

• Cycles in forests and savannahs There is a virus in monkeys And there are mosquitoes or Aedes mosquitoes that carry disease. Went to bite monkeys and then went on to bite tourists.
• In the urban cycle, there are Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry disease. When mosquitoes carry viruses and bite people and passed on to bite another person cause the infection to spread

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How to prevent yellow fever

Vaccination The vaccine is made from live yellow fever virus. weaken Used as injection under the skin 1 time. After vaccination, immunity will last for at least 10 years.

Who should get vaccinated against yellow fever?

• Children aged 9 months and older and adults living or traveling to areas with yellow fever outbreaks The vaccine should be vaccinated at least 10 days before travelling.
• People who have been vaccinated You will receive a vaccination certification document. which lasts from 10 days after vaccination to 10 years after that

Who should not get vaccinated against yellow fever?

• Have had a severe allergic reaction to a previous yellow fever vaccination.
• Allergic to gelatin or eggs
• Children younger than 6 months

In addition, you should wear clothes that cover your body completely, long sleeves and long legs, and apply or spray mosquito repellent. Avoid contact with patient secretions. and do not mingle with sick people or share things with other people

Places that provide yellow fever vaccination

• Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute Tel. [phone]
• Urban Disease Prevention and Control Institute Tel. [phone]
• Suan Phlu Immigration Medical Office, Tel. [phone] or 0 2286 5114
• Saovabha Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Tel. [phone]
• Tropical Medicine Hospital Mahidol University Tel. [phone] ext. 3034 or 0 2306 9145
• Port International Communicable Disease Control Checkpoint Bangkok Tel. [phone]
• Pattayarak Center Chonburi Province Tel. [phone]
• Laem Chabang Checkpoint Tel. [phone]
• Sri Don Khai Travel and Tourism Medicine Clinic Chiang Mai Province Tel. [phone]
• Hat Yai Nawarat Center, Songkhla Province, Tel. [phone]
• Patong Hospital Phuket Province Tel. [phone]

Source: Ministry of Public Health, Phyathai Hospital

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