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water can accumulate, such as drums, old tires, cans, bottles and vases. Domestic water tanks
must be hermetically sealed to avoid them becoming hatcheries. “Eliminating hatcheries would
hit the mosquito hard by interrupting its breeding cycle, therefore reducing the mosquito
population,” he said.

Priority: saving lives

PAHO has also called for health professionals to be trained to diagnose and adequately
manage patients with dengue and other arboviruses such as Zika y Chikungunya.

“The proper management of patients is a priority that can save lives, said San Martin, urging the
population to avoid self-medicating and to instead visit a health system early when experiencing
symptoms of the disease.

The most common symptoms are high fever (40 °C), severe headache, pain behind the

eyeballs, and joint and muscle aches. Warning signs of dengue that require urgent medical
attention include severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, rapid breathing, bleeding from the
mucous membranes, fatigue, irritability and presence of blood in the vomit.

There is no specific treatment for dengue (or severe dengue), but timely detection, access to
medical care and proper management of the patient can reduce complications and disease
progression. Death from dengue is almost always avoidable.

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