Dengue fever,Ross River Fever etc.

ibbo · Guru

Dengue fever,Ross River Fever etc.

dave06 · Guru

yep it's moving further south as the climes allow it, we had a case of it here in Pirie last year, my mate up in cairns has it and now his wife has it, took the quacks a week to find out what strain it was and by then he was feeling a lot better, knocked his wife around something chronic, she's had two heart attacks and not at all strong enough to fight the fevers, the same as ross river virus it's getting more prevelent

Wombat 280 · Guru

The mossie responsible for the spread is the Aedes aegypti which you can tell from other mossies by the dark body and white banned legs . Mainly bites during the day and early evening , breeds close to homes

They can be found in Qld predominantly in FNQld but once and possibly still do inhabit WA, NT and Southern NSW . They are also the vector for Dog Heart worm , Murray Valley Encephalitis and Ross River Fever . In the NT and FNQld they have active mossie control measures in place but we in NSW seem to think we are bullet proof when it comes to mossie transmitted aliments and councils do nothing proactive to control breeding sites

I hope she is feeling better soon, the recovery period can be prolonged so be patient with the patient and all will be well .

ibbo · Guru

Thanks Dave and WombatI appreciate your replies.Cheers.Ibbo.

Cruising Granny · Guru

Sorry to hear about the Dengue Fever.
I recently had the flu, with the snots and coughs for more than 3 weeks, but not the dreaded Dengue. I'm in Cairns, and there have been more than 400 cases reported, and they're up to Strain 4 now. Each one worse then the other, and more resistent to treatment.
It's now south of Townsville and inland to Atherton. One elderly lady died in Cairns BH when she was affected by Dengue which complicated her other health issues.
Ross River is prevalent over in the Kimberley, particularly Broome and Derby.
Taking precautions in mozzie prone areas is the best thing to do.
Some householders aren't taking the recommended precautions promoted on the media, and even the local shire was caught out in one of their yards.
Do what you can. Cheers Granny

twobob · Guru

I like my herbal medicines, so I speak with that as the premise

With limited knowledge on the thread, I do know that Vitamin B is good to resist mossies. Most females are low in the vitamin, so tend to get biten more. As we aqe we need more of it. By memeory its B6 or B12 that does the trick, but the B group is of little value on their own, and indeed they need Vitimin C to be fully assimulated.

What I am saying, is out later years we need to look after ourselves better, so take the multi B and reduce your exposure to these problems, regularly.

I also have been adviced that the "Bach Flower" "Rescue remedy", is a good item to have on board, should anything cause you a health concern.

Even if you are a non believer, what harm can they cause? to have with you, just incase.

The best one I have heard of late is, rub "Vicks" on your feet, before bed and cover with a sock. This apparently helps colds and flu's - waiting for winter to try it

Cruising Granny · Guru

You're right Bob. As soon as I knew I was heading to the Kimberleys in '96 I started taking Mega B and 1000mgs Vit C.
In all these years I have had 3 really bad colds/flu, including the most recent episode. I don't get a flu shot as I prefer to get the flu occasionally to build resistance. My philosphy seems to work. I was also discouraged from flu shots when my Aunty died a week or so after she had one.
Vit B works against mozzies and sand flies to a large degree.
I'm still taking Vit B and Vit C, well, prior to medical intervention while I'm being treated for some other health issues which can't be impacted by supplements.
The bites are no way as severe as they would be without the vitamin precautions.
The mozzies do sit on my arm or ankle, but they don't seem to bite, and if they do I just wash the bite and it passes. I don't see the sand flies, but I do feel them until I wash the spot.
Tea Tree or eucalyptus oil are also deterrents, and the flies aren't so keen either.
We do what we can with what we have. Cheers Granny

ibbo · Guru

Thanks Bob and Granny.The advice about vit B is well recieved by us.After seeing the pain Sylvia has has put up with with the"Fever"it has made me realise that we are not bullet proof as we have put on the years(couldnt bring myself to say older lol).As a repellant,spray on type,for the last fortnight we have used one bought at Aldi,their own brand,it has really been good so far.I hope that your health returns to you Granny,reading your posts you have not had a good run healthwise.All the best.Cheers.Ibbo.

JRH · Guru

twobob wrote:

I like my herbal medicines, so I speak with that as the premise

With limited knowledge on the thread, I do know that Vitamin B is good to resist mossies. Most females are low in the vitamin, so tend to get biten more. As we aqe we need more of it. By memeory its B6 or B12 that does the trick, but the B group is of little value on their own, and indeed they need Vitimin C to be fully assimulated.

What I am saying, is out later years we need to look after ourselves better, so take the multi B and reduce your exposure to these problems, regularly.

I also have been adviced that the "Bach Flower" "Rescue remedy", is a good item to have on board, should anything cause you a health concern.

Even if you are a non believer, what harm can they cause? to have with you, just incase.

The best one I have heard of late is, rub "Vicks" on your feet, before bed and cover with a sock. This apparently helps colds and flu's - waiting for winter to try it

G'day,
With regard to the B group of vitamins the really good mossie repellant is B1. A good practice is to have a B1 injection from your doctor and then take one B1 tablet each morning.

We have used B1 for quite a number of years now and get very few mossie bites or any other insect bites for that matter, mind you Marsh flies don't worry about it and bite anyhow. The only problem my wife and myself have with B1 is it makes our ankles swell a bit.

Cruising Granny · Guru

To all of you who are curious about my health issues currently being treated, there's nothing wrong with me, but the doctors keep finding stuff. All is well as long as I keep taking the pills.
What was originally diagnosed as a long-term chronic thing has been re-diagnosed as something which can be fixed with surgery. Yahoo!
I'm only slowed down sometimes, but I get up, dust myself off and do it all over again.
When I get fixed, look out! There'll be no stopping me then.
Cheers Granny

DubDub · Veteran Member

G'day Ibbo,as far as I know,a mozzie that dosen't carry the virus couldn't pass it on from someone that is infected.Infact,I am sure that mozzies do not pass any diseases onward from their previous victom's.If they did,then a lot more people would be contracting A.i.d.s.

As the world temps go silly,so does the order of"Life as we know it'.Plus the fact that mozzies are not that easy to control mean that sooner or later the ones that carry the fever will make thier way south.

DubDub.

dave06 · Guru

please forgive my ignorance on this (and many other matters) but I thought the mossie took the disease from one person to another, after all the mossies here, and it was only one species that did it, the stripey anopheles mossie, spread Ross river virus, once that species was wiped out by a spraying campaign we had no further outbreaks,

aids as I understand it, and I am way out of my knowledge base here, cannot survive in a mossie, if it could we would all be dead

I have no knowledge on this subject and I am not attacking you dub dub, I merely have a question

DubDub · Veteran Member

G'day Dave,Ya first paragraph answered your Q.If the mozzies could pass it on from human to human then,to a certain degree,you would have people spreading it via ya common mozzies.

Mozzies have an anterseptic (SP?)that they inject on & in thier victom as they go in for the SUCK.Have ya ever noticed how the bites don't really sting much untill ya rub them.Thats the stuff they inject spreading & as ya do the welt spreads out as well.Hey,it might not even be" anteseptic",but whatever it's real classification,this is what stops them from contracting and passing on dieseases.Maybe,the mozzies with the R,R,V and the dengue fever have differen't types of anteseptic which in its self carries the virus and not the poor old mozzie himself.That I don't know.Maybe what they inject is a two part thing which also has anti-coagulant(now I know that ain't spelt right)in it,but whatever it is it's stong.

I think my basics are right,but my terminology could be out a bit,any scientists out there?,Hey while I'm here ya can all call me Glenn,dubdub's just about Vdub combis.

Glenn.

-- Edited by DubDub on Monday 30th of March 2009 04:13:28 PM