Dengue Case Study
OBJECTIVES
General
This case presentation aims to identify and determine the general heath problems and needs of the [pic]patient with an admitting [pic]diagnosis of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Type 1. This presentation also intends to help [pic]patient promote health and medical understanding of such condition through the application of the nursing skills.
Specific
• To raise the level of awareness of patient on health problems that she may encounter. • To facilitate [pic]patient in taking necessary actions to solve and prevent the identified problems on her own. • To help [pic]patient in motivating her to continue the health care provided by the health workers. • To render nursing care and information to [pic]patient through the application of the nursing skills.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone” fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking, hence the name. Health experts have known about dengue fever for more than 200 years.
INTRODUCTION
Dengue fever is found mostly during and shortly after the rainy season in tropical and subtropical areas of • Africa • Southeast Asia and China • India • Middle East • Caribbean and Central and South America • Australia and the South and Central Pacific
An epidemic in Hawaii in 2001 is a reminder that many states in the United States are susceptible to dengue epidemics because they harbor the particular types of mosquitoes that transmit it. Worldwide, more than 100 million cases of dengue infection occur each year. This includes 100 to 200 cases reported annually to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mostly in people who have recently traveled abroad. Many more cases likely go unreported because some health care providers do not recognize the disease. During the last part of the 20th
General
This case presentation aims to identify and determine the general heath problems and needs of the [pic]patient with an admitting [pic]diagnosis of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Type 1. This presentation also intends to help [pic]patient promote health and medical understanding of such condition through the application of the nursing skills.
Specific
• To raise the level of awareness of patient on health problems that she may encounter. • To facilitate [pic]patient in taking necessary actions to solve and prevent the identified problems on her own. • To help [pic]patient in motivating her to continue the health care provided by the health workers. • To render nursing care and information to [pic]patient through the application of the nursing skills.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone” fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking, hence the name. Health experts have known about dengue fever for more than 200 years.
INTRODUCTION
Dengue fever is found mostly during and shortly after the rainy season in tropical and subtropical areas of • Africa • Southeast Asia and China • India • Middle East • Caribbean and Central and South America • Australia and the South and Central Pacific
An epidemic in Hawaii in 2001 is a reminder that many states in the United States are susceptible to dengue epidemics because they harbor the particular types of mosquitoes that transmit it. Worldwide, more than 100 million cases of dengue infection occur each year. This includes 100 to 200 cases reported annually to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mostly in people who have recently traveled abroad. Many more cases likely go unreported because some health care providers do not recognize the disease. During the last part of the 20th