Necessary Dengue Fever Precautions

Precautions to prevent dengue fever are far better than getting infected. With some necessarydengue fever precautions one can get rid of it and can easily deal with dengue virus before its deadly affect.

What is Dengue Fever?

Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever is a serious viral disease transmitted by the bite of Aedes albopictus mosquito. Dengue is inflicted in two forms: dengue fever and the dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).

Dengue fever is yet severe but does not cause death whereas in Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) bleeding from nose starts and is a fatal disease leading to death if not cured on time.

Where Does Aedes Albopictus Mosquito Found?

Aedes Albopictus Mosquito causes dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever. It breeds in small openings, leaf axils, flower and plants pots, discarded tyres, old oil drums, animal drinking water pots and potentially in stagnant and all water storage containers near human dwellings.

Aedes albopictus mosquito bites during day unlike the malaria mosquito.

Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Symptoms of dengue fever vary with age of the patient such as infant and young children get a measles-like rash with high fever whereas older children and adults get mild illness, severe headache, sore eye, body pain, vomiting, appetite loss and nausea along fever. In DHF bleeding and shocks also occur.

Dengue Fever Precautions

Avoiding mosquitoes bite is the major precaution against dengue fever. People should take following necessary precautions to combat dengue fever before it gets in body:

• Keep home, environment and surrounding hygiene
• Remove all stagnant water and containers
• Keep all drains well maintained and repair all chokes
• Avoid accumulation of ground water
• Fill up all defective grounds
• Don’t store water
• Avoid unnecessary irrigation
• Cover all containers properly
• Change flower vase water once a week to prevent dengue mosquito breeding there
• Wrap all unused plastic tyres
• Regularly change water in animal drinking containers
• Use mosquito repellents to avoid mosquito bite
• Use mosquito screen to prevent mosquito attack
• Use aerosols and mosquito coils to kill mosquitoes
• Wear long sleeve and fully covered clothes
• Use mosquitoes net around bed while sleeping

Measures To Be Taken During Dengue Fevers

Patient infected by dengue fever must follow these measures:

• Get a blood test by microbiological laboratory
• Take plenty of water and cold fluids
• Bath in cold water and place ice bag over abdomen and head
• Don’t take aspirin
• Get proper medical checkup

Add few drops of lemon in apple juice and then have this fluid as it replaces lost platelets

Learning to Walk

In this guide:

• When will she walk?
• Encouraging walking
• Safety precautions
• Should you buy a walker?
• Baby's first shoes
• Summary

  Overview

  A baby's first few years are marked by many milestones. But the one you'll probably always remember is when he took his first wobbly steps. Walking is a major developmental leap for babies, and parents are often anxious about when it'll happen. Every baby learns to walk at his own pace, however, so just because your friend's child is already toddling doesn't mean yours should be, too! Read on to find out what signals indicate your child is ready to walk, how you can help, and more.

  When will my baby walk?

  Most babies take their first steps around their first birthday, but the age range varies from 9 to 18 months. Don't worry if your baby takes a few detours along the way. Some kids never crawl  -- they go straight from standing to walking  -- and that's perfectly normal. What's important at this stage is that your child is using arms and legs together to become mobile. If your child is doing any of the following, walking is not far behind:
  
  • Rolling around
  • Crab walking
  • Scooting
  • Climbing stairs using his hands
  Look at your child's progress. Is he doing more this month than last month? Is he getting a little bit more of his body off the ground? If so, you've got nothing to worry about. If by the end of his first year he doesn't make any effort to get around somehow, talk to your doctor.

  How to encourage walking

  It takes most babies about 1,000 hours of practice from the time they pull themselves upright to the time they can walk alone. To help prepare your child for taking those first few steps:
  From birth:
  The single most important requirement for walking: strong back muscles, which babies develop by lifting their heads while lying on their tummies. So make sure yours gets plenty of tummy time while awake. Place interesting toys and objects just out of reach for motivation.
  
  Once she can sit:
  Help her practice her balance and mobility by rolling a ball back and forth with her. Or hold a toy in front of her and move it from side to side, which will encourage her to lean this way and that. As she lunges forward or crawls, she'll develop more strength in her neck, back, legs, and arms, as well as more control of her hips  -- enabling her to pull herself up to a standing position  -- and safely plop down again.
  Once she can stand:
  Let her walk in front of you while you hold her hands  -- and periodically let go of one hand so she can experiment with balance. Or stand a few feet away from her and cheer her on when she's standing on her own. Offer lots of encouragement and praise.
  Once she can cruise:
  After she has mastered standing, she may start to leave her handprints all over the house as she cruises from the wall to a chair to the coffee table. Help her by arranging sturdy furniture so she can make her way across the room. She may not yet be able to sit from a standing position, which she'll want to learn to do before walking on her own. Be close by so you can help ease her butt down with your hand; then she'll be able to sit without hurting her bottom.

  Safety precautions

  Your newly mobile baby can get around faster than you think! Step up your childproofing:
  * Remove low tables with sharp corners that are hard to cover well enough to prevent injury. (Lacerations above or at the eyebrows are so common among kids learning to walk that in hospital emergency rooms they're called coffee-table lacerations!)
  * Put away furniture that topples easily.
  * Scour your home for trailing cords or other items your child might trip on. Put away throw rugs, retack loose carpet, and have siblings pick up their toys.
  * Install safety gates at the top and the bottom of the stairs, and supervise your baby whenever he's on the stairs.
  * Lock up all potentially harmful household substances.

  Should I buy a walker?

  The short answer: No! Canada has banned the sale of walkers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics supports a similar ban in the United States. Each year, thousands of children end up in the hospital due to injuries from using walkers, such as toppling down the stairs or reaching a hot stove.
  Bouncers and elliptical seats aren't good ideas, either. While they hold kids in an upright position, they don't help them learn to walk any faster. In fact, these devices may even delay walking if they're used too often. A child's body is not aligned correctly when he sits in one of them. Your baby's much better off on the floor or in a playpen.

  Baby's first shoes

  When indoors, it's best to let your child walk around barefoot. Her feet can grab slippery surfaces, like wood and tile floors, better. Outdoors, she'll need a pair of shoes. For a perfect fit:
  * Don't shop for shoes first thing in the morning, since feet grow about 5 percent by the end of the day.
  * Your child should be standing when you check for fit. You should be able to press the full width of your thumb between the tip of the shoe and the end of her toe, and there should be just enough room at the heel to squeeze your pinkie in.
  * Let her toddle around the store in the shoes for five minutes, then take them off and look at her feet. If there are any irritated spots, nix those shoes  -- she won't be able to break them in.
  * Check the fit monthly, since feet grow rapidly at this stage. And be ready to make a trip to the shoe store every two to three months.

  Summary

  As excited as you are about your baby taking his first steps, try to be patient. Every child has his own time frame for reaching this milestone. The best help you can offer: Be encouraging, set up safety measures, and wait. Soon enough, the pitter-patter of little feet will be all over your house!

Baby's First Words

When will your baby's cooing turn into his first word? And will it be "Mama"? Well, we can't answer the second question (though our guess is yes!), but generally babies utter their first words at 11 to 14 months, when the tongue and lips gain dexterity and the brain starts to match up objects with names. Of course, every child reaches this milestone at his own pace, but there are things you can do  -- from birth onward  -- to encourage him to talk.

How your baby communicates with you
At birth: From the very start, your baby is learning the power of communication: He cries, you make him feel better. Your response to his noise-making lays the foundation for language.

At 2 months old: Your baby can respond to your cues. So when you say sweet nothings while looking into his eyes, he can gaze back and coo in return. He's making a connection between what he hears and what he does with his mouth. And the high-pitched, singsong way you probably speak (experts call it "motherese") keeps your baby riveted so he can start to decipher sentences and words.

At 6 to 8 months old: Get ready for all the adorable babbling! Your baby makes vowel sounds now, and will add consonants, too. Within months he may imitate the sounds he hears when you speak.

Encouraging baby talk
Give everything a name. At bathtime, for instance, say, "This is the shampoo," as you reach for it. Your baby will build her vocabulary.

Read together. At first she won't understand what you're saying, but you'll stimulate her senses and build a lifelong love of books.

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Be silly. Games like "so big" or peekaboo reinforce listening, turn-taking, and imitation  -- prerequisites for conversation.

Sing. Babies naturally love music, and singing is a great way to introduce a range of sounds.

Babble back. When your baby says "goo goo," say something similar in return, like "Hey, boo boo, how are you?" The play on sounds makes language fun. Before you babble on, pause to let her "talk" so she gets a feel for the rhythm of real conversation.

First words

Your child will probably say his first word right around his first birthday (what a nice present for Mom!). Most early words are repeated: You say "spaghetti" and she says "geddy." By 16 months, she'll be able to say a handful of words  -- an average of 50 for girls and 30 for boys. (Boys tend to develop speech about a month or two later.)

This is the age range when most kids' progress varies most widely. To help yours enjoy chattering:

Provide plenty of narrative at playtime. If he's having fun with his toy farm, for instance, say, "Gus is holding the cow. 'Moo,' says the cow," And so on. Help him put words to objects and verbs to actions.

Don't anticipate every desire. Try not to rush to refill his sippy cup when it's getting low  -- let him tell you first.

Make like a monkey. Or a cow or a kitty. Animal sounds are some of the simplest for little talkers to form because they don't have a lot of consonants.

First sentences

Your toddler will likely start using short sentences now, like "More juice" or "Want ball." Encourage her by:

Prompting. When you're looking at a book together, ask her to describe what's going on in the pictures, which will reinforce her vocabulary. But don't do it to the point of frustration. If your toddler finds quizzing annoying, she may just clam up.

Kicking it up a notch. Repeat her simple sentences in more complicated ways. If she says "Doggy bark," for instance, reply, "Yes, the doggy is barking."

Build your child's vocabulary

By age 2, your child can start to follow increasingly complex sentences and use more pronouns, adjectives, and prepositions. Now's when the two of you can have the real conversations you've been waiting for. Tips for inviting more talk:

Avoid correcting him... Instead, repeat what he just told you in the proper form. If he says, "Daddy goed to work," you can say, "Yes, you're right. Daddy went to work."

...but get him to correct you. Hold up his pants and say, "Let's put on your hat!" Kids love it when you make a silly mistake.

Give him some room. Try not to finish his sentences, and pause after you ask him a question. It may take him a little while to think through what he wants to say.

Get him to tell you stories. Ask him about that trip to the zoo  -- what he saw, what he liked most. Don't expect too much; stories for little kids can be as simple as "I saw a lion."

When to get help

About one in four children is a late talker  -- and fewer than half of those kids will require therapy to get them on track. The best time to get professional help is when your child is around 2 1/2  -- the age when late bloomers usually catch up.

Signs that your child may be delayed include:

• She's still speaking in single syllables or drops final consonants.
• She doesn't use two-word sentences or ask questions.
• She melts down frequently because you don't understand her.

Let your instincts guide you, and consult your doctor, who can refer you to a specialist if necessary.

Summary

Your baby's first word is an exciting milestone, and one that you're probably anxiously waiting for. Keep in mind, though, that every child develops at his own rate, and whether your child is an early talker or a late one seldom has an impact on his later communication skills. Talk, sing, read, and play silly games with him. The more you communicate  -- from birth on up  -- the more language he'll learn.