SURABAIA – Patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in East Java from January 1 to September 24, 2022 reached 8,894 people. With the death toll of 110 people or the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 1.2%.
This was announced by the vice president of Commission E of the East Java DPRD, Hikmah Bafaqih, on the basis of data from the East Java Health Service, on Monday (26/9). Hikmah added that compared to 2021, the number of DHF sufferers from January to December 2021 was 6,760 people with 72 deaths or 1% CFR.
“The highest number of DHF sufferers in 2022 is Malang Regency up to 600 people, Tuban Regency up to 481 people, Ngawi Regency up to 471 people, Malang City up to 448 people and Banyuwangi Regency up to 407 people,” he said. explained.
This PKB politician added that the highest number of DHF deaths in 2022 was Banyuwangi Regency up to 11 people, Nganjuk Regency up to 11 people, Malang City up to 10 people. Then Magetan Regency, Malang Regency, Pamekasan Regency and Pasuruan Regency each up to 5 people.
“In reality, this case is a serious thing that happens every year. It was rarely exposed last year because everything was centered around Covid-19. We’ve warned the Health Bureau to take this annual disease seriously. In fact, if this prevention is done massively, this epidemic can be anticipated. Therefore, the Health Office shouldn’t get bored of educating the public, “she explained.
Wisdom appealed to the public not to feel safe during the tarnish. According to him it will be useless even if you do the fogging but ignores other factors such as stagnation of water and does not maintain the resistance of the organism.
“Therefore, in a situation like this, health workers starting with puskesmas, polindes have to go down to the community to educate about dengue prevention,” he said.
Earlier, the head of the East Java Health Office, Dr. Erwin Astha Triyono, admitted that efforts have been made to increase the community’s role in mosquito nest eradication (PSN) in drainage, closure, monitoring and accumulation (3M Plus) through a house one jumantik business. Then also coordinate with related sectors in efforts to prevent dengue.
“DHF is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus transmitted by the Aedes aegypti and Ae mosquitoes. albopictus. The mode of transmission of this mosquito takes the dengue virus when it bites or sucks the blood of a person with dengue disease or whose blood contains the dengue virus but shows no symptoms of disease, “he said.
According to him, the inhaled dengue virus will multiply and spread throughout the mosquito’s body, including the salivary glands. When the mosquito bites or sucks another person’s blood, the virus is transferred along with the mosquito’s saliva.
The dengue virus will attack the small blood clotting cells (capillaries), causing bleeding and lack of fluids which can even lead to shock.
“The symptoms of dengue fever are 2-7 days accompanied by bleeding manifestations and a decrease in the number of platelets. Factors that influence the spread of DHF are population density, population mobility and community behavior. global climate change, economic growth and the lack of availability of clean water, “he concluded. (mouse / shelf)
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