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Dengue fever is a viral infection which is transmitted by mosquitoes. It is characterized by fever, a rash and muscle and joint pains. Dengue fever is caused by several related viruses. It is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes, found in tropic and sub tropic regions.

Dengue fever begins with a sudden onset of a high fever, often reaching up to 104-105 degrees Fahrenheit, a headache and slightly later, the appearance of severe joint and muscle pains. A flat, red rash may appear over most of the body during the early part of the fever. A second rash, measles-like in appearance, develops later in the disease. Infected people may also have increased skin sensitivity and be very uncomfortable.

When you have a runny nose, itchy eyes are sneezing or coughing, you are said to have caught a cold. Mostly, people catch a cold during the winter because of the low atmospheric humidity during the winter season which enables cold causing viruses to develop more easily. The virus can enter your body either through your mouth or nose or sometimes through your hands. You are likely to catch a cold when you come into contact with an infected person.

For a common cold, you don’t really need to go to a doctor, but if the problem persists and you have a high fever, vomiting or severe headache then you must seek medical advice. The general medicines for a common cold are decongestants, nasal sprays or suppressants etc, but have you ever thought of the side effects that these medicines may have on you or your child’s body? Pain killers like Aspirin can affect your lungs. Decongestants may cause heart palpitations and insomnia and some over the counter cough syrups can be responsible for drowsiness.

Junk food is dangerous to your health. A high intake of junk food can lead to stomach disorders and can also affect the heart. There are now over 400,000 deaths per year caused by illnesses related to being overweight, which means that obesity has now overtaken smoking for the leading preventable cause of death.

Currently, youths and children are becoming more addicted to junk food and if this continues, one in every three children born will develop diabetes in their lifetime, which can cut 17-27 years off your life. A small intake of junk food doesn’t affect you much, but too much fast food can be connected to people having a higher chance of developing diabetes and other illnesses. There is, however, an argument that with proper exercise one can reduce the risk of all these illnesses.

Asthma is a chronic but treatable disease. It happens when your airways get affected and become inflamed due to a number of various causes. Sometimes these swollen air passages produce extra mucus that can cause wheezing, which makes breathing even harder. Asthma has various symptoms like wheezing, coughing, breathing problems, etc. When these symptoms become more severe than normal, then it is called an asthma attack. During an asthma attack your air passages tighten up and become more swollen restricting the air flow and resulting in a person having difficulty in breathing. There may be different reasons for different individuals having an asthma attack and these reasons are known as triggers.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome which is a fatal disease caused by a virus known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus of AIDS attacks human white blood cells and thus weakens the immunity system. Since the AIDS virus reduces the natural immunity, patients become more prone to many other infections or diseases, in fact, most patients with AIDS die from what are known as secondary infections. Death occurs because the body cannot repel the pathogens of secondary infections since the natural defence mechanism has been destroyed by the AIDS Virus.

When it comes to eating healthy it is not as simple as changing your diet. Coming up with a variety of foods and eating them in moderation is important as well. Here are 9 tips to help you be healthier with what you eat.

Whether you have heart problems, or just do want to develop them, you can have a healthy heart if you do a few basic things everyday. The important thing is to recognize little steps you can take and having a healthy heart can be done if you follow these 10 easy tips.

It is always interesting to look at different kinds of families. No two families are exactly alike, but one goal every family should have is being healthy. Here are 5 activities to help you have a more healthy family.

If you feel like you are always on the go with not enough time to eat healthy meals, then you at least need to eat healthy snacks. One of the main causes of poor health is not eating properly on a consistent basis. I know it is a hard thing to do, but you can at least eat healthy snacks when you have a minute. Here are 5 healthy snacks tips to help you get organized.

Living a healthy lifestyle involves making choices everyday; the first thing that comes to mind in regards to health is food or exercise. Certainly these are 2 important pieces to being healthy, although there are other things you need to work at everyday as well. Here are 4 tips for living a healthy lifestyle and enjoying your life more.

First of all, when you get up in the morning, drink some orange juice with added calcium and take your multi vitamin, this combination will help build your immune system, lower your blood pressure and help prevent cancer. Next eat a heart healthy 7 gram cereal and throw some fruit on it and if you drink coffee use milk instead of cream. Finally when you brush your teeth, drink 8 oz. of water, you’re now ready to face the day.