Our Family is always our top priority. It was September of 2015 when my daughter was hospitalized and turned out to be positive for Dengue, as a mom I was so scared. Nurses always come in to our room every 6 hours to get blood sample from my daughter for them to monitor her platelet count.
It was an unpleasant sight for me to see my daughter in that condition at her young age. When my daughter cries due to the pain of needle inserted to her skin, it was a more painful scene and sound for me, wishing that all of what I see and hear are not real, it was really heart breaking.
It was that same month in which Dengue case was really prominent and a lot of kids are being rushed to the same hospital to be treated, we stayed in the hospital for more than a week for my daughter's recovery and since then, I always said to my self "Never Again" that I will allow this to happen and was thankful to God that she guided my daughter
Before our stay in the hospital, these were the symptoms that my daughter showed
1. High Fever 39° c - 40 ° c from 1st day
2. Vomiting
3. Stomach Pain
4. Headache
5. Rashes
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| I always make sure to apply OFF! Lotion for Kids before reading her bedtime stories. I know that she's protected from mosquitoes when she sleeps. |
I have been aware of few Dengue cases in our area, I tried to be vigilant and monitored my daughter's temperature and checked for any dengue symptoms and on the third day of her fever, We decided to consult a pediatrician and was confirmed that it was dengue
While we were on the hospital, my husband did a general cleaning at our house and made sure that we can lessen or avoid any mosquitoes
I also made sure that my daughter always have "OFF! Lotion for kids" and "OFF! Lotion Overtime" for my husband and I to keep away mosquitoes and make sure that my family is always protected with these disease carrying mosquitoes.
Chelsea also loves to visit a coffee shop in Baclaran which has an outdoor garden. I always tell her, we should apply OFF! Lotion for Kids before we can play and run in the area so that she can be protected from mosquitoes.
After the dengue incident, I become paranoid about mosquitoes that's why I'm thankful that there is OFF! Lotion that we can use to protect my daughter Chelsea from mosquitoes. I feel more confident of letting her go out and play, enjoy her childhood.
Chelsea and I love OFF! Lotion because of its tropical scent, it doesn't irritate her skin and the effect lasts long. Using OFF! Lotion is now one of our daily habit or regimen. I don't have to worry about mosquito bites, dengue, zika and other deadly diseases from these mosquitoes. as long as I have OFF! Lotion with me and in our house I feel worry free, but of course I also encourage all mommies and daddies to have a clean environment, so we can avoid these disease carrying mosquitoes in your area.
If you have same experience , hope you can share it also. What are your tips and suggestions to keep your loveone safe from Insect bites and mosquitoes.
If you have same experience , hope you can share it also. What are your tips and suggestions to keep your loveone safe from Insect bites and mosquitoes.
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Here's some tips on how we as a family keep dengue at bay:
For skin, we mix virgin coconut oil (VCO) with peppermint extract and use that instead of OFF!. There's a commercial product called Moringa Oil (see my blog post also listed on Filipino Bloggers) that is great as well. Not only does this keep mosquitoes away, it also moisturizes skin.
Internally, I suggest 3 things:
#1: reduce junk food and sweets, as they tend to lower the immune system.
#2: have a diet high in medium-chain and short-chain fatty acids. These attack the dengue virus in your system, killing it. Best sources are mature coconut (where you make "gata" and VCO from), grass fed butter, kefir.
#3: Stay well hydrated and have a diet high in Vitamin C - self explanatory.
I'm using OFF Lotion for Kids which has only 7.5% deet. From what I've read the maximum concentration recommended for children 2 months and up is 30 %.
Because of that experience I use mosquito net, long sleeve shirt and pajamas/pants for Chelsea and do everything to boost her immune system.
Quail Eggs din yung pinakain ko Kay Chelsea nung bumagsak na yung platelet nya and tawa2* tea. After nun tumaas Na uli platelet nya.
Right now may case Na rin ng Zika dito SA akin kaya kahit kami sobrang nag-iingat since wala talagang gamot ang Dengue.
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Anyway, after that incident, we always use insect repellent patches when going out. We also use an electric mosquito catcher. We do not want any of our boys to suffer what our eldest suffered. Once is enough.
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Thank you Ms.May!
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It was unfortunate, that you had to experience it but your share will help others protect themselves as well as their family.
That's thoughtful of you.
Hope you and your family have a healthy & happy new year! Sharing it ahead to spread the word ans being an Asian I have some or the other from our neighborhood as well who has experienced Dengue.
Thank you for sharing your story. I've never been a victim of dengue but the thought of it scares me. Do you find you have to wear mosquito repellent 24/7 to avoid getting bitten?
Thank you for sharing this post and awareness.
In our house naman, I use an air diffuser with citronella oil. But in places where I feel mosquitoes abound, we're armed with insect repellant like Off or other brands. I like Off's smell, too. What I'm not too fond of is that it's sticky.
Good thing you have additional preventive measure like applying anti-mosquito lotion.
Great informative post.
Katakot tlaga. Kaya lagi ako may Insect Repellent.
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But I always have Off Lotion in my bag.
You can give him/her quail eggs and drink lots of fluids
we also use OFF Lotion and patch
We've used products with citronella. Years ago, I was told by older relatives that if I did not want mosquitoes to bother me, I should eat a lot of garlic. Apparently, mosquitoes can "smell" or "sense" the garlic and do not like it. Yes, I have seen this work. A nice alternative today is that one can purchase garlic pills and take garlic as a supplement if they don't like to eat garlic (alone or with other foods).
I really suggest that you should have an insect repellent like OFF ! Lotion if you are planning to go in tropical countries or places with lots of mosquitoes.
It's crazy how a tiny little creatures can be so terrifying!