Table of contents:
- What will happen when someone has dengue fever?
- What foods can accelerate the healing of DHF?
- 1. Guava
- 2. Papaya leaves
- 3. Dates
In tropical countries like Indonesia, dengue fever (DHF) is still a frightening specter. Indonesia is still listed as the number one country in Southeast Asia for cases of dengue fever. Meanwhile in the world, Indonesia is in second place after Brazil. Don't let dengue fever become a further complication. If handled properly, this disease can be cured.
What will happen when someone has dengue fever?
When someone is bitten by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, that's when the mosquito may infect with the dengue virus that lives in the mosquito's body. About four or six days after infection, you will likely develop symptoms of dengue fever, namely high fever, pain behind the eyes, nausea, vomiting, joint pain, fatigue, and the appearance of a skin rash two to five days after fever.
These symptoms usually last ten days. It is even possible to have light bleeding, such as on the gums, nose, and easy bruising on the body. These symptoms can develop into serious damage to the lymph nodes and blood vessels, enlarged liver, circulatory system failure, heavy bleeding and death.
What foods can accelerate the healing of DHF?
If the doctor's advice on treatment is followed correctly, usually the symptoms of dengue fever will begin to show signs of recovery within 3-5 days, then a complete recovery in less than two weeks.
Most people will feel tired when they have just recovered from dengue, but this is normal and only temporary. In fact, there are some people who take up to a month and a half until their condition is completely fit.
Apart from following the medication given by your doctor, there are several foods that can help your body recover from dengue fever.
1. Guava
Guava can be your first choice. According to a study published in the Journal of Natural Medicines, guava is able to stimulate the formation of new platelets or blood platelets. Guava is also rich in quercetin, which is a natural chemical compound that can be found in various types of fruits and vegetables.
Quercetin can suppress the formation of viral mRNA, which is the genetic material essential for viral survival. If a virus does not have enough mRNA, it cannot function properly. This will make it difficult for the virus to grow and then the increase in the number of viruses in the body can be suppressed. So it is not surprising that consuming guava in the form of whole fruit or juice can accelerate the healing of dengue fever.
In order for you to recover quickly from DHF, you can also increase your endurance by consuming enough intake of vitamins such as vitamin C. Vitamin C can help increase endurance and help the recovery process.
As reported by the medical site Medical News Today, guava contains 377 mg of vitamin C four times as much versus oranges.
2. Papaya leaves
Apart from guava, you can also try papaya leaves to increase platelets. A study proves that papaya leaf extract has membrane stabilizing properties and protects blood cells from stress damage experienced by dengue fever patients. Therefore, this papaya leaf extract might be beneficial for DHF patients in preventing platelet deficiency or exhaustion.
3. Dates
The natural sugar content, such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, in dates is proven to be able to restore energy to your body that is still weak or weak after experiencing dengue fever. Not only that, iron in dates can also naturally increase the number of platelets in the body. Plus, the content of amino acids and fiber in dates is also able to facilitate digestion.
