Mosquito madness hits my part of the world twice every year, in March / April and then October / November. The reason for this is outbreaks of a mosquito transmitted disease called dengue fever that were widespread a few years ago.
This is a very debilitating infection called bone-breaking fever due to the intense bone and joint pain it causes. It also goes by the name of haemorrhagic fever due to the bleeding that occurs from the nose or mouth in severe cases.
Twice a year in “dengue fever season” , the feverish attempt at extermination of mosquitoes that ensues reaches a hysterical degree. Draining waterfalls, fountains and decorative ponds as well as clearing rain gutters assumes prime importance. Shopkeepers make a handsome profit from sales of insecticide sprays, mosquito repellents and electric ” insectocutors “.
All this activity, however, achieves the desired result. The cases of the disease are now far fewer than they used to be.
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I spend much of the summer engulfed in mosquito deterrent. It mostly works.
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A difficult prompt, very well handled.
I don’t like these blood suckers! 😀
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Thank you Sadje.
Those blood suckers are really irritating.
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You’re welcome
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There are lots of mosquitoes here in the spring. They aren’t carrying anything, though; just an itchy annoyance and a need for lots of bug spray.
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It’s good they don’t carry anything.
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I remember my days when living in Malaysia as a child of six/seven now some fifty years again .. when Malaria was rife – mosquito nets, drainings, tablets the size of the current fifty pence piece and the coils. Of course they didn’t drain the monsoon drains and of course malaria killed several of the neighbours in the later 60’s – nasty business. I recall distinctly Mr Potter and Mr Hays dying through malaria.
Nice post.
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Thank you.
We get only a few cases of malaria now but dengue fever still keeps surfacing.
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Yes, l was reading an article about it last month in a medical journal, very worrying.
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We don’t get a lot of mosquitoes here but when we lived in Ontario the mosquitoes were so thick they could carry you away – bad joke, but not far off the mark. When my brother would visit he would get eaten. It was bad. As my brother used to say: “for every one you kill a thousand comes to its funeral.” LOL
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I love your brother’s line about the funeral.
I will definitely use it with your permission.
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That’s an awful disease any disease is awful. My grandma got encephalitis from a mosquito bite. I love to be outside so I am bitten up. I heard mosquitoes transmit COVID but I doubt that I’m not going to worry about that.
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