Diet And Health Tips For People Suffering From Dengue Fever!!!

Food/Diet for A Dengue Patient

Dengue is on height nowadays. It is affecting people of all ages. Do you have any dengue patient in your home or do you want to save your family from dengue? Dengue has symptoms like high fever, joints and headache, red spots on skin, etc. Some food items can helps you recover from this disease easily.

ORANGE

Orange has abundance of nutritious contents and vitamins. It is full of vitamin C, which is an important antioxidant. The fibre present in orange helps to fight the indigestion caused due to dengue. Either give its juice or slices to the patient.

OATMEAL (DALIYA)

Oatmeal (Daliya) is eaten as breakfast all around the world. It has fibre and other nutritious contents in high quantity and helps to fight with this disease. It can be swallowed easily and also gets easily digested. That’s why you should give daliya to the dengue patient.

COCONUT WATER

Dengue causes dehydration. Coconut water has ample amount of minerals and electrolytes. It helps in maintaining water level in the body. You should surely include coconut water in dengue patient’s diet.

FRUIT JUICE

Vitamin C is a very effective antioxidant. It increases the production of collagen and improves immunity. Orange, pineapple, guava, strawberry and kiwi enhances the production of lymphocytes in blood which fights with viral infection.

PAPAYA

Papaya has lots of medicinal properties. Lots of researchers have proved that the seed of papaya acts as poison for aedes mosquito. Dengue helps in increasing the platelet count in the patient’s body. Mash fresh papaya leaves and give its juice to the patience twice a day.

HERBAL TEA

Herbal tea also helps in reducing the symptoms of dengue fever. The patient should have herbal tea with cardamom, mint or ginger. Ginger is anti-inflammatory and has antioxidants. Make herbal tea with euphoria hirta or asthma plant.

VEGETABLE JUICE

Give fresh vegetable juice to the dengue patient. Carrot, cucumber and other green leafy vegetables helps in fighting with dengue. They have the necessary vitamins and minerals which increase immunity.

NEEM (MARGOSA) LEAVES

Neem leaves are famous for their medicinal qualities. They help in stopping the growth of dengue virus type-2. They are a very good natural medicine for dengue. Make a ‘kadha’ of neem leaves and give to patoent. Burn neem leaves in home so that dengue mosquito doesn’t come.