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green algae is very good to deal with dengue hemorrhagic fever patients. These plants are able to accelerate healing and improve the patient’s health condition.

This was revealed in a study with researchers from Hospital Bhakti Karya Bogor, Association of Medical Specialist Internist (PAPDI) Bogor branch, and the Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University who disosialisasi in a press conference on Thursday (4/2/2010).

A total of 82 patients included severe hemorrhagic fever in the study and divided into two groups: treatment and control groups.

Principal investigator of the RS Teruna Adi Karya Bhakti said, both groups received standard therapy as directed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the provision of fluids, salt body, and balanced nutritional foods. So far, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) there is no cure or vaccine. So far, patients need to be severe if the blood transfusion, albumin, or plasma. Sometimes given painkillers or oxygen.

In the study therapy plus treatment group of green algae extract (chlorella) in the form of syrup as much as 30 ml per day. After that, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet sufferers checked daily until symptom-free subjects DHF and platelets rose to more than 100,000. The results are statistically analyzed.

Result, the use of green algae are able to significantly accelerate healing, improve vascular permeability, and increased platelets.

In the treatment group, the average healing period of 2.76 days and 4.43 days in the control group. Increased platelet and hemoglobin and hematocrit decreased more rapidly in the treatment group.

He said dengue is a disease is self-limited. In the dynamics often have a fever with bleeding disorders, can even develop into katastrofik (renjatan syndrome, dengue). This is because the ability to reproduce the virus (viral replication) high because of the reverse transcriptase enzyme assistance. When attacked by DBD, interferon alpha that serves to protect cells from viruses are also not formed.

Green algae is suspected to accelerate healing by inhibiting the enzyme reverse transcriptase so that pressing the multiplication of the virus.

In addition, green algae also increases nonspecific and specific immunity and stimulate bone marrow production functions that play a role in platelet formation. Green algae that contain nucleic acid also serves to form immune.

Adi said that, if the fever reaches 39 degrees celsius and platelets below 100,000, preferably to the hospital immediately. In many cases, the patient was not aware he was hit by dengue. “Once the fever and dizziness and little free medication and feel better. In fact, the virus continued to multiply, and open the possibility of more acute illness or, even, in shock, “he said.

In addition to food, safe-green algae are given to assist faster healing and avoid keakutan.

Other researchers, Hartati Yekti Effendi, teaching field, especially Pathophysiology of Public Health Nutrition at the IPB, say, the handling of DHF is not enough to cure the patient. Keep in mind also the handling of vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

“Mosquitoes that bite people ever going to be vectors of disease spread during the two months that the mosquito’s lifetime. Flight mileage of about 20 houses so far, “he said