Hello Dengue

Got back to my classroom today after lunch and the entire class was dousing themselves in bug spray/lotion. Why you ask? Oh because of the recent outbreak of dengue fever. What is dengue fever? Also known as bone crusher disease because of the incredible pain it puts in victims in, it is a life threating, tropical fever spread by mosquitoes. According to Wikipedia, its symptoms include; headache, muscle and joint pains (the pains that give in the 'bonecusher' nickname), a distinctive retro-orbital pain, rash, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting coffee-grounds-like congealed blood, and diarrhea. (It can also lead to DHF, which leads to variable hemorrhagic pneumonia including bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth and ear, blood oozing out your pores, fluid in the blood vessels leaking through the skin and into spaces around the lungs and belly. And finally shock from the blood loss and death.) Oh and 3 teachers and who knows how many students have already caught it, and a language center in town was shut down because of an outbreak. I mean, I think a large percentage of my life is the same as it would be back in the states, but sometimes you get put in situations that make you appreciate the good ole U.S. of A. Oh, and give me some of that bug spray.

TPWWLT - Hootie and The Blowfish - 'Only Wanna Be With You'