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Dengue Fever Spreading Rapidly in Guangdong

Charles Liu — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:34:22 +0000

Dengue fever is spreading fast in Guangdong. More than 4,800 cases of the disease have been diagnosed since June, marking a ten year high, reports 163. The outbreak is believed to have originated in Nansha, south of Guangzhou, this summer.

Dengue fever has been found all over Guangzhou as well as Foshan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhuhai, reports China Daily.

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Huang Fuchu, the director of the Yuexiu District health bureau, has warned it “might prove more difficult to control the disease than we imagined.”

Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is spread by mosquitoes. Symptoms of the disease include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a skin rash similar in appearance to measles. While rare, the disease can become fatal in cases when it escalates to become dengue hemorrhagic fever, or dengue shock syndrome.

Elderly people that have health problems with obstructed lungs, heart disease, and high blood pressure are particularly at risk. All elderly patients are instructed by the local health authorities to seek aid at first sign of contracting the disease.

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Lung cancer the leading killer in Guangzhou

Kevin McGeary — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:00:40 +0000

The Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that cancer is the leading cause of death in the city, causing 25% of all deaths, Nanfang Daily reports.

Children with cancer are comforted by a charity worker

Of the estimated 11,700 deaths from cancer in Guangzhou each year, the biggest killer is lung cancer, and there are no prizes for guessing why that is.

The chief of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said one in three people in the city was at risk of getting cancer and colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer were all on the increase.

Lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer account for 54.79% of all malignant tumours.

Cervical cancer has almost doubled while prostate cancer has increased by 95.67%.

Authorities recommend locals take regular exercise, eat well and try not to get too stressed. Good luck with that.

Sufferers are encouraged to maintain a positive frame of mind. However, cancer survivor Barbara Ehrenreich’s 2010 book “Bright Sided” (published in the U.K. as “Smile or Die”) argues the case that positive thinking is hugely overrated.