Elderly patients have weakened immunity and are vulnerable to severe outcomes of mosquito-borne diseases.[2-5]

  • Due to age-related decline in immunity, elderly people have increased rates of dengue haemorrhagic fever, severe dengue symptoms, hospitalization and dengue-related mortality.[2-4]

  • In adults with preexisting arterial hypertension or skin allergy dengue fever is 1.6 and 1.8 times more likely to progress to dengue haemorrhagic fever.[5]

  • In chikungunya, elders (e.g., > 65 years), and people with underlying medical conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease) are at risk of severe disease outcomes.[6]

  • Elderly people who contract malaria are prone to complications such as respiratory failure, renal failure, anaemia, and hyperparasitaemia.[7]

Your elderly patients need protection from mosquito bites when they are outdoors.

Goodknight’s 100% natural Fabric Roll-On provides superior protection from mosquito bites outdoors.

Your prescription has the power to protect.

Recommend Fabric Roll-On to protect your patients against the 3X higher risk of mosquito bites outdoors.[1]

HOW TO USE

  • Advise your patient to apply four coin-sized dots on clothes before stepping outdoors.

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References:
1) Chandra G, Bhattacharjee I, Banerjee R, et al. Pattern of Human-biting Activity of Aedes aegypti L. and Aedes albopictus Skuse in a Garden Locale from City of Kolkata, India. Journal of Mosquito Research. 2015; 5(13): 1-5.
2) Rowe EK, Leo YS, Wong JG, et al. Challenges in dengue fever in the elderly: atypical presentation and risk of severe dengue and hospital-acquired infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Apr 3;8(4):e2777.
3) Mahmood S, Hafeez S, Nabeel H, et al. Does Comorbidity Increase the Risk of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue Shock Syndrome? ISRN Tropical Medicine. 2013. Available from: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/139273/
4) Garcia-Rivera EJ, Rigau-Pérez JG. Dengue severity in the elderly in Puerto Rico. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2003 Jun;13(6):362-8.
5) Teixeira MG, Paixão ES, Costa Mda C, et al. Arterial hypertension and skin allergy are risk factors for progression from dengue to dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case control study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 May 21;9(5):e0003812.
6) CDC. Chikungunya [Internet]. 2014 Jul 22 [cited 2017 Jul 28]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/pdfs/chikv_clinicians.pdf
7) Stich A, Zwicker M, Steffen T, et al. [Old age as risk factor for complications of malaria in non-immune travellers].Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2003 Feb 14;128(7):309-14.