Breakbone fever is more popularly known as dengue fever. It is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. It varies from mild to severe in which the severe forms include shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) that needs to be hospitalized.
Currently, doctors from all over the world can not prescribe a vaccine yet because there is still no available. The best way to prevent is to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes altogether. Though there is no certain medication for dengue, mild can still be treated as long as it is caught before it leads to dengue shock syndrome or dengue hemorrhagic fever.
There are up to 100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide every year; the most common occurrences are in urban parts of subtropical and tropical areas, such as Central and South America, parts of Africa, parts of Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific