Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease transmitted to humans through the bite of mosquito aedes. It is also known as ‘breakbone fever disease’ or ‘7 day fever’ because of its characteristic symptom...
Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease transmitted to humans through the bite of mosquito aedes. It is also known as ‘breakbone fever disease’ or ‘7 day fever’ because of its characteristic symptom of causing high fever with muscle spasm and joint pain. Dengue can range from asymptomatic to mild to even severe symptoms. Dengue outbreak is most common in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world like India, Southeast Asia, South and Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa and The Caribbean. Dramatically the incidence of dengue outbreak has been increasing over the past few decades with some countries already facing it as an endemic outbreak.
Globally dengue has been identified as one of the most fastest growing mosquito borne viral disease affecting more than 100 million people annually.
What are the Symptoms of Dengue?
What are the Warning Signs of Dengue?
- Vomiting persistently: Intense vomiting for several times leads to dehydration that need immediate attention as it leads to various complications of the health.
- Abdominal pain: When the abdominal pain continues for a longer duration the pain intensifies and your abdomen becomes tender on touch. The pain can be a distress and you may lose your appetite because of the discomfort from intense pain.
- Rapid breathing: A patient with dengue fever increases the rate of breathing making the body difficult to breathe which makes the body to breathe rapidly.
- Fatigue or restlessness: There will be unusual restlessness, agitation and irritability that are clear indications of severe dengue.
- Feeling thirsty: The body produces a lot of heat and also if a patient vomits persistently there is an enormous amount of fluid loss from the body leading to dehydration and uncontrollable thirst.
- Bleeding gums or nose bleeds: Bleeding from gums or nose or under skin in the form of tiny dots known as petechiae happens when there is high risk of dengue complication. This is a condition happens when the virus attacks the blood clotting system.
- Throwing up blood or blood in faeces: When the patient condition worsens there are common incidences of blood passing in urine.
- Pale and cold skin: As the disease progresses further in the human body there is sudden drop in blood pressure that can leads to shock and the shock state manifest as cold, pale and sweaty skin.
- Lab findings such as increased hematocrit rate and rapid decrease of platelets: There is a significant drop in the platelet count which is one of or the most important indicator warning sign of dengue fever. It can be evaluated through a blood test. Drop in the platelet count be corrected by blood transfusions.
How can I get infected with dengue?
- Human to mosquito transmission: One can get infected with dengue through the bite of aedes mosquito and the transmission can occur up to 2 days before the onset of symptoms.
- Maternal transmission: It is mother to baby transmission. The rate of transmission is not very low linked to the transmission of dengue virus when the mother is pregnant but the chances of babies suffering from low birth weight, pre-term birth and fetal distress has been significantly noted.
What is dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe and fatal condition of individuals who are already infected and suffering from dengue fever. It is a state where patient’s health condition has severely deteriorated leading to severity of the current symptoms experienced ranging from high fever to hypothermia, confusion, irritability, restlessness, weak pulse to cold and pale skin leading to hemorrhagic shock.
How can I prevent getting infected from dengue?
You can get yourself protected from dengue using the following mentioned steps:
- Sleeping under mosquito nets if you sleep during the day
- Wear clothes that covers your whole body
- Coils and vaporizers
- Mosquito repellents that contains DEET, Picardine or IR3535
- Window or door screens
- Limiting outdoor activity during summer seasons
What are the examinations to diagnose Dengue?
- CBC test (complete blood count)
- LFT test (liver function test)
- PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
- Antibody titre
How can dengue be treated?
There is no definitive medical treatment for dengue. But there are supportive treatments like giving fluids intravenously, maintaining oxygen pressure and supplementing oxygen, blood pressure management and blood transfusions. One would also advice for adequate intake of fluids in the form of water or juices of fruits or vegetables.
Can I get vaccinated for dengue virus?
Yes , for children from age 6-16 years living in endemic areas with previous dengue infection can get vaccinated with the vaccine DENGVAXIA.
What can be the complications associated after dengue?
How can Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Centre help if I get infected by dengue fever?
Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center is one of the most renowned and well established diagnostic centre based in Delhi. Paving its way for 23 years and counting since 2001 it has been even accredited by NABH and NABL.
Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center has been known over the decades to offer reliable results with good affordable prices for ample of laboratory tests for numerous diseases. Currently we are offering 50% off on many test and scans.
Free home blood sample collection is also available at Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center.
Here at Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center the following tests for dengue is available:
- Anti Dengue IgG by ELISA
- Dengue and Chikungunya Virus PCR Qualitative
- Dengue Fever Antibodies IgG & IgM
- Dengue Fever Antigen NS1, Rapid
- Dengue Fever Combined Panel
- Dengue Fever IgG Antibody, Enzyme Immunoassay
- Dengue Fever Antibodies IgM, Enzyme Immunoassay
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Conclusion
Dengue outbreak has been massively increasing over the few decades in many nations and areas of the world. With some cases being symptomless to some becoming very severe which ought to be scary for a lot of people. Thankfully we have lot of preventive measures to keep as away from infected from dengue virus and also getting yourself diagnosed with various laboratory diagnosis can be an essential and immense step to combat dengue infection to worsen overtime.
