What is Stage 2 dengue?
Stage II:Critical stage.(~Day 5-7), at this stage when the body temperature drops, normally within 24 hours, the plasma (Fluid part of blood component) leaks and the blood pressure will drop.
What are the signs and symptoms of DHF assessed as Grade II?
Symptoms include frontal headache, retro-orbital pain, myalgias, arthralgias, hemorrhagic manifestations, rash, and low white blood cell count. The patient also may complain of anorexia and nausea.
Is Second Time dengue always fatal?
When Dengue Strikes Twice: Basically the virus causing dengue fever comes in four strains, and immunity to one seems to make infection by a second strain more dangerous. Death happens if this second time dengue two virus has infected the patient. The other strains are much less dangerous.
What are the danger signs of dengue?
Warning Signs*
- Abdominal pain or tenderness.
- Persistent vomiting.
- Clinical fluid accumulation.
- Mucosal bleed.
- Lethargy or restlessness.
- Liver enlargement > 2 cm.
- Laboratory finding of increasing HCT concurrent with rapid decrease in platelet count.
How do you treat dengue fever rash?
There is no specific medicine to treat dengue infection. If you think you may have dengue fever, you should use pain relievers with acetaminophen and avoid medicines with aspirin, which could worsen bleeding. You should also rest, drink plenty of fluids, and see your doctor.
What is the critical stage of dengue?
– Critical phase (between the third and seventh day): decrease in temperature. The majority of patients will have dengue without warning signs and proceed to the recovery phase. Certain patients will develop dengue with warning sign(s) or severe dengue.
What is the best treatment for dengue fever?
Can a person be infected with dengue twice?
A patient can get dengue from two or more different strains of dengue. Hence a patient can suffer from dengue more than once. When Dengue Strikes Twice: When patients are infected with the dengue virus they can come down with dengue hemorrhagic fever and suffer massive internal bleeding and liver damage.