DENGUE
Dengue fever is an acute illness caused
by a family of viruses that are
transmitted bite of by mosquitoes,
infected with one of the four dengue
virus serotypes. Dengue fever is also
called, "breakbone" or "dandy fever." It
is a febrile illness that affects infants,
young children and adults with
symptoms showing 3-14 days after the
infected mosquito bite. Headache,
fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and
joint pain, lymphadenopathy (swollen
lymph nodes), and rash are the main
symptoms which can be found in any
individual at sudden onset. The
"dengue triad" is a very important
characteristic of dengue; fever, rash,
and headache.
The sever form of Dengue is called
“Dengue hemorrhagic fever”. It is
characterized by fever, headache,
abdominal pain, persistent vomiting,
black stools, bleeding (petechiae,
blisters under the skin, bleeding in the
nose or gums) and breathing difficulty.
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