What are the symptoms of dengue fever?
After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 days, when
the patient starts exhibiting symptoms such as fever, chills and fever is usually accompanied by headache in front portion of head or behind the eyes.Affects legs, joints, and lumbar spine.Usually the pain gets severe after its onset.The pain may last for several weeks even after the fever has subsided.
THE OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE :
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pale, cold, or clammy skin
- Difficulty breathing
- Loss of appetite
- Increased sensation to touch
- Change in taste sensation
- Symptoms maybe milder in children than in adults
- Rash - red and white patchy rashes:
- Bleeding from Nose or Epistaxis
- Bleeding from gums
- Bleeding from Stomach - appearing as blood in the vomit
What precautions should one take?
People should not ignore any kind of fever — they must immediately visit their family doctor and on his
suggestion, they should take the required blood test. Self-medication is the most dangerous thing when it
comes to dengue. Also, once they feel slightly better, patients should not stop medication half-way through a
course.
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