This month 5 of my fellow colleagues were down with dengue fever 4 was warded and 1 (Shen Kai) miraculously cured himself at home. But do not take this lightly dengue is not something that can be trifle with as it is has the potential to be fatal. It seems that lately Malaysia and singapore have recorded an increase in the epidemic due to the change in our climate which provides a much warmer weather which is best for mosquito breeding as reported in the online news link below:
Dengue cases jump to a new high
Now we move on to the infection it starts with a bite from adese mosquito causing the virus to enter the victims blood stream. At first one will feel chills then followed by severe high fever in the next few hours. Then comes in the headache and pains in the muscle and joints slowly red patches of red rashes will appear on the lower limbs and chest, for some cases the whole body. A victim may also experience abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. So if you are having the symptoms stated above i would be wise to go to the nearest pathology lab and have your blood tested. The best way to know if a person is infected by dengue is by the platelets count in the blood when it drops to <100,000 platelets per mm.
So take care people!
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