I seem to be the self-appointed bringer of bad tidings. But with one dead and several sick in AIIMS itself, I thought I should put up a few pointers about dengue. You may already be well informed but here goes.
Dengue is caused by a virus which is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquito, which mostly bites in the daytime. It has very prominently striped legs. So bring out the Odomos and the Allouts.
Symptoms are not very specific..fever, pain behind the eyes,and backache (break-bones fever). This stage does not need much treatment. Just paracetamol to bring down the fever and PLENTY OF FLUIDS. Also very important is DO NOT USE ASPIRIN (It has anticoagulant side effects so it will worsen any bleeding tendencies)
Its only when you start getting reddish rashes (first on the trunk then to the extremities and face) and bleeding from weird places that you need to worry. Otherwise dengue is self limited. You do not need to use antibiotics.
So if you get fever and symptoms suggestive of Dengue:
1)Get your blood counts done esp PLATELET COUNT (Should be atleast 100,000/ml)
2)IF you can, get dengue serology done (You just need to give 3-4 ml of blood for this)
3)Do not take ASPIRIN to bring down the fever.
4)Take the week off, relax and drink plenty of fluids.
5)Visiting a doctor is not a bad idea, especially if rashes or bleeding is seen.
Hope that was useful.
October 2nd, 2006 at 9:05 am
Great job and keep doing. Looks like there’s already a portfolio here – Health issues. Are you into mede\icine by any chance? Perhaps, you could be an author which means you could publish your own content. Lemme know.
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October 2nd, 2006 at 9:17 am
fluids? like?
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October 2nd, 2006 at 9:40 am
AIIMS student ber dengue fever a a thih si chuan enge a nat na hi ..rang tak damdawi a inchhan theih miah loh tihna em ni?????/ nge kan medical student boral ta chu a mawl ve hrim hrim a in entirna chang a hre lo?…… nge AIIMS hian damlo te mamawh rang tak in a ti nghal ngai miah lo tihna zawk …huizzzzzzzzzzzz…………
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October 2nd, 2006 at 9:57 am
Yeah I second the motion. Let’s have a dear_doc_diary category. I wanna everything and I do mean everything there is to know and to be known about arthritis and every other age-related health problem huiss my pore ole bonez
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October 2nd, 2006 at 9:59 am
* know everything ka tihna
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October 2nd, 2006 at 10:12 am
Yup… now.. how do we name the category – dear_doc_diary? Sounds good to me.
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October 2nd, 2006 at 12:07 pm
duh! orange juice, grape juice, ORS, plain old water, glucose etc etc… not Old Monk or Romanov!
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October 2nd, 2006 at 12:10 pm
J wrote:
benjamin wrote:
hets in sual e mai tikhan bawl suh u. We should be happy that she’s keeping us up to date with such vital info. She’s sweet and caring and… sweet. Keep it up dear diary.
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October 2nd, 2006 at 12:12 pm
inbolnesss
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October 2nd, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Not boling. This is serious business
-benjamin
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October 2nd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Sandman wrote:
Oinkkk…. to slightly misquote Shelley:
If a new female comes
Can the Shagmeister be far behind?
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October 2nd, 2006 at 3:11 pm
dear diary kha ti khan ti suh u auh…. ka siannu nih kha!!
how do we pronounce “dengue” den’gi’ nge denji or den-jui or is it den’gu’
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October 2nd, 2006 at 7:33 pm
I’ve seen people on NDTV pronounce it as deng-ghee (ghee as in how we pronounce ghee in Mizo… geeu).
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October 2nd, 2006 at 7:46 pm
thank gheeu sandman
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October 3rd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Thi (bleeding) a intan tawh chuan platelet tranfusion char char lo chuan chhan an har. A mawl vang pawh a ni bik lovang. Vanneih leh vanduai hi a awm ve a. A then an respond a a then an thi vat a chu chu ni deuh ber mai. AIIMS ah chuan an blood bank a an platelet ni hnih chhungin an hmang zo tawh an tih kha. Hospital dangah pawh a vang tawh khawp mai an ti.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Arre. Thiam leh thiam lovin rawn intih thrat ve mahnak a laiin inbawl chu chi lovang
Brufen te pawh hian aspirin ang hian thi (bleeding) a ti zual thei a. Khawsik tan a COMBIFLAM, SUMO etc (Paracetamol +brufen) te pawh kha an effective hle nain an hlauhawm phian thei a. Dengue prone area a cheng tan chuan tun ang hunah chuan paracetamol mawl tawp kha a tha ber, ka rawn ti leh hram a ni e.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 10:04 pm
In va han thluak hlawm tak ooo, in in chhan dan hi. Nuihzatthlakin!!
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October 3rd, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Virgochass pawh a lo dengue ve a lom mawle… dam vat se a tha ang
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