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What is the prognosis for dengue fever?

Updated: 9/7/2023
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Brief Background malaria, caused by 4 different intracellular plasmodium parasites (Plasmodium falciparum, P.vivax, P.malariae, and P.ovale), is a world wide infection that affects 300 million and kills 1 million people each year. According to the World Health Organisation 90% of deaths from Malaria occur in sub-saharan Africa where Malaria is the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years old. Prognosis will vary depending on geographical location but in general: * Most patients with uncomplicated malaria exhibit marked improvement within 48 hours after the initiation of treatment and are fever free after 96 hours. * Only P falciparum infection carries a poor prognosis with a high mortality rate if untreated. However, if diagnosed early and treated appropriately, the prognosis is excellent. For treatment guidelines from the World Health Organisation see below: http://www.who.int/malaria/docs/TreatmentGuidelines2006.pdf
Malaria can spread very fast and cause death within hours or days. It's mortality rate is around 20%. The prognosis depends on the severity of the malaria.

If the malaria isn't very serious, oral drugs can be used to treat it. If it is serious, drugs must be administered via a route alternative to the gastrointestinal tract like injection or infusion.

So the prognosis of malaria all depends on how serious the disease is which usually pertains to how fast you catch it.

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15y ago

short term would be all of the symptoms, long term would be things that last a long time because of the symptoms. ie for chicken pox short term would be itchy dots, long term would be if you picked off the dots and got a scar which lasted the rest of your life

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13y ago

If treated in the early stages, malaria can be cured. Those who live in areas where malaria is epidemic, however, can contract the disease repeatedly, never fully recovering between bouts of acute infection.

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12y ago

they have it locked down but there is only one hospital that's has a cure it in portorchard Washington

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12y ago

With infants and adults over 50 death usually occurs others would survive having the right medical treatment and hydration.

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The prognosis for uncomplicated dengue fever is very good, and almost 100% of patients fully recover. However, as many as 6-30% of all patients die when DHF occurs.

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11y ago

80-85 with treatment. Fatal without.

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