Dengue Fever

antibodies against dengue virus which appear in the body in response to infection after Ig M antibodies

you can try pedia lite... That will only keep your 5 yr old from dehydrating. I am not sure what to tell you. But my daughter has had the same thing. She is almost 5 (will be in May). I am tkaing her to the docs tonight. Let you know what I find out. She hasn't really eaten in the past 6 days. She is pale and always wanting to sleep. I have been giving her Motrina nd it takes the fever away for a few hours and then it is back again!

The platelets are destroyed. These are necessary for clotting. If they are too low, you can hemorrhage to death.

The cause of dengue is being bitten by a mosquito which has taken a blood meal from an infected carrier, usually human. Much the same as Malaria, which is only transmitted from human to human by the mosquito. West Nile Virus, EEE and other "flu like symptom" illnesses can be transmitter by mosquito from a human, bird, horse etc.

The problem with Dengue is if you get it the second time it can be deadly.

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What we need is a non-toxic pesticide that also keeps repelling mosquitoes for more than a few hours.

Yes, it is contagious with dogs but not to humans, and usually not to other pets.

dengue is otherwise known as Three- day fever, Break bone fever and dandy fever.

Yep, now would be a good time to get your will in order.

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The short answer is: Yes, and often the 2nd time around the dengue will be more severe.

The long answer is:

There are 4 general types of dengue fever - these are called serotypes. Once 1 serotype of dengue has been contracted, limited immunity to this serotype is generated. However, if a person who has contracted dengue once, gets re-infected with a different serotype, this will often increase the severity of the disease and increase the chances of developing the much much more severe dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Also, dengue is notorious for being generally more severe in children.

They may not actually be more likely to catch it, but when they do, it is a more serious and potentially deadly disease for them. This is true of any type of influenza, not only swine flu (H1N1/09). Children, especially infants, have immature immune systems that are not prepared for a battle with a strong virus, and infants under 6 months old can not yet be given vaccinations to prevent the disease because of their immature systems. The elderly often have poorly functioning immune systems with the same problems and, even when they get a vaccination, it may not be as effective in their weakened states, especially if they have other underlying health issues putting them at higher risk for complications.

since there is destruction of the platelets, the red blood cell production in the bone marrow will increase since the platelet production will not compete with it.

Guava!!! And it is also good to drink it in the form of fresh juice. That is all I had for about 3 weeks during the worst of it for me. Also date honey is good for raising platelets. Drink a lot of fluids. And Papaya leaves help the liver out a ton!

Chikungunya is a viral disease that is transmitted by mosquito bites. Patient get severe joint pains and fever. Joint pains can last for months together. Giving a course of corticosteroids during fever largely prevents this complication.

Yes. Menstruation will not affect antibody levels or actual virus in the blood if you are infected.

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Other than being bitten by an Aedes mosquito, someone can get the dengue virus in their blood through contamination.