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DENGUE FEVER

By GPT Admin 4 May, 02, 2019

In order to enjoy an adventurous and astonishing trip to a specified country, you must be perfectly healthy and fit. Before you plan a trip to somewhere in the world, you must search for its medical history and seek your healthcare advisor. As you know there are millions of trillions of diseases that affect our life badly and put our lives on serious risk. There are a number of deadly bacterial and cardiovascular diseases.

Unsurprisingly, Dengue Fever is one of such diseases that can cause deaths and affect the victim’s body badly. Dengue Fever is a disease spread by a mosquito named as Aedes Aegypti. Once you are infected by the Dengue Virus, you will develop immunity to that virus for the rest of your life.

Research of the Center for Disease and Prevention has estimated that about 400 million cases of Dengue Fever are registered every year. Mostly the tropical regions are affected. It is one of the common diseases in Panama that has caused numerous deaths in the past years. Other infected regions are listed below:

  • Mexico
  • Pakistan
  • The Caribbean
  • Pacific Islands
  • Taiwan
  • Southern China
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Northern Parts of Australia
  • Argentina, Thailand, and Singapore.

Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Getting infected with this disease, you will start feeling the symptoms after four to seven days. If you feel any of the symptoms, you must tell your health care advisor. In most of the cases, the symptoms are mild that last for about seven to 10 days. Symptoms of Dengue Fever are as follows:

  • Sudden, high fever
  • Severe Headache
  • Swollen lymph glands
  • Severe Joint & Muscle Pains
  • Skin Rash
  • Mild to Severe Nausea & Vomiting
  • Bleeding from Nose or Gums
  • Bruising on the skin
  • Febrile convulsions

Diagnosis of Dengue Fever

If you feel any of the above mentioned symptoms, you must seek your health care advisor that will make your way through the diagnosing process. To diagnose Dengue Fever, the doctor will use some blood tests and check the visibility of infection and viral antibodies. Two common types of the blood test for Dengue Fever are:

  • Positive ImG
  • Positive IgG

Treatment of Dengue Fever

There is no specific treatment available for Dengue Fever. If you are infected with the disease, you can use the over-the-counter pain relievers to reduce the fever and joint pains. Be aware, do not use aspirin and ibuprofen medications because it can cause more bleeding. Furthermore, drinking plenty of water and different fluids that can also be helpful to avoid dehydration that might occur due to vomiting. If there is no change in your health within 24 hours, you must visit a hospital.

Or if you are suffering from this death-defying disease and want to avail the best possible services immediately, you can surely contact us. Register yourself on the Global Patient Transfer platform, share your medical reports with us. We assure you will get the best possbile treatment services that will surely satisfy you.  

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