Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Symptoms of Dengue Fever-

Dengue fever also called dengue fever and dengue abbreviated an infection caused by the dengue virus. Mosquitoes or some types of mosquitoes can transmit or spread the dengue virus which can cause hemorrhagic fever.

Some symptoms of dengue fever are fever, headache, skin becomes red (looks like measles), and muscle aches. In some patients, dengue fever can turn into 2 forms that can be life-threatening. The first is dengue fever, can cause bleeding, vascular leakage, and low levels of blood platelets (which resulted in the blood clot).
Approximately 80% of patients infected with the dengue virus does not show any symptoms or only mild symptoms such as fever usual in general. Approximately 5% of people infected with dengue virus will experience severe infections. The disease can even be life-threatening. Symptoms will appear around between 3 and 14 days after suffering from dengue virus. Often the symptoms may appear after the 4 to 7 days and the following symptoms of dengue and first aid.

Symptoms of Dengue Fever

High fever and can reach 38-40 degrees Celsius

There are red spots and keep in mind that these symptoms may not appear if only briefly experienced fever. How to see that there are red spots on the body with a tourniquet test is to clamp the blood vessels and is similar to the time of checking blood pressure. 

Usually red spots will appear and be visible.

Nausea and even vomiting

Head ache and heavy, especially on the forehead

Breath, becomes irregular and felt somewhat claustrophobic

Sometimes heartburn, it is because there is bleeding in the stomach

Sometimes accompanied with cough and colds

Being no appetite

Defecate into black and hard. These symptoms can be seen when low platelet began roughly below 100,000 / mm3 and the expected increase in hematocrit above 20%. Platelet levels can be detected by a blood test in the laboratory.

That the symptoms of dengue fever. If not be helped, it will undergo dehydration, severe bleeding, and blood pressure decreases. If you have not had time to go to the doctor, the following first aid for patients with dengue fever

First Aid Patients with Dengue

Make checks dengue fever patient's body temperature every day.

If fever sufferers are more than 3 days to be taken to the doctor immediately.

Provide adequate fluid intake to prevent dehydration.

Rest enough in order to keep the immune system.

Patients with dengue fever should remain supervised and not to cause shock. If the shock patients is characterized by drowsiness, fainting, fatigue, and feeling cold on the feet.

When patients with dengue fever is getting weak, vomiting, and difficulty eating and drinking then dengue fever patients should be mandatory given fluids intravenously by a doctor.

If after examination of the patients experienced a decrease in platelets and an increase in hematocrit, then the patient is required to be hospitalized.

That dengue fever symptoms and first aid. First aid has a purpose that patient endurance is increasing against dengue fever. So people are encouraged to consume lots of water and eat plenty of nutritious food such as fruits and vegetables. By doing first aid after the onset of symptoms of dengue fever, platelets can be expected to rise and grow back and the body temperature may be normal again.