Desk Report,
What are the symptoms of dengue and chikungunya? When is dengue most dangerous? – Doctor
How to understand which is dengue and which is chikungunya by looking at the symptoms. Is the risk higher if platelets decrease in dengue or is the risk higher if blood pressure decreases? When should you seek medical attention? Doctor Md. Tito Miah is giving advice on these issues. This time there were dengue patients throughout the year. However, the number of patients infected with dengue and chikungunya for 14-15 days is much higher. The rate of patients coming to the outpatient department and doctors’ private chambers is higher than that of hospitalization.
What are the symptoms of dengue and chikungunya? When is dengue most dangerous? – Doctor
Patients infected with lame fever or chikungunya are in wheelchairs. In Covid and influenza, fever is accompanied by a cold and sore throat. However, patients infected with dengue and chikungunya have fever but do not have a cold. Patients have pain on their body. There may or may not be a rash on their body. In dengue patients, pain is seen behind the eyes, in the back, waist and muscles. And in the case of chikungunya patients, there is pain in the joints of the body. The legs swell. There is a rash on the body. The pain level is so high that the patient cannot walk. Such patients are seen coming to the chamber leaning on the shoulders of others or in wheelchairs. If there is fever with body pain at this time, it should be checked to know for sure whether it is dengue or not. A doctor should be consulted for treatment.
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This time there were dengue patients throughout the year. However, the number of patients affected by dengue and chikungunya for 14-15 days is much higher. The rate of patients coming to the outpatient department and doctors’ private chambers is higher than hospitalization.
Patients affected by lame fever or chikungunya have been in wheelchairs. In Covid and influenza, there is a cold and sore throat along with fever. However, patients affected by dengue and chikungunya do not have a cold even though they have a fever. Patients have pain in their body. There may or may not be a rash on the body. In dengue patients, pain is seen behind the eyes, in the back, waist and muscles. And in chikungunya patients, there is pain in the joints of the body. The legs swell. There is a rash on the body. The pain level is so high that the patient cannot walk. Such patients are seen in the chamber leaning on the shoulders of others or in wheelchairs. If there is fever with body pain at this time, it should be checked to know whether it is dengue or not. A doctor should be consulted for treatment.

Dengue and chikungunya are caused by mosquito bites
The risk of death is high in dengue. Complications can occur when the fever subsides after three to four days of dengue. Water may accumulate in the lungs of many. Blood pressure may decrease. Many people have the misconception that the danger is greater if platelets decrease. But the fear is greater if blood pressure decreases than platelets. If someone’s platelets drop to 5,000, but their blood pressure is normal, there is no risk. When blood pressure drops, the patient goes into ‘shock’. Therefore, it is more important to monitor blood pressure rather than worrying about platelets. If blood pressure drops, you must be taken to the hospital.
In case of dengue and chikungunya, the patient should be given saline. The risk of death in chikungunya is low, but the suffering is high. 70 percent of people infected with chikungunya recover within one to two weeks. In 30 percent of cases, the patient may remain ill for up to three months, with body aches. In 5 to 7 percent of patients, it may take years to recover.
