I think I maybe bitten by Aedes Mosquito
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if you have a high fever, bone and muscle aches, burning sensation in the eyes, diarrhoea, cough and runny nose, rash, or ur skin is flushed, dengue fever. nothin much to be worried about yet cuz u still can make it to a hospital in time.
if you have abdominal pain or vomitting lasting 2-4 days, nose bleeds, gum bleeds, vomit blood, black stools, red pinpricked-sized spots dues to sponatneous bruising, then ur in trouble, serious trouble. what doctors will do is get your blood sample for testing. if i'm not mistaken, in viral infections, thrombocytopenia sets in. meaning your whi8te blood cell count will be unusually low. also, in the case of dengue haemorrhagic fever, your platelet count also drops, that's why you bleed like nobody's business...best not to try your luck here. -
The symptoms you mentioned are very common and typical for any viral fever, not just dengue fever. The bleeding type symptoms is more for any viral hemorrhagic fever (Nipah Virus, Leptospirosis, Yellow Fever). The only thing that is specific is to look at your platelet counts. You also of course have to watch out for the symptoms mentioned. Rashes develop after 3 days of intermittent fever (prolonged for usually 5 days). Another name for Dengue Fever is Breakbone Fever (due to the multiple joint pains, headache and backache).Originally posted by Othello_Red:if you have a high fever, bone and muscle aches, burning sensation in the eyes, diarrhoea, cough and runny nose, rash, or ur skin is flushed, dengue fever. nothin much to be worried about yet cuz u still can make it to a hospital in time.
if you have abdominal pain or vomitting lasting 2-4 days, nose bleeds, gum bleeds, vomit blood, black stools, red pinpricked-sized spots dues to sponatneous bruising, then ur in trouble, serious trouble. what doctors will do is get your blood sample for testing. if i'm not mistaken, in viral infections, thrombocytopenia sets in. meaning your whi8te blood cell count will be unusually low. also, in the case of dengue haemorrhagic fever, your platelet count also drops, that's why you bleed like nobody's business...best not to try your luck here.
You bleed because your capillaries open up and the platelets will try to plug the breakage of the capillaries, which leads to low platelet count. With this, fluid in the blood vessels escapes into the third space (extravascular space). Hence the only method of treatment is to replace with lots of fluids (IVF). That is the only mode of treatment. The progression is from Dengue Fever --> Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever --> Dengue Shock Syndrome --> Death from Hypovolemic Shock.
The blood sample test is a viral serology IgM for Dengue Virus (highly specific, results can be obtained within 5 hours). White blood count will be raised in terms of lymphocytes.
Beware of red rashes over your skin, we call this "white islands on a sea of red".
My advice is to go seek help in the government hospital. They will ward you and give you IV fluids and monitor you over a period of 3-5 days. Once your platelet levels is on a rising trend (they withdraw blood three to four times a day), they will discharge you and tell you to return to any outpatient clinic 1 week later to check your blood for the recovery antibodies, IgG. If they are present, your body is fighting the infection and you are recovering. -
Ole ole ole. So far so good except a little backaches. False alarm nah.
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Chey..Originally posted by Manager433:Ole ole ole. So far so good except a little backaches. False alarm nah. 
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Actually bitten by Aedes may not get dengue.
I got bitten once one day before the first day of my O level.
I thought "die die die!" But in the end, I survived thru my exams. No sick. -
So lucky, but still must take precautionsOriginally posted by Manager433:Ole ole ole. So far so good except a little backaches. False alarm nah. 
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Just relaxOriginally posted by Manager433:Ole ole ole. So far so good except a little backaches. False alarm nah.
Kang chiong no use -
oh....ur still alive..
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everytime i go outfield, all the mosquitos that bite me are aedes, still alive and kicking.Originally posted by Honeybunz:Actually bitten by Aedes may not get dengue.
I got bitten once one day before the first day of my O level.
I thought "die die die!" But in the end, I survived thru my exams. No sick.
got once almost tio, fever 1 whole week..., platelet count low, blood pressure low, at one point fever went up to 40 deg. but that week never go outfield leh -
silly...bitten by aedes is quite common..
being bitten and being infected is different thing LA! -
Ask you ah... tio dengue, is it a must to go hospital?Originally posted by nismoS132:everytime i go outfield, all the mosquitos that bite me are aedes, still alive and kicking.
got once almost tio, fever 1 whole week..., platelet count low, blood pressure low, at one point fever went up to 40 deg. but that week never go outfield leh
OR can rest at home and let it recover on its own? -
If you have the symptoms, better go lar... abo wanna wait meh? Can die wan...Originally posted by Honeybunz:Ask you ah... tio dengue, is it a must to go hospital?
OR can rest at home and let it recover on its own?
Low platelet count can lead to massive blood loss, coz there is no more platelets to clot the blood as it leaves the blood vessels --> shock (low BP) and then death
Penang recorded another death again (1 week 1 death since 17 Sept)... -
Correct correct, not all mosquitoes are infected with dengue virus.Originally posted by alexkusu:silly...bitten by aedes is quite common..
being bitten and being infected is different thing LA!
There are 4 species of mosquitoes - Aedes, Culex, Malariae and Anopheles
Aedes only harbors the dengue virus, and dengue virus has 4 serotypes, A B C and D, if you get infected once, and recover and then get infected with another different serotype, you will get it worse and may even die from massive bleeding. But if you get the similar serotype again, you will be immune towards it liau...
The typical time where the mother Aedes comes out to suck blood is in the early mornings and and late afternoons... That's why most of the fogging is done in the late afternoons / early evenings... -
stay home surf sgforums. no cure anyway.
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But sometime dunno whether is it normal fever or not leh?Originally posted by renorenal:If you have the symptoms, better go lar... abo wanna wait meh? Can die wan...
Low platelet count can lead to massive blood loss, coz there is no more platelets to clot the blood as it leaves the blood vessels --> shock (low BP) and then death
Penang recorded another death again (1 week 1 death since 17 Sept)...
So cannot cure on its own by just taking panadol and rest one? -
good, tmrw i call boss nt gng to work..work frm home..
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My Min Ta mah.Originally posted by alexkusu:oh....ur still alive..
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The fever is usually high grade (39-40), intermittent and comes on and off. The panadol may only offer slight relieve, and you may feel okay, but the fever will come again once the panadol loses its effect. The fever usually runs a course of 5 days only (the most), and rashes will take over (when fever subsides). Usually many will go to hospital only when they notice the rash. But in the case of an outbreak now, a lot of people will panic when they have a fever, and would go to outpatient clinics or A/E department for check-up. The best they do is to withdraw blood to detect the Dengue IgM serology. Results within 5 hours, so you have to wait lor, if present, they will ward you immediately.Originally posted by Honeybunz:But sometime dunno whether is it normal fever or not leh?
So cannot cure on its own by just taking panadol and rest one? -
Panadol only helps in bringing down the fever and the multiple joint pains, bone pain and muscle pain.
It has no effect against the virus which is the primary cause of the problem. So far no vaccine has been developed yet against all 4 dengue serotypes.