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Concentrated blood after 5 days of dengue fever

Posted on 28 Month 06 2023

A 60-year-old woman with high fever for 5 days, vomiting and epigastric pain, thought of unexpected stomach pain, blood tests detected dengue fever and concentrated blood.

When the patient entered the Center for Tropical Diseases, Bach Mai Hospital, the platelets dropped sharply to only 10 G/L while normal 150-450, concentrated blood, pleural effusion, plasma leakage. The patient's condition is dangerous, he is given platelet replacement, macromolecular solution.

On June 27, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Duy Cuong, Center for Tropical Diseases, said that many people now have dengue fever without knowing it, mistaken for Covid, flu or other diseases. By the 4th, 5th day, the blood is concentrated, the platelets are low, which is the severe phase of hemorrhagic fever, in some cases of multi-organ failure such as elevated liver enzymes, liver failure, kidney failure, coagulation disorders.

He recommended that when the fever persists, you should go to the hospital for examination and blood test to detect dengue early and treat it promptly.

**Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Duy Cuong (left) examines a patient with dengue fever. Photo: Mai Thanh**

Since the beginning of the year, Hanoi has recorded 357 cases of dengue fever in 28 districts, an increase of 5 times over the same period last year.

The Hanoi Department of Health forecasts that the situation of dengue fever this year will be complicated. The reason is that the process of urbanization, the sunny and rainy climate creates favorable conditions for the vector mosquito, which is the mosquito, to reproduce and develop. Disease prevention by avoiding mosquito bites, cleaning the environment, spraying insecticides, killing larvae.

* SOURCE: https://vnexpress.net/mau-co-dac-sau-5-ngay-sot-xuat-huyet-4622498.html

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