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Question: Hi,
My 22 months old daughter got fever yesterday and we went to doctor today as the fever didnt go down. He asked us to go for dengue test, blood test. and after looking at the reports he said she got mild dengue. need not to panic. and he gave some medication and asked us to bring her every 3rd day and to observe her for 20 days. i have attached reprots one is blood report and the other one is dengue results. Please let me know what isher condition. do we need to go to any corporate hospital? currently she is getting treated at a town hospital. is it too high? what would be the symptoms if the dengue is high?
My 22 months old daughter got fever yesterday and we went to doctor today as the fever didnt go down. He asked us to go for dengue test, blood test. and after looking at the reports he said she got mild dengue. need not to panic. and he gave some medication and asked us to bring her every 3rd day and to observe her for 20 days. i have attached reprots one is blood report and the other one is dengue results. Please let me know what isher condition. do we need to go to any corporate hospital? currently she is getting treated at a town hospital. is it too high? what would be the symptoms if the dengue is high?
Brief Answer:
She does not seem to have dengue
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through the details and the reports carefully and understand your concern. The fact that the NS1 and IgM are negative indicate that she does NOT have a current episode of dengue. The fact that she has IgM somehow positive indicates that she might have suffered from dengue sometime in the past. Irrespective of treatment such viral infections usually spontaneously resolve in 5-7 days.
Let me mention that dengue is a type of viral infection. You need not be alarmed about dengue.
Moreover, the presence of a cough makes dengue relatively unlikely.
Nevertheless, you can feel free to get him tested. The primary concern about dengue is because a very small percentage of the affected individuals may develop dengue shock syndrome (DSS) where fluid moves out of the blood vessels and unless that fluids are replaced (by drinking plenty of ORS, water or through IV fluids) vascular collapse and therefore shock may result. But even in case of DSS, all that needs to be done is to ensure a good hydration, nothing more. So, you need not panic about dengue. Just give her plenty of fluids to drink.
If your child has a fever with temperature more than 100°F, you need to give paracetamol (P-250, Crocin or Calpol) to it bring down. Also, use tepid sponging. If paracetamol is not effective in bringing down the temperature, you need to use Meftal-P (Mefenamic acid) which is more effective.
Please be patient. Feel free to ask me back if you have any further queries.
Regards
She does not seem to have dengue
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through the details and the reports carefully and understand your concern. The fact that the NS1 and IgM are negative indicate that she does NOT have a current episode of dengue. The fact that she has IgM somehow positive indicates that she might have suffered from dengue sometime in the past. Irrespective of treatment such viral infections usually spontaneously resolve in 5-7 days.
Let me mention that dengue is a type of viral infection. You need not be alarmed about dengue.
Moreover, the presence of a cough makes dengue relatively unlikely.
Nevertheless, you can feel free to get him tested. The primary concern about dengue is because a very small percentage of the affected individuals may develop dengue shock syndrome (DSS) where fluid moves out of the blood vessels and unless that fluids are replaced (by drinking plenty of ORS, water or through IV fluids) vascular collapse and therefore shock may result. But even in case of DSS, all that needs to be done is to ensure a good hydration, nothing more. So, you need not panic about dengue. Just give her plenty of fluids to drink.
If your child has a fever with temperature more than 100°F, you need to give paracetamol (P-250, Crocin or Calpol) to it bring down. Also, use tepid sponging. If paracetamol is not effective in bringing down the temperature, you need to use Meftal-P (Mefenamic acid) which is more effective.
Please be patient. Feel free to ask me back if you have any further queries.
Regards
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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