Greetings! I am happy to find that there is a free medical forum.Thanks to those who started this forum and all the doctors who joined. I am a LUPUS patient, age 31female My lupus was diagnosed in 2009 Lupus nephritis I am on remission and my medicine is 5mg prednisone taken twice a week(Tuesday and Friday) Vitamins(500mg calcium and 500mg vit C) ***My CBC one month before DengueFever is: HGB 125 RBC 4.38 WBC 4.2 PLT 233 Now I have Dengue Fever. I was diagnosed to have This fever on the 3rd day after having a high fever of 38.8 temp. DENGUE TEST used is IgG/IgM combo:result is anti IgG(+) Reactive/Positive 1st Day if fever: bed rest and no medicines taken for fever I just drank pure water 2nd Day: see a doctor and she prescribed *to Start drinking 500mg paracetamol every 4 hours *To drink fluids:oral rehydration salts( dissolved in 2 of pure water) and 1 liter pure water--I drink fluids and I urinate every 1 hour most of the time except at night when I am asleep,I wake up just to drink my fluids. I drink 1 liter of fluid oresol and 1 liter during the day but my 1 liter pure water I drink it for 24 hrs * To take Vitamin c twice a day * green colored stool but no diarrhea * I have profuse sweating Mild abdominal pain Mild joint pains(mild because I am used to the pains of arthritis in lupus) Feeling weak No appetite Feeling of wanting to vomit but I never vomit 3rd Day of fever: CBC result WBC 6.4 HGB 150 PLT 187 Mild abdominal pain Mild joint pains Feeling weak No appetite Feeling of wanting to vomit but I never vomit * I noticed that I have bloated stomach- I don t know if I have it already on the 1st or 2nd day * still have green colored stool 4rth Day of Dengue :CBC Result HGB 130 PLT 192 * my temp subsides to 37 degrees * At Night a muculopapular rash appears still weak but not much mild abdominal pain * with green colored stool and already wet like diarrhea - 3 times to defficate Now I am on my 5th day of dengue: *Temp is 35 degrees my doctor adviced me to continue drinking my paracetamol every 4 hours for 24 hours only * still have rashes * still bloated stomach and mild abdominal pain * with green colored wet stool 5 times to defficate - like diarrhea Why do I have bloated stomach and diarrhea ?is this dangerous specially that I have lupus? What is the effect of dengue on my lupus and will it affect my organs? Is the 5mg of prednisone still okay to take even if I have dengue?i already drank pred 5mg twice while having a dengue fever. Please advise me and kindly give me additional info on good dengue and lupus management and other advice if its okay. Thank you very much!!!