I think I maybe bitten by Aedes Mosquito

Manager433 SG

head refers to MY REAL HUMAN HEAD, NOT MY LITTLE BRO's HEAD lah....

really stone now. waht if i die tonite in my sleep?

Manager433 SG

CAnnot tahan liao....go sleep nw, hope 2morrow can wake up

Mr. Green

alexkusu SG

yeah! more oxygen for me!

sbst275 SG

Can lah

Othello_Red SG

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.

renorenal SG

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).

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.

Manager433 SG

Ole ole ole. So far so good except a little backaches. False alarm nah.

Embarassed

DriftingGuy SG

Chey.. Laughing

Honeybunz SG

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.

gorby107 SG

So lucky, but still must take precautions Smile

sbst275 SG

Just relax

Kang chiong no use

alexkusu SG

oh….ur still alive..

nismoS132 SG

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 Laughing

alexkusu SG

silly...bitten by aedes is quite common..

being bitten and being infected is different thing LA!

Honeybunz SG

Ask you ah... tio dengue, is it a must to go hospital?
OR can rest at home and let it recover on its own?

renorenal SG

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)...

renorenal SG

Correct correct, not all mosquitoes are infected with dengue virus.

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...

JennTS SG

stay home surf sgforums. no cure anyway.

Honeybunz SG

But sometime dunno whether is it normal fever or not leh?

So cannot cure on its own by just taking panadol and rest one?

kaobeikaobu SG

good, tmrw i call boss nt gng to work..work frm home..

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