Currently, dengue outbreaks are booming in Singapore and Binh Dinh in Vietnam. Not all parents can distinguish dengue from a common fever, so it can lead to subjective thoughts or arbitrary treatment, with no preventive measures leading to unfortunate cases that cause severe complications for children.

According to Binh Dinh CDC, as of February 18, 2020, Binh Dinh province has nearly 700 cases of dengue fever, down over the same period and the end of 2019, but still at a very high level. Dengue patients appeared in 108/159 communes, wards and towns of 11 districts, towns and cities. In particular, Hoai Nhon district is still a "hot spot" with over 140 cases (accounting for 20% of the province); followed by An Nhon town of over 100 cases, Quy Nhon City with 93 cases ...

In particular, in Nhon Binh Ward (Quy Nhon City) has just recorded 1 patient with dengue fever died.

Pediatrician, City International Hospital, said that currently there is no vaccine for dengue, the best way to prevent is to prevent mosquitoes from biting through sleeping nets, killing mosquitoes, not letting mosquitoes have opportunity to reproduce. Dengue fever has not had specific treatment. The treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment and monitoring for signs that require hospitalization.

Dengue epidemics are now booming in Singapore and Binh Dinh in Vietnam.

Differentiating between dengue and viral fever  

Dengue usually progresses through three stages:

• The first 2-3 days: Patients with continuous high fever, difficulty reducing fever, headache, body aches ... At this time, dengue dengue symptoms are similar to other viral fevers and can only be distinguished by tests. . Fever is the reaction of the body to the pathogen, the degree of fever is high or low depending on the reaction of the body is strong or weak, the temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees C is a fever, so some patients with fever. blood may only have a mild fever, so it is not noticeable.
• From day 3 to day 7: Patient begins to regress fever but complications such as increased vascular permeability, blood concentration, thrombocytopenia may occur, and the rash may appear at all levels. different degrees. Some patients begin to have abnormal bleeding due to thrombocytopenia: epistaxis, root bleeding, subcutaneous bleeding, irregular menstrual periods, vomiting blood or passing stools ...
• From day 7: The symptoms will recover, patients may develop skin rashes and itching. Symptoms of itching may last for a few days.

For typhus and other viral fever

Patients with high fever but are intermittent fever, accompanied by symptoms of inflammation in the upper respiratory tract such as: Cough, runny nose, sore throat, body aches, may or may not have rash ...

It can be seen, with the characteristics of high fever with muscle aches, headache, rash ..., it's easy to recognize that dengue dengue fever is very similar to other types of viral fever or other common typhus fever. To distinguish the disease need to monitor symptoms and special signs: the rash rash in fever will disappear quickly after performing skin stretch. If the scarlet rash persists or disappears very slowly, it may be a rash.

The best way to distinguish fevers is to visit health facilities for blood tests. In addition, when you see a fever, take children to the hospital for examination should not arbitrarily buy medicine to treat the disease of children increasingly serious.

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