Dengue is a serious viral infection.  It is transmitted by an infected female Aedes aegypti mosquito. When the mosquito bites a person infected with dengue, the dengue virus enters the body of that particular mosquito. When the infected mosquito bites a healthy human being, the dengue virus enters the human body and the person shows the symptoms of dengue.

Symptoms:

• High-grade fever with chills. Fever is as high as 104*F
• Severe headaches
• Severe joints and muscle pains
• Severe pain in eyeballs especially while moving the eyes.
• The appearance of skin rash mostly on the abdomen and limbs.
• Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite
• Internal and external bleeding in the body

Dengue fever should be suspected when the patient complains of very high temperature and severe body pain. While giving the history the patient says, I feel as if each bone of mine is broken.When a practitioner gets to hear such kind of words or description by a patient, he should investigate that patient for dengue fever immediately.

Dengue fever is also known as Break bone fever. Platelet counts start decreasing fast in the blood in such patients. Platelets are responsible for stopping the bleeding occurring anywhere in the body. The decrease in the number of platelets increases chances of haemorrhage from various parts of the body in the patients suffering from this disease.

Following symptoms in a patient with Dengue are considered alarming signs. Such patients should be kept under close medical observation.

• Bleeding from the nose
• Bleeding from mouth
• Passing blood in the urine. This may present as passing reddish or brownish urine.
• Passing blood in stools. Or passing dark-coloured stools.
• Bleeding from the skin causing bruising on the body.
• Severe hypotension means a drop in blood pressure.
• Brain haemorrhage and internal bleeding in various parts of the body like stomach, lungs etc.