Once I reached home, my body temperature had shoot up to 39.5 c and to suppress the fever, my dad gave a paracetamol for interval of 6 hours and did sponging for every 4 hours but it's still won't work.
On following Thursday, my dad and I rushed to the clinic to get checked up and prescription. The Dr who examined me, prescribed a paracetamol, antibiotic and cough syrup. It still won't worked.
On Friday, we went to Hospital Selayang. I did my first blood test, and the results showed my platelet number being 245. My cousin, Dr Anis, informed me to go for drip because of dehydration. She confirmed that I got viral fever since there's no dengue symptoms yet.
During the weekend, my fever rose and dropped. My parents did sponging and took paracetamol for every 6 hours. Fever looks settled on Sunday but came back about 4 pm so we went to HUKM for further blood test. It revealed a platelet number of 135, a sudden drop and advised us to do blood test every day at nearest hospital or clinic.
Immediately upon reaching home, I started to vomit and the whole night till morning, I vomited 9 times. the next morning, my parents rushed me to the Emergency Room of Ampang Hospital and ended on the hospital for 3 days starting with a platelet level of 35. I was treated in the ward on drip for two days and blood tests every four hours and hourly monitoring. It is very tiring....down I felt....and worried since the registration for UKM is around the corner...worried I'll miss registration.
On the second day, doctor stopped giving me drip and gave me blood tests every six hours since my platelet increased to 45 on the second day and 50 on the following day. On the third day, I was moved to Ward 4A and my last platelet before freedom from ward was 76, but my liver enlargement still persistent which my liver ALT was 104.
The following text will show the symptoms of dengue fever.
Symptoms of Dengue Fever
Symptoms, which usually begin four to six days after infection and last for up to 10 days, may include
- Sudden, high fever
- Severe headaches
- Pain behind the eyes
- Severe joint and muscle pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Skin rash, which appears three to four days after the onset of fever
- Mild bleeding (such a nose bleed, bleeding gums, or easy bruising)
Sometimes symptoms are mild and can be mistaken for those of the flu or another viral infection. Younger children and people who have never had the infection before tend to have milder cases than older children and adults. However, serious problems can develop. These include dengue haemorrhagic fever, a rare complication characterized by high fever, damage to lymph and blood vessels, bleeding from the nose and gums, enlargement of the liver, and failure of the circulatory system. The symptoms may progress to massive bleeding, shock, and death. This is called dengue shock syndrome (DSS).
People with weakened immune systems as well as those with a second or subsequent dengue infection are believed to be at greater risk for developing dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Diagnosing Dengue Fever
Doctors can diagnose dengue infection with a blood test to check for the virus or antibodies to it. If you become sick after traveling to a tropical area, let your doctor know. This will allow your doctor to evaluate the possibility that your symptoms were caused by a dengue infection.
Treatment for Dengue Fever
There is no specific medicine to treat dengue infection. If you think you may have dengue fever, you should use pain relievers with acetaminophen and avoid medicines with aspirin, which could worsen bleeding. You should also rest, drink plenty of fluids, and see your doctor. If you start to feel worse in the first 24 hours after your fever goes down, you should get to a hospital immediately to be checked for complications.
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