Characteristics of Dengue Fever with Other Diseases

KOMPAS.com – Fever is a symptom dengue which can be confused with other diseases, but there are characteristics to watch out for.

Dengue is a disease fever sudden high fever caused by the dengue virus and transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Symptoms of dengue include:

• High fever
• Headache
• Muscle and joint pain
• Pain behind the eye and photophobia
• Rash on the skin
• Loss of appetite
• Bleeding
• Nausea and vomiting.

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Dr. dr. Anggraini Alam, Sp.A(K), Head of UKK Infection & Tropical Diseases, Indonesian Pediatrician Association said that dengue symptoms have similarities with other diseases, so it can be misunderstood.

“Dengue has an incubation period of 1 week which has dynamic and systemic changes,” said Dr. dr. Anggraini in the “Media Briefing Be Alert and Smarter in Anticipating Dengue Transmission” on Tuesday (19/4/2022).

So, some symptoms can appear similar to other diseases. For example, the appearance of a fever and rash is similar to the disease:

• Rubella
• Measles
• Meningococcal infection
• Chikungunya
• Scarlet fever
• Covid-19
• Drug reaction.

However, Dr. dr. Anggraini said that the symptoms of dengue fever have certain characteristics.

Dengue is a disease that consists of 3 phases, namely:

• Fever phase: fever lasts 2-7 days.
• Critical phase: plasma leakage lasts 24-48 hours on day 4-5.
• Recovery phase: lasts 2-4 days.

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In dengue fever, the body temperature can reach more than 40 Celsius and it is difficult to come down, even though it has been compressed with warm water and using fever-reducing drugs.

Then, the fever can drop suddenly, but only briefly about 24-48 hours. After that, the fever can rise again and the critical phase of dengue begins.

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