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MEDAN, KabarMedan.com | Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and typhoid are diseases whose symptoms begin with fever.
The fever that appears can make the body temperature soar, but the characteristics of fever in these two diseases have differences. To be aware of it, let’s look at the difference in symptoms in dengue and typhoid!
Reported from several sources, here are a number of differences in the symptoms of dengue fever and typhus:
- Fever
- In dengue fever, initially the patient will experience a fairly high fever and can reach 38 degrees Celsius, after that the body temperature can drop and suddenly jump again.
- In typhoid, the patient initially has a fever that is not too high, but soon it can immediately rise to 38 degrees Celsius. Typhoid sufferers will experience a high fever at night and will go down in the morning or afternoon.
- Special Symptoms
- Another symptom that is more specific to DHF sufferers is the appearance of red spots. Symptoms of this red spot usually appear after a high fever. At the time of blood pressure checks, red spots will appear more clearly.
- As for typhus sufferers, special symptoms that occur besides fever are disturbances in the digestive process such as diarrhea and abdominal pain.
- Other Symptoms
- Apart from that, other symptoms that will occur if a person has DHF are sore throat, stomach pain, not feeling well, headache, muscle aches, and coughing runny nose.
- While typhoid sufferers can experience dry lips, cough, bad breath, white tongue, until the body is always weak. [KM-102]
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