What is Dengue? Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and treatment.

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Published 2018-07-04
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0:00 Introduction
0.27 Causes of Dengue Fever
1:09 Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever
2:30 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
3:53 Diagnosis of Dengue Fever
4:10 Treatment of Dengue Fever


Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. This may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash.Recovery generally takes two to seven days. In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.

Dengue is spread by several species of mosquito of the Aedes type, principally A. aegypti.The virus has five different types;infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications. A number of tests are available to confirm the diagnosis including detecting antibodies to the virus or its RNA.[2]
All Comments (21)
  • @taranyogan
    My mom is diagnosed with dengue plese pry for her 🙏🏻
  • @karmasangayphuntsho2155
    I am from Bhutan and last year 2019 many people got dengue here and some died as well. I got dengue as well when my exams was just a week away. The headache and the frequent shock like pain behind the ears was the worst for me. Couldnt even sleep without painkillers.
  • @rajkumarimaurya2575
    superb i understand in one time only and i liked your teaching method with pictures also
  • @ThuongLe-gu4nc
    I learn a lot from your video. Dengue is a severe disease which spreading its scale in most tropical countries, specially in rainy season. Dengue is not a contagious disease but the number of people get sick because of dengue is at the alarm rate. The patient can endure the noticeable symptoms such as having high fever, rash on skin or extreme fatigue. People can dry out water containers in the garden or flower vases in order to reduce the risk of being bitten by mosquitos - the disease carriers. Thank you for your great video. I like it a lot.
  • @willcline7992
    They forgot one of the worst symptoms is a frontal headache that is unlike any headache you have had. I received the max dose of morphine and it did not change the headache at all.
  • @nystagmus
    All those DIC/bleeding symptoms usually don’t happen until someone gets a second infection of dengue from another serotype