Bhubaneswar: The case of dengue fever is increasing in the capital once again.
Doctors in various hospitals said among patients who came with complaints of fever, around 10% -15% were testing positive dengue fever, while the rest suffered from flu, malaria, typhus and covid-19.
“The number of patient fever has increased in the past few days.
About 70 percent of outdoor patients complain of fever and a variety of seasonal infections.
Many of them are also tested positively dengue fever and malaria,” said Deputy Inspector, representative of the capital hospital here who attended around 4,000 Outdoor patients every day.
Health care experts due to prolonged rainfall over the past few days, some mosquito breeding land has appeared inside and around the area, which leads to dengue cases.
General symptoms of flu, dengue fever, typhus – high fever, nausea, body pain, cough and cold – overlap with Covid-19.
“Previously, the case of dengue fever used to rise from the period from July to September.
But this year, with heavy rainfall lengthwise until October, cases of diseases transmitted through vectors have not diminished.
We advise patients not to take other drugs.
Apart from Paracetamol without doing a blood test, “said Dr.
Manoolanjan Maldick, a general practitioner at KimS.
However, Health Director Dr.
Niranjan Mishra said that with dengue fever was in the phase of decline and cases increased due to a prolonged rainy season.
“Every day, around 8 to 10 cases of dengue fever are detected in the state, which is not worrying,” he added.