Chandigarh: The number of cases of dengue fever reported at the City Hospital continued to increase on Tuesday, because there were 25 new cases.
The increase in the receipt of dengue fever at the government hospital has influenced the availability of beds and caused an increase in platelet demand.
Half of the platelets given in the hospital are for dengue fever patients.
In pgimer, GMCH and GMSH, more than 200 reception have been reported in the last two weeks.
“We see the case of severe dengue fever with the same clinical symptoms as in previous years.
However, the severity increased,” said an expert with pirimer.
There are 122 dengue fever receipts at the Government and Hospital Medical College (GMCH), Sector 32, since October 4, while PGI has 27 cases this month.
Overall this year, there are 65 cases reported in PGimer.
Last year, that number was 100.
“There was a surge in October.
We got 27 cases in the last 12 days, 30 cases last month, and we hoped the cases rose until November,” said a doctor at the postgraduate education and medical research institutions (Pgimer).
Dengue serotypes keep changing, the most common is the den 2 virus and virus den 3.
“We see patients with headaches, fever, pain in the stomach, etc.
There may be complications if the platelet number starts to be dipped and bleeding.
A patient can be surprising And, as a result, other organs such as the heart and brain can be affected, “said the doctor.
Transmitted vector viruses can occur with or without warning signs.
Warning signs include fever, repeated vomiting that can cover 3-4 fightes in a day, bleeding from any site, and pain in the stomach.
If platelet decreases without clinical symptoms, no need to worry, “said a medical specialist at GMCH.
He said the symptoms could be confused with influenza but when there were thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), bloody fever was confirmed.” We do not see co-infections with dengue fever , “he added,