Hassan: Weather change caused by heavy rains has caused frequent virus fever reports and alleged dengue fever in this district.
Karnataka has seen a surge in cases of dengue fever in the past two months.
While it witnessed 2,987 cases until September 15 this year, 2.516 was more recorded until November 17.
An increase of 84% is caused by rain before it causes mosquito breeding, the doctor said.
The state also reported the death of the first bloody fever of the year, five, on October 21.
Of the five patients who died, two came from Ramanagara and each of the Chamarajanagar, Dakshina Kannada and Bellagavav.
Since the beginning of November, Karnataka has seen 441 new cases.
However, there has been no death so far this month at this time with 33 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Hassan Regency and less than last year at the same time when the case recorded 56, said Dho Dr.
Km Sathish.
However, Dr.
Suresh, HOD, Department of Medicine, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) said that viral infections were reported further.
He said unexpected rain, which caused sudden weather changes, was the reason behind the rupture of viral infections.
Dr.
Suresh said that the NS1 antigen test, Immunoglobulin M (IGM) and the Immunoglobulin G (IGG) test were a general test for diagnosing dengue fever.
“It rarely gets all these tests positively reported in one patient.
So, if we get the NS1 test report as positive and two negative tests, the case is considered a dengue fever and patient provided treatment.
At present, the case of dengue confirmation is relatively low compared to the case –casual suspected, “he said.
In one case of Malali Village near Shantigrama, a four-friendly family tested for dengue fever.
Only their NS1 test was reported positive.
Their platelets are under 10,000.
They pass through platelet transfusion and recover now.
In the family, the husband had dengue fever, but his wife had bloody fever and malaria.
He is a mixed infection case.
Mixed infections are also reported now.
One reason is that Aedes Aegypti, which causes mosquitoes that cause dengue fever, and Anopheles which causes malaria to find the same reasons of breeding.
In the OPD of HIMS drug, 150 outpatients visit every day.
From them, almost 30 allegedly suffered from viral fever.
More cases have been reported from Arkalgud, Holenarsipur and Hassan Taluk, Dr.
Suresh added.