Archive · 21 May 2025
Doctor Shares Diagnosis and Prevention Tips for Atypical Dengue
Dengue fever, usually known for causing fever, headaches, and body aches, can sometimes act differently, which doctors call atypical dengue.
This means the illness can affect other parts of your body like the liver, brain, or kidneys, not just the usual areas.
Doctors diagnose it by looking for the dengue virus in your blood.
There's no medicine to cure it, so doctors help by treating the specific parts of the body affected.
The best way to avoid dengue is to prevent mosquito bites, such as removing places where mosquitoes breed.
If you feel sick, especially with unusual symptoms, it's important to see a doctor quickly.
Atypical dengue presents differently than the typical high-fever presentation.
It can affect organs like the liver, brain, heart, and kidneys.
Diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and specific tests.
Treatment focuses on supportive care for the affected organs.
Prevention methods are the same as for typical dengue.
- Who
- Patients with dengue fever and medical professionals.
- What
- Atypical presentations of dengue fever, including liver, brain, heart, and kidney involvement.
- When
- Over the last few years.
- Where
- Gurugram.
- Why
- To understand the unusual manifestations of dengue and improve diagnosis.
- Main Symptom
- Atypical dengue
- Organs Affected
- Liver, brain, heart, kidneys, and gastrointestinal system
- Diagnosis Needs
- High suspicion
- Diagnostic Tests
- NS1 antigen, dengue IgM/IgG antibodies, and RT-PCR
- Treatment
- Supportive care
- Prevention
- Eliminating mosquito breeding grounds