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Dengue fever of 102 since 6 days
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My brother is having dengue fever since 6 days.
Fever has not come down and is between 100-102 and platelets are at 47k
Is having fever in dengue for 7 days common ???he is hosptilised currently
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47 k platlet is very low .
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Medication under prescription is advisable
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Need to be evaluated further
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Dr. Ranjitha
General Medicine
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
Ya it's common to have high grade fever and platelet count will drop after 1 week of illness.. Let him be in hospital for better care. If some other bacterial infection which is super imposed on dengue then he needs antibiotics as well.
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Dr. Priyanka Reddy
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5 yrs exp
Nellore
Let him be in the hospital for proper management
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Dr. Pritam Duttagupta
General Physician
12 yrs exp
Kolkata
He is having complicated dengue fever.
Platelet countvto be monitored.
Platelet transfusion will be required ID count goes below 10K or there is bleeding
Persisting fever can be seen afterv7 days also.
Fever is the body response against an infection.
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