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Suspected of dengue with postive nsi test and low platelete count admitted her in hospital on Sunday. Platelete increased to 87 yesterday from 70 and again went down to 57k today. Suddenly Very high fever from yesterday evening reaching upto 102 and WBC level coming down to 1800. Really worried. Tetsed for Malaria & Typhoid too. Malaria is negative. Is there a chance of having Typhoid too as result is pending. Started with antibiotics today. Please suggest!
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It looks like only dengue...high fevers with low TLC and platelet counts goes in favour of dengue. Patient does not need antibiotics, but only conservative treatment, with full hydration of body, paracetamol 600 regularly but not b4 3hrs after taking a dose, multivitamins. If platelets do decrease less than 20-25000, or if bleeding tendencies, platelets have to be infused . Tc. Stay admitted till fever in control, bcz rise of fever regularly means virus is active in body..it takes 3-5 days to settle, and few weeks to recover completely. Papaya leaf juiced or tab caripill, goat milk, are quite effective.
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It's one of the probability.
But you are in safe hand so don't worry.they must manage it.ok.
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Dr. Bipin Ninan Abraham
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Bangalore
It seems like a viral fever itself, which is most likely to be dengue itself. Kindly give her papaya leaf juice or papaya leaf extract tablets which has shown to be effective in increasing the platelet count. She will require symptomatic management as it's a viral disease. Keep her well hydrated drink atleast 3 liters of water per day.
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