Dengue Fever

There is no known cure for severe dengue. A person suffering from a severe form of dengue fever may need to be treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). Treatment may include blood and platelet transfusion, Intravenous fluids and oxygen therapy.

Cases of "mysterious viral fever" are being witnessed in Pakistan's Karachi that behaves exactly like dengue fever as it reduces platelets and white blood cells of the patients, local media reported citing field experts.

Ahead of the festive season, health experts are worried over the combined impact of Covid-19 and DENV2  

Dengue 2021: Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar has shared a list of things that can help accelerate your recovery from dengue and malaria.

The 11 states reporting a more dangerous type of dengue have been asked by the centre to take steps for early detection of cases, start fever helplines and stock adequate testing kits, larvicides and medicines.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday sent a team of 15 doctors to Firozabad district to investigate the reasons behind the rise in cases of dengue and viral fever, which have claimed 60 lives since mid-August.

A "mystery fever" has killed eight children in the past 10 days in Chilli, a small village in Haryana's Palwal district. At least 44 other people, 35 of whom are minors, have reported fever-like symptoms and are admitted to private hospitals.

With two more fatalities due to dengue in Uttar Pradesh, the death count due to the viral fever in the district rose to 60 on Monday, said officials in Firozabad.

A five-year-old girl died of dengue in front of her parents after they ran from pillar to post for over three hours to get her admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad.

The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that leads to symptoms like fever, rash, joint pain and headaches. As Delhi sees a surge in dengue cases, here are some prevention steps you should be following.

A central team which was sent to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh to investigate the cause of a fever outbreak and deaths among children has observed that the majority of cases are of dengue and a few are of scrub typhus and leptospirosis.

A day after the deaths due to dengue fever in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district rose to 51, state government issued orders that three teams of three specialist doctors each from should be constituted and sent to Firozabad, Mathura and Agra district

Children are dying of viral fever and dengue, but Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is making false claims of "all is well", Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged today.

Battling a deadly outbreak of dengue and viral fever that has claimed 51 lives so far, the Firozabad district administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of dengue-breeding mosquitoes in ponds.

There is no known cure for severe dengue. A person suffering from a severe form of dengue fever may need to be treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). Treatment may include blood and platelet transfusion, Intravenous fluids and oxygen therapy.

Cases of "mysterious viral fever" are being witnessed in Pakistan's Karachi that behaves exactly like dengue fever as it reduces platelets and white blood cells of the patients, local media reported citing field experts.

Ahead of the festive season, health experts are worried over the combined impact of Covid-19 and DENV2  

Dengue 2021: Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar has shared a list of things that can help accelerate your recovery from dengue and malaria.

The 11 states reporting a more dangerous type of dengue have been asked by the centre to take steps for early detection of cases, start fever helplines and stock adequate testing kits, larvicides and medicines.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday sent a team of 15 doctors to Firozabad district to investigate the reasons behind the rise in cases of dengue and viral fever, which have claimed 60 lives since mid-August.

A "mystery fever" has killed eight children in the past 10 days in Chilli, a small village in Haryana's Palwal district. At least 44 other people, 35 of whom are minors, have reported fever-like symptoms and are admitted to private hospitals.

With two more fatalities due to dengue in Uttar Pradesh, the death count due to the viral fever in the district rose to 60 on Monday, said officials in Firozabad.

A five-year-old girl died of dengue in front of her parents after they ran from pillar to post for over three hours to get her admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad.

The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that leads to symptoms like fever, rash, joint pain and headaches. As Delhi sees a surge in dengue cases, here are some prevention steps you should be following.

A central team which was sent to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh to investigate the cause of a fever outbreak and deaths among children has observed that the majority of cases are of dengue and a few are of scrub typhus and leptospirosis.

A day after the deaths due to dengue fever in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district rose to 51, state government issued orders that three teams of three specialist doctors each from should be constituted and sent to Firozabad, Mathura and Agra district

Children are dying of viral fever and dengue, but Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is making false claims of "all is well", Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged today.

Battling a deadly outbreak of dengue and viral fever that has claimed 51 lives so far, the Firozabad district administration is releasing about 25,000 mosquitofish that eat larvae of dengue-breeding mosquitoes in ponds.