Are increased dengue complications related to Covid-19?
Children are treated for dengue fever at Dong Nai Children’s Hospital. Photo: Tue Man
At Dong Nai Children’s Hospital in recent days, the average number of dengue cases per day ranges from 20 to 30 cases. In which, there are 4-5 cases of severe hemorrhagic shock.
Dengue shock cases without timely intervention will make treatment and resuscitation for children much more difficult, have a high mortality rate and may leave sequelae for children.
BS.CKI Dong Minh Hung, Head of Infection Department of Dong Nai General Hospital, said that in the two years 2020 and 2021, when the Covid-19 epidemic broke out, the province implemented a blockade, isolation, spraying disinfectant. radically, the number of dengue fever cases decreased sharply. Up to now, when the Covid-19 epidemic has been well controlled, no longer isolated, blocked and sprayed as before, people’s travel and activities have returned to normal, the number of dengue fever cases has returned to normal. return.
Recently, the hospital has received 4 cases of severe dengue fever, which is expected to continue to have severe cases in the near future, especially when entering the peak of the rainy season.
Mr. Hung recommended, people when having symptoms such as a high fever continuously for 2-7 days, fever up to 39, 40 degrees, taking fever-reducing medicine does not reduce or reduce fever in a short time and then has a high fever. medical facility immediately.
Spray disinfectant to kill mosquitoes, kill larvae to prevent dengue fever. Photo: Tue Man
In addition, over the past time, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, many people have confused the initial signs of Covid-19 and dengue fever, leading to many new cases of severe dengue being hospitalized for treatment.
Mr. Ho Van D, who lives in Long Binh ward, Bien Hoa city, said his 8-year-old son came home from school with a high fever. Thinking that the child had contracted Covid-19 from a classmate at school, the family quickly tested the child but the result was negative. After that, the family bought medicine to treat at home, but the child’s condition did not decrease.
About 3 days later, the baby’s fever got worse, the family still suspected it was Covid-19 so they continued to test quickly again but the result was still negative. Seeing that the child’s health was deteriorating, the family decided to take the baby to the hospital. Here, the doctor informed that his son had dengue fever and had to be hospitalized.
According to Dr. Pham Thi Kieu Trang, in charge of the Head of the Intensive Care Unit against Poisons, Dong Nai Children’s Hospital, nearly half a month ago, on average, the department received about 4-5 pediatric patients with dengue shock every day. hemorrhagic – complication of dengue fever.
The reason is that many people get confused between dengue fever and Covid-19. Both of these two diseases, when infected at first, have relatively similar symptoms that can cause confusion such as fever, headache, body aches, etc. Therefore, it will be difficult for ordinary people to distinguish. Therefore, when you see a child showing signs of a prolonged fever that does not reduce fever, it is necessary to take them to a medical facility for examination and treatment.
Mr. Phan Van Phuc, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Disease Control of Dong Nai Province, said that there is currently no vaccine for dengue fever. Therefore, the best way to prevent the disease is to keep the house, place of residence and workplace clean and cool, and to dispose of unnecessary water containers to kill the larvae; kill mosquitoes with electric rackets, mosquito incense; wear long clothes, sleep on the net…
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