Complications are common when suffering from dengue fever

Doctor Tong Thi Ngoc Cam, Deputy Medical Director, VNVC Vaccination System, said that dengue fever has reached its peak in Vietnam, with many localities recording a rapid increase in cases. Dengue fever patients will go through three stages from mild to dangerous and recovery, each stage can experience complications when not treated properly, such as:

Low blood pressure and headache: Patients have difficulty standing upright and walking due to a sudden drop in blood pressure. Severe headaches make the patient dizzy, and when severe, can cause brain hemorrhage.

Thrombocytopenia, hemoconcentration: Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the number of platelets in the blood is low, affecting the body’s ability to clot and stop bleeding. In severe cases, if platelets are not given promptly, it can lead to brain hemorrhage and death. In the antipyretic phase, complications of thrombocytopenia or hemoconcentration and lack of circulating volume will appear, causing hypotension, shock…

Shock due to blood loss: Dengue fever causes plasma leakage. Clinical manifestations are that the patient will bleed from the nose, tooth roots, or through open wounds. Blood loss will cause the patient to become exhausted, have a high fever that will not subside, sweat, and vomit a lot.

Multiple organ failure: Patients with circulatory system disorders due to continuous bleeding in the body, such as: the heart is not strong enough to pump blood, continuous bleeding of plasma fluid will cause the pericardium to overflow, causing stagnation and swelling of the heart. edema, myocardial hemorrhage, heart failure. In addition, the kidneys also have to work overtime to excrete plasma through urine, which can lead to acute kidney failure.

Pleural and abdominal effusion: Dengue virus increases vascular permeability and fluid drainage. If a lot of fluid is given but not increased fluid excretion will cause the patient to have respiratory infections, pleural effusion…

Prevent disease and serious complications due to dengue fever

To reduce the severity of dengue fever, Dr. Cam recommends that patients pay attention to monitoring signs of the disease and proactively prevent it. Warning signs of worsening disease include severe abdominal pain, continuous vomiting, bleeding gums and tooth roots, and vomiting blood. Patients should proactively visit medical facilities so that doctors can guide them for monitoring and prescribe appropriate treatment. Patients should not arbitrarily use antibiotics, drugs containing aspirin or corticosteroids.

In order to prevent dengue fever more effectively, the Ministry of Health has licensed the circulation of dengue fever vaccine and has been vaccinated since September. The vaccine helps prevent 4 serotypes of viruses that cause the disease (Den-1, Den-2, Den- 3, Den-4). The injection is indicated for people 4 years of age and older, no prior screening for Dengue infection is required. Two-dose vaccination schedule, three months apart.

In addition, people need to maintain clean personal hygiene, clean their homes and living environments, and close water jars to avoid creating an environment for larvae and midges to breed and lay eggs. In addition, people need to use mosquito nets when sleeping, regardless of the time of day, wear long-sleeved clothes, use mosquito repellant…