Dengue fever is common in India during mid September to mid November.
It is characterised by fever,body pain,headache,weakness,vomiting and rashes over body.Sometimes rashes appear first with itching ,followed by fever.Usually it starts with fever with cold and cough ,then rashes appear.It gets cured with symptomatic treatment in majority of cases.
Sometimes,it becomes serious when blood pressure stars to fall.Immediate intervention is needed in such cases after hospitalisation of patients.
Platelets start to fall in few cases and sometimes it requires platelets transfusion.
In few serious cases,blood transfusion is also needed.
Whenever your child develops ,fever with cough and cold ,rashes over body,headache with weakness,immediately consult Dr.Dev,Pediatrician and Pediatric Pulmonologist to get your child correctly diagnosed.