Dengue fever hits Karachi

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Dengue fever hits Karachi
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KARACHI: The death of two patients of Dengue Haemorrhage Fever (DHF) - one at Liaquat National Hospital and the other at Jinnah Hospital has been confirmed besides over a dozen such other patients have been admitted in various city hospitals.

There are 10 DHF patients under treatment at Liaquat National Hospital alone, sources informed apprehending that there could be more cases of DHF in private hospitals. According to medical experts, viral haemorrhage fevers are a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of virus.

Some of them cause mild illness while others can cause severe, life threatening disease, which include Korean, Crimean-Congo, and Dengue haemorrhage fever. Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection, which in the recent years has become a major international public health concern while Congo fever is caused owing to bite of tick.

Dengue as well as Congo is found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world eg in Pakistan, predominantly in the urban and sub-urban areas. DHF is often called ?Fever of Unknown Origin? as many of ordinary MBBS doctors are not acquainted with signs and symptoms of this lethal complication.

The medical experts said the dengue haemorrhage fever is characterised by a fever that lasts from two to seven days, with general signs and symptoms that could occur with many other illnesses eg, vomiting, abdominal pain and headache.

The afterwards symptoms are tendency to bruise easily or other types of skin sings, bleeding nose or gums while the smallest blood vessels (capillaries) become excessively passable, allowing the fluid component to escape from the blood vessels.

Dr Qaiser Sajjad, PMA General-Secretary (Karachi chapter) demanded, on behest of the PMA, of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad and other concerned to take notice of stagnant water pools which have turned into a source of breeding mosquitoes in the metropolis and adopt remedial steps before the situation gets out control. He also underscored need to educate doctors on how to identify the diseases in question, as many of them may be unfamiliar with the symptoms or the treatment required.​

 

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KARACHI: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said there was no alarming situation arising from Dengue Haemorrhage Fever (DHF) and for this purpose insecticidal spray will be started from Saturday in each Town at one time.

He said this talking to The News while opening the 5000 Road at Nagan Chowrangi here on Friday night. City Nazim said he was closely monitoring the situation and would take all precautionary measures in this regard.

He said spray as well as medicines to kill mosquitoes will also be sprinkled at stagnant water sites in different parts of the city, particularly the low-lying areas. When he was informed DHF cases were being reported at hospitals, Mustafa said, ?Not to my knowledge?.

Referring to opening of road 5000 he said some one here has informed that this is one of the widest road of the country and said now people of this area will have less traffic congestion due to opening of this road.

A newsman pointed out that encroachments along this road were the biggest hurdle to the smooth flow of traffic, Mustafa said, ?These will also be removed?. Mustafa said the Haq Parast leadership was now on a track to give citizens a different kind of development projects which are being completed within this month or next month, at the latest

He stressed that basic objective of his government was to provide people a decent life and they could see some visible change in the city. A large number of people gathered over there and expressed their happiness over the opening of 5000 road.

According to unconfirmed reports, two patients have reportedly been admitted to two local hospitals due to Dengue Haemorrhage Fever (DHF) besides over a dozen such other patients being admitted to various city hospitals.

According to medical experts, viral haemorrhage fevers are a group of illnesses that are caused by several distinct families of virus. Some of them cause mild illness while others can cause severe, life-threatening disease, which include Korean, Crimean-Congo, and Dengue Haemorrhage fever. Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection, which in the recent years has become a major international public health concern while Congo fever is caused owing to the bite of a tick.

Dengue and Congo fevers are found in the tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, eg, in Pakistan, predominantly in the urban and sub-urban areas. DHF is often called ?Fever of Unknown Origin? as many of ordinary MBBS doctors are not acquainted with signs and symptoms of this lethal complication.

Medical experts say the Dengue Haemorrhage fever is characterised by a fever that lasts from two to seven days, with general signs and symptoms that could occur with many other illnesses eg, vomiting, abdominal pain and headache.

Symptoms after that are a tendency to bruise easily or other types of skin signs, bleeding nose or gums while the smallest blood vessels (capillaries) become excessively wide, allowing the fluid component to escape from the blood vessels.</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

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KARACHI: Another case of haemorrhagic fever succumbed to late diagnosis and improper treatment at a major private hospital.

Birjees Mohammad Idrees, 14, died at the hospital after suffering from fever for four days. According to her family, she had returned home from school with traces of slight fever on Thursday (Sept 14).

The family doctor recommended regular medication against the fever. However, she continued with her routine task. When her fever did not give way even after two days the family physician again recommended antibiotic medication. Upon taking these, she complained of severe burning in her food intake tract. The family doctor called it acidity.

On Monday she began to vomit incessantly even on fluid intake. She was rushed to the hospital, and admitted there with 100 degree fever. She was administered a few drips following which she complained of feeling very hot and consumed a little fluid but vomited soon after. The site where the drip had been inserted had started to bleed. Until then the doctor at the hospital kept treating her for trauma, acidity and even for rising blood sugar levels.

?They kept insisting that she must have a history of blood sugar in your family because she is showing very high sugar levels and that?s why her condition is deteriorating constantly,? said one of her aunts.

?But I said that she is a perfectly normal child and is in a hospital for this long since after her birth for the first time. But they were not convinced,? she added. The child kept bleeding and also developed an itch at the same time so severe that rash appeared on her skin. ?She was also having difficulty in breathing at which the hospital authorities asked our permission to put her on a ventilator. She breathed her last on the machine in ICU on Thursday (Sept 21),? said her aunt.

She said that until they witnessed severe haemorrhagic condition the doctors could not make out if it was the deadly haemorrhagic fever. The haemorrhagic fever has claimed more than a dozen lives in recent past. Reports of its incidence had suddenly re-emerged during the past two weeks but the health department has not taken adequate measures to remedy the situation.

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