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Dengue fever symptoms changed in COVID-19 survivors: Ministry
May 3, 2024 16:10 GMT+700
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry confirmed changes in the symptoms of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) among persons who had contracted COVID-19 due to the influence of immunological reactions.
"Several reports are showing changes in dengue fever symptoms after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is related to changes in immunological reactions that occur in the body of someone who has been infected with COVID-19," the ministry's Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Imran Pambudi, remarked on Friday.
His side received several reports showing changes in symptoms in dengue patients after the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which came from the city of Bandung, West Java.
The local health service detected signs of dengue fever not usually recognized in patients, such as the absence of symptoms of red spots and nosebleeds, which have been serious symptoms among dengue patients.
According to Pambudi, red spots and nosebleeds after being bitten by the Aedes aegypti mosquito are classic symptoms that do not always appear in dengue patients in the current endemic era.
In dengue fever cases, red spots usually appear on the third day and last for the next two to three days. The spots will decrease on the fourth and fifth days and then disappear on the sixth day...
Dengue fever symptoms changed in COVID-19 survivors: Ministry
May 3, 2024 16:10 GMT+700
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry confirmed changes in the symptoms of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) among persons who had contracted COVID-19 due to the influence of immunological reactions.
"Several reports are showing changes in dengue fever symptoms after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is related to changes in immunological reactions that occur in the body of someone who has been infected with COVID-19," the ministry's Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Imran Pambudi, remarked on Friday.
His side received several reports showing changes in symptoms in dengue patients after the COVID-19 pandemic, one of which came from the city of Bandung, West Java.
The local health service detected signs of dengue fever not usually recognized in patients, such as the absence of symptoms of red spots and nosebleeds, which have been serious symptoms among dengue patients.
According to Pambudi, red spots and nosebleeds after being bitten by the Aedes aegypti mosquito are classic symptoms that do not always appear in dengue patients in the current endemic era.
In dengue fever cases, red spots usually appear on the third day and last for the next two to three days. The spots will decrease on the fourth and fifth days and then disappear on the sixth day...