Schoolboy found dead in bed - Dengue or A/H1N1?

[Shiloh]

I've put this here since A/H1N1 can be mistaken for Dengue

Source: http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,107112.html

Schoolboy found dead in bed

By CECILY ASSON Friday, September 11 2009

Police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old Debe schoolboy, discovered dead in his bed yesterday morning.

He has been identified as Toolsie Moonilal-Singh, of SS Erin Road, Debe. Police said relatives reported that Singh, a Form Four student of the Penal Secondary School recently began exhibiting dengue-like symptoms, and had become dehydrated after a severe bout of gastroenteritis.

On Tuesday, police said, Singh was seen by a doctor and treated for his ailment.

He was last seen alive at about 9.30 pm Wednesday night by his parents before they retired to bed. Yesterday morning, relatives told police they awoke and found the teenager dead.

A report was made to the Debe Police Post. The body was viewed by the District Medical Officer and later removed to the mortuary of the San Fernando General Hospital.

A post-mortem was expected to be performed yesterday. When Newsday visited the home yesterday, relatives said they were too distraught to speak.

Officers of the Debe Police Post are investigating.

 

[colormyquilt]

Re: Schoolboy found dead in bed - Dengue or A/H1N1?

Is rapid death consistent with dengue?

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Schoolboy found dead in bed - Dengue or A/H1N1?

A medical professional would have to answer that question.
Here is a case from India that was mistaken for dengue/malaria:
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122950&highlight=dengue

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Schoolboy found dead in bed - Dengue or A/H1N1?

Source: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161530372


Teen died from dengue
South Bureau

Saturday, September 12th 2009

The teenager who was found dead in his bed after being treated for gastroenteritis died from dengue haemorrhagic fever, an autopsy revealed yesterday.

Moonilal Toolsie Singh, 15, was found dead by his parents when they went to check on him on Thursday morning.

Relatives said the Penal Secondary School pupil was examined by a private doctor and sent home for bed rest. They said Singh went to bed with a fever and could not understand how it could have led to his death.

A post-mortem was performed on his body yesterday.

Singh lived at SS Erin Road, Penal.

The number of suspected dengue fever cases so far for 2009, according to the Ministry of Health, was 880. The statistics do not give the number of people who were confirmed as having the disease or how many people died from the illness.

The Express has reported on the deaths of two people this year whose death certificates gave the cause of death as dengue haemorrhagic fever -Barrackpore taxi-driver, Persad Backarally, who died in March, and 12-year-old Sydney Boodhan of Princes Town in June. -CK