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Treating dengue more difficult with growing obesity - experts
By Tan Ee Lyn
SINGAPORE | Fri Dec 3, 2010 6:15pm IST
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Experts warned on Friday that treating dengue, a potentially fatal disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, will become more difficult in the future as more people around the world become overweight and obese.
Dengue patients suffer from capillary permeability, when fluid leaks from their blood vessels into surrounding tissues, causing breathing difficulty and complications in major organs like the brain, liver and kidneys...
Treating dengue more difficult with growing obesity - experts
By Tan Ee Lyn
SINGAPORE | Fri Dec 3, 2010 6:15pm IST
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Experts warned on Friday that treating dengue, a potentially fatal disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, will become more difficult in the future as more people around the world become overweight and obese.
Dengue patients suffer from capillary permeability, when fluid leaks from their blood vessels into surrounding tissues, causing breathing difficulty and complications in major organs like the brain, liver and kidneys...