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    The Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever Are As Follows

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    Dengue fever causes high fever, chills, headaches, pain in the eyes, and muscle and joint pains. After a few days, the fever drops rapidly and is followed by intense sweating. The fever then rises abruptly again along with rashes on the arms, legs and body. Recovery takes about a week though patients feel exhausted for several weeks. Dengue viruses are transmitted via bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which breed during rainy seasons and can pass the virus between humans during blood feeding. There is an incubation period of 3-15 days before symptoms appear.

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    Dengue fever causes high fever, chills, headaches, pain in the eyes, and muscle and joint pains. After a few days, the fever drops rapidly and is followed by intense sweating. The fever then rises abruptly again along with rashes on the arms, legs and body. Recovery takes about a week though patients feel exhausted for several weeks. Dengue viruses are transmitted via bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which breed during rainy seasons and can pass the virus between humans during blood feeding. There is an incubation period of 3-15 days before symptoms appear.

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    Dengue fever causes high fever, chills, headaches, pain in the eyes, and muscle and joint pains. After a few days, the fever drops rapidly and is followed by intense sweating. The fever then rises abruptly again along with rashes on the arms, legs and body. Recovery takes about a week though patients feel exhausted for several weeks. Dengue viruses are transmitted via bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which breed during rainy seasons and can pass the virus between humans during blood feeding. There is an incubation period of 3-15 days before symptoms appear.

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    Dengue fever causes high fever, chills, headaches, pain in the eyes, and muscle and joint pains. After a few days, the fever drops rapidly and is followed by intense sweating. The fever then rises abruptly again along with rashes on the arms, legs and body. Recovery takes about a week though patients feel exhausted for several weeks. Dengue viruses are transmitted via bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which breed during rainy seasons and can pass the virus between humans during blood feeding. There is an incubation period of 3-15 days before symptoms appear.

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    The signs and symptoms of Dengue fever are as follows:

    - High fever (104 F, 40°C)


    - Chills
    - Headache
    - Red eyes, pain in the eyes
    - Enlarged lymph nodes
    - Deep muscle and joint pains (during first hours of illness)
    - Loss of appetite
    - Nausea and vomiting
    - Low blood pressure and heart rate
    - Extreme fatigue

    Basically, dengue commences with high fever and other signs as listed above for 2 to 4 days.
    Then, the temperature drops rapidly and intense sweating takes place. After about a day with
    normal temperature and a feeling of well-being, the temperature rises abruptly again. Rashes
    (small red bumps) show up on the arms, legs and the entire body simultaneously along with
    fever. However, rashes rarely occur on the face. The palms of the hands and soles of the feet
    may be swollen and bright red. Although the patient may feel exhausted for several weeks, most
    cases of dengue take approximately one week to recover. Once a person recovers from
    dengue, he or she will have antibodies in their bloodstream which will prevent them from having
    a relapse for about a year.

    Transmission

    Dengue viruses are transmitted to humans (host) through the bites of the female striped Aedes
    aegypti mosquito (vector). This variety of mosquito breeds easily during the rainy seasons. The
    dengue virus is transmitted to its host during probing and blood feeding. The mosquito may
    carry the virus from one host to another host and the mosquito is most active in the early
    morning and later afternoon. Incubation period occurs when the viruses has been transmitted to
    the human host. The period ranges from 3 to 15 days before the characteristics of dengue
    appear. During incubation time, the dengue viruses multiply.

    --http://www.expat.com.my/dengue.htm—

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