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Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
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Condition overview
Attributes
Critical careis Yes
Linked signs and symptoms
17Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Abdominal Bleeding
- Appetite Loss (Anorexia)
- Behaviour: Restlessness
- Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension)
- Eye Redness
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Gums Bleeding
- Headache (Cephalgia)
- Headache: Severe (Cephalgia)
- Liver Enlarged Or Tender
- Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
- Mind: Malaise
- Muscle Aches
- Nose Bleed (Epistaxis)
- Pain Joint (Arthralgia)
- Skin Rash
- Vomiting
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
14Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Medical therapy
2Lifestyle changes
2Alternative and complementary therapies
3Alternative medicine
3Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
13These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration
- Heamatocrit (Hct)
- Neutrophil Absolute Count
- Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide (PCO2, PaCO2)
- Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count
- Urine Hyaline Cast Concentration
- Urine Ketone Concentration
- Urine Osmolality
- Urine pH Test
- Urine Sodium Quantitative (24hr)
- Urine Specific Gravity (SG)
- Urine Volume
- White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Biological markers/agents
11This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
6- Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 90–215 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsAlpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration
- Segmented NeutrophilsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 50–62 %; Adult ( > 16y): 2,500–8,000 mm3Linked diagnostic testsDifferential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Neutrophil Absolute Count
- Urine Hyaline CastsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–2 /lpfLinked diagnostic testsUrine Hyaline Cast Concentration
- Urine KetoneReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–0.25 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsUrine Ketone Concentration
- Urine SodiumReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 41–115 mmol/day; Adult ( > 16y): 40–220 mmol/dayLinked diagnostic testsUrine Sodium Quantitative (24hr)
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic testsWhite Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
5- Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide (PaCO2)Reference range exampleAll: 35–45 mm HgLinked diagnostic testsPartial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide (PCO2, PaCO2)
- RBC MassReference range exampleFemale: 36–48 %; Male: 42–52 %Linked diagnostic testsHeamatocrit (Hct)
- Red Blood Cells (RBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 3.6–5 106/mm3; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4.2–5.4 106/mm3Linked diagnostic testsRed Blood Cell (RBC) Count
- Urine OsmolalityReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 250–950 mOsm/kgLinked diagnostic testsUrine Osmolality
- Urine Specific Gravity (SG)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 1.005–1.03Linked diagnostic testsUrine Specific Gravity (SG)
Introduction / full article
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Uncaria Tomentosa Plant (Cats Claw Herb) [1, 2]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Early studies show that cats claw herb may be beneficial to those with dengue. More studies are needed)
Grade of Evidence: Low quality of evidence
Tawa-Tawa Herb [3, 4]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Early studies show that tawa-tawa herb may be beneficial to those with dengue. More studies are needed)
Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence
Sweet Potato Juice:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that sweet potato juice is beneficial to those that have dengue)
Grade of Evidence: Very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14090&ArticleId=322156
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18279801