Clinical presentation of Dengue in a general hospital in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Nashir Uddin Ahmed Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah"
  • Khandaker Abu Talha Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
  • Mohd Yusof Hj Ibrahim Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
  • Farhana Selina Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
  • Than Myint Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah"
  • Khin Maung Ohn @ Arif Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v10i2.630

Keywords:

dengue, clinical presentation, general hospital in Bangladesh

Abstract

Dengue is one of the commonest viral diseases of Africa and tropical Asia. This disease is characterized by headache, fever, generalized body pain, severe malaise and back pain. The uncomplicated Dengue which is also named the classical dengue fever usually begins 3-8 days after biting of an infected mosquito. This is a cross sectional study on clinical presentation of Dengue in a general hospital in Bangladesh. The total number of patients was 198. The study period was 6 months (July 2004 to December 2004). All the patients who were admitted in the ‘Dengue ward’ and diagnosed as Dengue by serological test were included in this study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the common clinical presentations of Dengue in a General hospital in Bangladesh. The aim and objective was to compare the clinical presentations of Dengue in Bangladesh patients with those of other international studies. Most of the patients were male (3.7 :1) in sex and young adult(s) in age (80.3%). Fever and severe backache were the commonest clinical features. Nearly two-third (74%) patients presented with hemorrhagic features. Gum bleeding (20.2%) was the commonest bleeding feature. The result of this study showed a similarity with that of other international studies.

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Published

2023-05-18

How to Cite

Ahmed, N. U., Talha, K. A., Hj Ibrahim, M. Y., Selina, F., Myint, T., & Ohn @ Arif, K. M. (2023). Clinical presentation of Dengue in a general hospital in Bangladesh. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 10(2), 60–66. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v10i2.630
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