6-yr-old Chennai twins die of dengue

  • | Tuesday | 23rd October, 2018

Initially the Institute of Child Health recorded his death as viral haemorrhagic fever, but this was later converted as dengue death. We never thought they will be so dangerously ill till we brought them here,” said their father Santhosh Kumar. The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme webpage reports there were 2,175 cases of dengue and one death till September 1. P 10Spike in fever cases: People must visit docs to rule out dengueThey were taken to the intensive care unit and put on life support, but in vain. Dengue patients who do not show fever are likely to be elderly, diabetic or suffering from other immune compromised states, doctors said.

CHENNAI: A pair of six-yearold twins died of dengue at the state-run Institute of Child Health on Monday morning, taking the toll due to the virus infection in the state to four this month.Deeksha Santhosh Kumar and Dakshan Santhosh Kumar, who were admitted with severe hemorrhagic shock, died one after the other within three hours. The residents of Madhavaram had been referred to the ICH on Saturday night. “It was the fifth day of the fever. They were extremely sick on admission. They had severe internal bleeding, were unconscious and had low blood pressure,” said ICH director Dr A T Arasar Seeralar.Some dengue patients may not have feverIn rare cases, a person may be infected with the dengue virus but not have fever, AIIMS doctors have said in a case study of a 50-year-old nursing orderly published recently. Dengue patients who do not show fever are likely to be elderly, diabetic or suffering from other immune compromised states, doctors said. P 10Spike in fever cases: People must visit docs to rule out dengueThey were taken to the intensive care unit and put on life support, but in vain. By 7am, after they were declared dead, friends and family members of the six-year-olds besieged the hospital. “We took them to a doctor in our neighbourhood. We gave them all the medicines he had prescribed. They were referred here after they became very sick and tests showed dengue. We never thought they will be so dangerously ill till we brought them here,” said their father Santhosh Kumar. The children’s mother Gajalakshmi was inconsolable.There has been a spike in fever cases across the state, director of public health Dr K Kolandaisamy later said. “While 90% of the cases are self-limiting about 10% of them become dangerously ill. We have been telling people to consult doctors for all fevers and doctors to rule out a dengue/chikunguniya, malaria, H1N1,typhoid, leptospirosis and scrub typhus. In most deaths, self-medication and delay in treatment have been leading causes,” he said.In the last one month, health secretary J Radhakrishnan said, there have been four dengue deaths and six H1N1 deaths in the state. The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme webpage reports there were 2,175 cases of dengue and one death till September 1. Since then the state has reported four deaths, including of three children “There is a combination of reasons including weather that has caused the increase in fever cases and death. But this time, unlike last year, if we see symptoms of clinical dengue in people we record them as dengue even if tests are negative,” he said. Last week, a 12-year-old patient died at the hospital. Although the clinical signs were clear that he had dengue, the test results were negative. Initially the Institute of Child Health recorded his death as viral haemorrhagic fever, but this was later converted as dengue death.

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