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Suggest Treatment For Dengue With A Low Platelet Count In Males
Hi, my father was suffering from dengue. He was admitted to the nearby nursing home and was treated but after some days his stomach bloated abnormally including his eyes, though he passed 7 days in this situation the platelates haven t come to the preferable count, but he has no pain in his stomach along with no appetite for food, please suggest me what should I do. His recent platelates count is 20,000
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Fri, 6 Oct 2017
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dengue is a viral infection and treatment is mainly supportve ie plenty of fluids ,paracetamol for fever and antihistamincs for itching.......it cures by itself within 7 -10 days .but if there is a bleeding manisfestations eg nasal bleed etc ...platetlet count less than 10000 ,then prophlactic platelet transfusion is doNE.FOR ur father if he has no bleeding tendency then he only needs symptomatic treatment ....if platelets goes down to 10000 thn he might need platelet transfusion
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