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Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Symptoms of Dengue

80% of people who are infected for the first time with dengue have either very, very mild symptoms or are entirely asymptomatic. The fibrile phase is much more likely to be symptomatic and this phase will probably start out worse than the first infection. So it starts out with a super high fever. We're talking over 104 Fahrenheit Yes. 40 Celsius. And this fever lasts usually between two and seven days. You'll often get a headache and very classically you get severe muscle and joint pain. That's how it got the name break bone fever. It could also respond to like anti-pyretics? Good question, probably. But it's also often

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