Dengue fever - Symptoms and causes

[@lizinawe]

here in cozumel, mexico, it is being under reported to protect tourism. it is no joke to get it.

[@patriciabosch9499]

Here in the Dominican Republic is really out of control a lot of deaths right now and it has been declared an epidemic

[@le_th_]

I'm so very sorry to hear that. That's the last thing you guys need after the pandemic we just had.

[@deborahbarry8458]

In Cuba this is a huge problem. One of my friends has died from Dengue.

[@lilys7431]

💔 I’m sorry you lost a friend to this.

[@puppetken]

Is Dengue bad right now in Cuba?

[@janetjames1562]

One of the advantages of living in East Africa is the prevalent use of mosquito nets. All boarding school students must bring nets to their schools. I use a net every night in all seasons. It does help and I wish I knew about mosquito nets when I suffered from bad bites in Colombia. Anyway this presentation is very good. There is a lot of dengue where I am.

[@Kim-mz8co]

I've had Dengue twice--once three weeks after arriving in Northern Thailand in 2013 and the second time 4 years later in Northern Laos. Among MANY other symptoms, I was hallucinating what I was hearing (I heard conversations in English, but no one spoke English at the rural hospital) and I saw an aura around the body of a man who died in the bed across from me. There's a reason it's referred to as break-bone fever. When the second bout hit I knew what it was, but not as difficult. Navigating stairs was exhausting and everything in nature seemed to be in black and white. It's a powerful experience.

[@puppetken]

Did you have any stomach pain and pain in the lower and upper back to the neck?

[@wendybone8104]

​@@puppetkenI've had it twice in Indonesia, with terrible nausea and stomach pain. Could hardly eat for two weeks. Also the second time I had severe pain in my spine and neck.

[@lyfandeth]

Dr. Mike, even the CDC says you can safely use permethrin ("Sawyers") to treat your clothing. That repels and kills mosquitoes and ticks. Doesn't go on your skin, doesn't melt plastics. A synthetic version of a natural chrysanthemum bug repellant. Makes a great alternative to deet!

[@Tom-ct6dy]

You should discuss the four strains of dengue and the consequence of getting sick a second time, with a different strain. That’s the real danger of dengue.

[@EarthsGeomancer]

What happens the second time?

[@Axiomatic75]

@@EarthsGeomancer There's a chance that your immune system gets confused. It thinks it has got the right antibodies to deal with it but because it's a different strain these antibodies are actually ineffective. So people get really, really sick before their immune system finally realizes its mistake.

[@patriciabosch9499]

@@EarthsGeomancer if you get stung by the mosquito with the same strain, then it turns hemorrhagic...or severe dengue...Thera are four strains : den-1, den-2, den-3 , and den-4....the most dangerous one is 2 and that’s the one we are being hit with

[@eldee1628]

@@EarthsGeomancer As far as I'm aware, if it's the same strain, you are immune. If it's another of the four strains you could get internal bleeding (hemorrhagic fever), more likely if it's the third strain you pick up and as said here it can then be life threatening. I had dengue about five years ago - it was scary.

[@patriciaperkins4252]

Great information, Dr. Mike Hansen. I pushed this out on Facebook and LinkedIn and sent it to some Florida friends. I lost a friend to this disease 20 years ago. Very informative.

[@kirkdarling4120]

All those years I spent dodging Dengue fever in SEA, and here it is.

[@anintellectualcarrot]

Fellow doctor here. I clicked on the video once I saw the title in my notifications. I was wondering if there was a stateside outbreak that I somehow missed. I like to keep myself apprised of the latest information in all medical sectors. While I'm not a content creator, I appreciate the work of medical professionals like yourself who inform the public of relevant information and proper precautionary measures.

[@eliomarlacerda2364]

Here in Brazil there is a vaccine been tested with promising results and i guess it will be approved soon. Dengue is endemic here since the 80s.

[@kristinaanderson1047]

It’s not endemic in Hawaii. But in 2016, We had an outbreak start spreading when a sick tourist brought it in and spread it at a campsite. You have to actively avoid getting bit and scour your property for breeding spots. Any stagnant water. Mosquitoes can breed in just a teaspoon of water. The flying range of this mosquito is 200 feet, so if there were confirmed cases in our area we really had to be careful. Eventually it was eliminated from Hawaii Island.

[@phizc]

2:37 "Dengue fever symptoms typically start 4-6 days _before_ the bite of an infected mosquito". Time traveling viruses.. ouch. 😂

[@johnlacey3857]

I can’t believe he can say with a straight face “wear long pants, long sleeves, shoes, socks, and hat”... when it’s 95 degrees and 95 percent humidity. Ridiculous. Medical science needs to come up with something better.

[@kirkdarling4120]

Wear the right fabrics and it's better than being bare.

[@johnlacey3857]

@@kirkdarling4120 Haha in my dreams. I have tried every modern fabric under the sun (so to speak) but I sweat like a pig.

[@kirkdarling4120]

@@johnlacey3857 Sweating is fine. When I was in the Philippines and Thailand, I was _always_ wet, either from sweat in the dry season or rain in the monsoon season. Embrace the wet. And then with the right fabrics, you dry off right away.

[@johnlacey3857]

@@kirkdarling4120 I have lived for years in the tropics (including Thailand and Philippines) and sweat profusely after only a few minutes... wearing only light t-shirt and shorts made of the most high-tech modern fabrics. I never “dry off” unless I go into an aircon facility for an extended period. It’s disgusting and the locals are embarrassed.

[@NattyDanger]

I got dengue fever when I was 13 years old (back in 2002) while I was living in Puerto Rico with my grandma. I remember looking up the statistics and at that time, it was incredibly rare in the U.S. only 1-2 cases/year. Every time I've looked it up since then, it's been more and more. I am lucky that I was a healthy teen with a strong immune system. Another girl at my high school, who had a lot of medical issues already, got dengue not long after me and died because of it.

[@FoxBellyFarm]

Dengue is no joke…it can be incredibly dangerous. What are some of the potential complications? Thank you for bringing awareness to this life threatening/damaging virus.

[@Wally-qg3ri]

My father contracted Dengue fever during World War 2. He was stationed in the South Pacific along with other diseases. I read that more US soldiers were sick from diseases than injured or killed during the war.

[@TehPwnerer]

That's usually how it goes in war

[@sammyithinkso]

As a Dengue survivor, i had divine intervention with me

[@patricianoll1229]

I'm alive after 2 times dengue and malaria

[@AndrewPawley11]

I have lived in the Tropics for many years. Listen to what Mike says people, Dengue is the real deal. You absolutely don't want to get it.

[@eldee1628]

Correct. I got it in Vietnam and I was bed all alone in a hotel for a week with no food and no support with it. Three years later the same with Covid but that was like child's play when compared to Dengue.

[@florypridgen4773]

Thank you doctor Hansen for the good informations, ❤

[@MichaelPaston]

In the video, he gives advice to avoid anopheles mosquitoes. However the video is about dengue fever. That is caused, as he mentioned by aedies aegytia.

[@lethabrooks9112]

It would suck to get bitten by both of those mosquitoes at the same time!

[@lilys7431]

I’m in central Florida and walk my dogs daily, deet is part of my routine, call it my summer fragrance.

[@Livetoeat171]

Hopefully wearing pesticides all year won't give you cancer when you're 60 years old

[@womanofsubstance8735]

2:39 How can symptoms manifest "4 to 6 days BEFORE the bite of an infected mosquito"?

[@le_th_]

Are you on the spectrum? If not, why can't you figure out, from context, what is meant here? smh

[@junaid67825]

Looks you are not Dr

[@SureshKumar-gc8rl]

Now the vaccine for dengue will come fast, since the infection has started in the US mainland. This is not my statement, but from a doctor from a developed nation that did not have DENGUE earlier., who once said that the innovation comes only when this affects the developed nations. Better late than ever, at a rate affordable to the poor people of the majority nations suffering with this deadly ailment. Good video, Sir.

[@le_th_]

There is already a vaccine. He talks about the vaccine in this video. It's for children who have dengue fever.

[@rippy4freedom]

Oh geez thats where they released mosquitoes DER

[@scottcody8498]

How does that differ from Rocky Mountain fever which I believe is carried by ticks?

[@jrmayberry3536]

I got Dengue in Thailand during the covid outbreak because with fewer travelers and Thailand started to fall into disrepair. It was pretty terrible and I spent about a week in the hospital. My platelets got really low and just when they couldn't go much lower, I started to recover. I pretty much just spent a week sleeping in the hospital. They say Papaya leaf juice helps increase platelets and is the local "treatment". The hospital refused helping me get some. I got the typical bumps and rash all over my skin right at the end also.

[@theimpossiblemary]

Hi, Dr. Mike! Could you do a video about Hantavirus?

[@le_th_]

Is there a Hantavirus outbreak occurring? He isn't doing this video willy-nilly, there is a dengue fever outbreak occurring right now, and it's serious. ...and yes, I know the Hanta virus is serious.

[@ZeroRiskAppetite]

Had dengue a few years back. I believe the only blood test they were doing was my platelet count 🤷. I felt okay, just a fever but the doctors were worried about how the platelets were dropping like an anvil every passing day. After a week or so it stabilized and started to go back up so I was released.

[@patriciabosch9499]

Platelet count is what is used to confirm the diagnosis, along with the symptoms the patient presents

[@62halee]

Doc, you started off with the aedes egypti and ended with anopheles. I believe the aedes egypti are the little culprits. They bite mostly during daytime.

[@elisabethschwarzl8410]

The Aedes egyptii are day feeders. I had dengue a couple of months ago and it was a challenging ride. Spent a week in the hospital. One of the side effects of Dengue can be depression, no doctor warns you about it

[@62halee]

@@elisabethschwarzl8410 Most illnesses can be accompanied by depression. Get well soon!

[@vivianrios6007]

And what really helps these 🦟 are the breeding places that we have around our homes where there is stagnant waters. Specially flower pots. I am from PR(live in Florida)and usually after Hurricane season, the floods that happen tend to accumulate plenty of those breeding places. 🤦🏻‍♀️🙏🏼☺️

[@MrR952]

In Bangladesh, there are thousands of people are affected by Dengue fever every single day. Almost 500 people died in 2 months

[@le_th_]

That's awful, I'm so sorry to hear so many are suffering.

[@djv.8424]

How can symptoms start 4-6 days before a bite?

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Magic, really.🎉

[@TehPwnerer]

Caught that one too and had a good chuckle

[@le_th_]

Pretend you possess the intellect to comprehend meaning from context.

[@raider8sox]

My cousin died of dengue fever back before I was born.

[@lucyalderman422]

With the way that the CDC handled COVID and it’s vaccine I am not going to get or recommend anyone get a vaccine

[@TehPwnerer]

Vaccination is the GOAT of public health achievements. It has saved more lives and improved them more so than any other technology we have

[@wendybone8104]

Please be warned that young people are especially vulnerable to dengue. Here in Indonesia several of my students have died. It's critical that if you get it, not to do any activity, even if you start feeling better, since it can rapidly take a turn for the worse. (One student felt well enough to play basketball, and he died shortly after.) The conventional wisdom is to drink lots of guava juice, which is high in vitamin C and appears to have a positive effect on white blood cell count.

[@ourlifeinwashington4114]

He keeps saying with temperatures rising but nothing has changed around the world in the last 800yrs except we came out of a mini ice age. I live in Washington state and the weather here is the same as its always been. Sometimes you get highs and lows and droughts and floods. The 2 things thatve changed over the years is the chemicals they're not allowed to use to kill insects and urban sprawl. Also solar minor has alot to do with our weather also.

[@SarahD-s4y]

It does feel like all your joints and bones are breaking and I know what a broken bone feels like and I'm not one to take Tylenol or pain killers but I needed it this time.😢

[@FunandlearnWithSonuandTaha]

Do we have a chance to develop lungs cancer in chronic bronchitis for non smoker plz reply

[@Worldsbestchocolate]

I had it back in 2014 in 7th grade in Jamaica. It was a rough illness

[@le_th_]

Glad you were able to recover. Hope you are doing well today.

[@jethrox827]

Japanese encephalitis next

[@pearls1626]

Thanks Dr Mike.❤❤❤

[@zanelexulu3792]

IS Dengue fever contagious?

[@elisabethschwarzl8410]

Dengue is not transmitted from person to person. But - you have Dengue, you don't know, mosquito bites you; and afterwards your neighbour, it can be transmitted

[@leunam3434]

I will never travel to Florida again.

[@le_th_]

Why would you travel there anyway? Go to Hawai'i. So much better. Even California is better.

[@tonynes3577]

I go to Cabo Mexico regularly and about 2 yrs ago I was bitten about 30 bites on each leg by the poolside, in the evening. I had bite wounds for a month or so and a low grade fever day or so after the bites. I am assuming I may have been exposed to dengue or some other mosquito virus, however my symptoms were mild ( I'm lucky for a 63 year old). Now I take precautions whenever I go. But I am wondering, do you develop antibodies (immunity) to these mosquito viruses? Thanks for the information Doctor 😮!

[@eldee1628]

Possibly. They say the second strain gives the more challenging symptoms as the symptoms are worse with each of the four strain we get. I've had it and it's not fun.

[@stephaniepynes]

Dengue? Psh I’m battling COVID! I woulda bet the farm I had strep. But nope. Covid. And it seems to have made a home in my head. Never been so sick in my entire life!!

[@Moomai95]

Hey I've had relative who died from dengue. It's way more dangerous than COVID. When it comes to COVID-19 you only have to worry if you have underlying health conditions. I got COVID last year and it wasnt that bad. My cousin doesn't have any underlying health conditions and dengue killed him.

[@eldee1628]

@@Moomai95 Yes, I've had both and Dengue is much worse.

[@peggynulsen1365]

You need to get your mosquito species correct, might confuse people.

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Im surprised this is not another video about Mitch McConnell 😂

[@le_th_]

His brain is fried. Now he's far less dangerous than dengue fever.

[@nonenone4219]

DeSantis is right on top of this..Wait, he is too busy to care about people and the illness danger in the state he is supposed to take care of. Because it's not pinching DeSantis skin.

[@ceilconstante640]

Why was Bill Gates allowed to release his GMO Mosquitos in South Florida. DeSantis didn't create the problem nor can he do anything about it.

[@Monica-gj2yx]

LOL!

[@le_th_]

It is not possible for sociopaths to care about other people when they can't really even care about their own safety.

[@ceilconstante640]

@@le_th_ Narscissts Psychopaths only care about the heir own wellbeing.

[@nonenone4219]

@@le_th_ Very true.

[@SillyLittleAshTree]

The Philippines is so much safer due to Dengvaxia, they love it over there. Look it up, … please. 😥

[@eldee1628]

Yeah, that vaccine killed a lot of kids in the Philippines when the drug companies used them to test it. Look it up, please.

[@humble72]

amazing let’s keep these boarders open

[@evah5997]

Jesus Christ don't these mosquitoes have anything else better to do then attack humans

[@2thegiver]

NAC!!!

[@puppetken]

For Dengue?

[@2thegiver]

@@puppetken yes!

[@puppetken]

@@2thegiver How does it help? For which symptoms?

[@2thegiver]

@@puppetken NAC stops virus replication in many viruses. Covid19, the flu, RSV and even pneumonia. It is AMAZING.

[@kamalakrsna]

Open the southern border - let all enter USA 😂

[@johannarocho3040]

Pslm. 91

[@pearls1626]

Equipped