Case presentations: THROMBOCYTOPAENIA AND LEUCOPAENIA OF DENGUE FEVER: A CASE SERIES by Prof. Ranjit Nimbalkar
Introduction: Dengue fever , generally doesn’t cause much harm or is not fatal in normal adults. But of course there are chances of its landing into Dengue shock syndrome , where complications of hypotension & tissue edema are common. Dengue haemorrhagic fever is another dangerous condition, where due to bone marrow depression , there is considerable fall in white cells & platelets, causing a risk of secondary infections & bleeding disorders respectively. As per the studies, children are moresusceptible to thrombocytopaenia 1,2 . In this case series, 5 cases of post dengue thrombocytopenic patients have been included. All showed gradual fall of WBCs & Platelets will be presented. All the 5 patients were previously treated by their family doctors for symptoms like fever, headache & body ache 3 . Dengue NS1 was positive. They were relieved from these symptoms like fever, bodyache etc., but still showing gradual downfall in WBC & platelet counts....