All you need to know about Dengue Encephalitis

Nov 02, 2023 Sushmita Panda

Two cases of an extremely rare form of dengue–Dengue Encephalitis–have been reported in Telangana’s Hyderabad.

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Out of the two cases, one patient succumbed within hours, and another patient is still under treatment.

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Most cases of dengue recover without any complications but some patients may land into Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.

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Dengue encephalitis is basically the involvement of the brain parenchyma which can result in symptoms such as disorientation, hallucinations, agitation and changes in behavior, hemiparesis, aphasia in addition to epileptic seizures.

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Dengue encephalitis is a severe neurological complication of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection.

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Regarding the treatment of dengue encephalitis, there is no specific targeted therapy to date

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