Prognosis of Dengue fever

Prognosis for Dengue fever: Most people who develop dengue fever recover completely within two weeks. Some, however, may go through several weeks of feeling tired and/or depressed. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID) ...see also Overview of Dengue fever

Dengue fever: Duration statistics

Duration of Dengue fever: 2 weeks typically but sometimes months before weakness or joint pains disappear. ...see also Overview of Dengue fever

Duration of Dengue fever: The acute phase of up to 1 week is followed by a 1- to 2-week period of convalescence which is characterized by weakness, malaise, and anorexia. (Source: excerpt from Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Information for Health Care Practitioners: DVBID)

Complications:

Complications of Dengue fever may include:

• Fatigue
• Tiredness
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever - this can cause several serious complications:
  • Bleeding
  • Shock
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Complications of Dengue fever from the Diseases Database include:

• Purpura
• Lymphadenopathy
• Thrombocytopenia
• Maculopapular rash
• Viral haemorrhagic fever
• more complications...»

See also complications of Dengue fever.

Death Statistics for Dengue fever

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Dengue fever:

• Dengue death statistics by worldwide region:
  • About 2,000 deaths from dengue in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
  • About 12,000 deaths from dengue in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
  • About 1,000 deaths from dengue in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
  • About 4,000 deaths from dengue in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
• more death statistics...»

Dengue fever: Research More

• Dengue fever: Introduction
• Deaths: Dengue fever
• Symptoms: Dengue fever
• Complications: Dengue fever
• Treatments: Dengue fever

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Dengue fever usually refers to the likely outcome of Dengue fever. The prognosis of Dengue fever may include the duration of Dengue fever, chances of complications of Dengue fever, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Dengue fever, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Dengue fever. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.