Question 1

what are the symptoms of hemorrhagic fever?

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Multiple disorders: Infection with a wide variety of viruses can cause hemorrhagic fever.  There is fever, and hemorrhages and depending on the virus other symptoms may include server muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness, photophobia, severe headaches and severe cases alterations in mental status.

Question 2

what is the treatment for hemorrhagic fever?

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Difficult: Usually hemorrhagic fever infections are very dangerous with over 90% mortality-such as ebola virus- for example. Usually isolation and intense supportive care is all that can be done. Often, sadly, this doesn't work and the patient usually dies. There are really no great effective treatments for these diseases at this time.

Question 3

how is simian hemorrhagic fever (shf) similar to and different from ebola?

Accepted Answer

Ok: Shfv causes a  hemorrhagic fever in macaques , a species that is not the natural host.  It is a different virus entirely than ebola.

Question 4

how is bp affected from dengue hemorrhagic fever?

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Low: Usually hypotensive with acute phase and variable otherwise.

Question 5

what is treatment for dengue hemorrhagic fever?

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Supportive care: "supportive care, " meaning there's no specific treatment against the virus. You focus on treating the complications of the illness until it resolves. This can require hospitalization, sometime in an intensive care unit.

Question 6

is ebola hemorrhagic fever the same thing as the ebola virus?

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Almost: The ebola virus is the organism that causes ebola hemorrhagic fever.

Question 7

pathophysiology of dengue hemorrhagic fever, what is this?

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Dengue Fever: Hemorrhagic fever is the most serious manifestation of dengue fever.  It can lead to circulatory failure and shock.  In it there's a plasma leakage syndrome with increased vascular permeability, platelet count less than 100, 000, fever lasing 2-7 days, and spontaneous bleeding with microvascular fragility. There may be small bruises (petechiae) in the skin all the way to profuse bleeding.

Question 8

difference  between dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever?

Accepted Answer

Quite similar: Both conditions are caused by dengue virus. One is a milder form but the second one is more serious due to development of very low platelet counts which can lead to bleeding(that is why it is called hemorragic) and occasional fatalities due to shock(fluid leaks) or bleeding.

Question 9

if i have had dengue fever before, should i avoid traveling to countries with prevalent dengue as a rule to avoid hemorrhagic fever?

Accepted Answer

Mosquito control: For 100% certainty, avoiding travel to areas with dengue is all you can do. However, &quot;avoid&quot; is relative, depending on the reason and importance of travel. In dengue areas, the main thing is to be very compulsive about preventing mosquito bites with proper clothing, good repellant (DEET or picaridin, nothing else is reliable), and mosquito nets at night if exposure is likely (open windows, tents).

Question 10

how can dengue hemorrhagic fever cause low bp?

Accepted Answer

Dengue: There are many mechanisms by which this could occur, including severe anemia induced by the intravascular hemolysis, renal failure, vascular collapse, dehydration and other mechanisms. You need to get a medical education to understand this fully, and don't think that this is place in which to obtain that.  Good luck.

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