Liver Involvement in Dengue Fever
With the prolonged monsoon season that we had this year, the Dengue Fever cases have been on a rise. Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by a vector known as Aedes mosquito. The weather in Ahmedabad being warm and with humidity provided by the prolonged monsoon has resulted in Aedes getting multiple breeding sites.It is a self-limiting condition for which no specific treatment is available and the trials on vaccination to prevent are just coming out. It is the most rapidly spreading mosquito borne disease in the world. Most of the cases of dengue fever behave like a routine viral illness where the patient develops fever with flu like symptoms – body ache, headache, joint pains, malaise, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. With supportive care, these symptoms subside in a period of few days and the disease leaves without any long term sequel. Affection Liver by the virus is an important aspect of the disease. Most of the time, it causes a rise in Transaminases –