Dengue Dengue

Finally back after 2 months...

So I had dengue recently and it was quite difficult to find understandable stuff about dengue on the internet, so here is the why, how, when and all that in layman's terms.

First of all, when you kena dengue, you feel sad all the time. Sitting on the chair while looking at the tv. Looking not watching. So sad. Then your blood platelets will go down. Normal safe level is 150 x 10^3. Mine went down to 25 and there's nothing you can do about it. It just keeps on going down down down. If it goes this low and you injure yourself and start to bleed then there's a problem, so jaga jaga a bit. If no injuries then relax lah no problem.

The only thing the doctors ask you to do is drink fluids ( water, milo ais, 100 plus, etc.) and take panadol. Why water? Actually if you don't have enough water then your blood becomes too thick. Then for some reason your blood cells will burst and plasma will leak out and you can die. Leak from where to where I don't know but it will leak. This is the main problem. So the 3.5 liters per day they ask you to drink is for blood concentration, not platelets.

Next there is panadol. Why? Simply to bring down the fever so that your body cells will function properly at the proper temperature. Makes sense right? So eat your panadol on time and use koolfever.

Around the 6th day of dengue, suddenly your fever will be gone. But platelets will still go down. Next 2 days it will go up and once it goes up it won't go down anymore so no need to worry already. But then your whole body will be itchy and there's no use scratching because its on the inside. So pandai pandai lah tahan.

So that is how I survived dengue. Hopefully you know how it works now. And one more thing, after everything is done, for the next few days, you'll look like a lobster and feel high all the time as if you just smoked weed and got a tan at the same time. So don't be surprised. Just a reminder. And marilah kita bersama-sama cegah denggi...