Should you panic if a dengue patient needs platelets?
Recently, Abhimanyu Singh (name changed), a resident of Basaveshwara Nagar was suspected of dengue fever and admitted in M S Ramaiah Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Bangalore.
Dengue
DNA: A Sankalp to fight Dengue
BLOOD PLATELETS ARE REQUIRED IN THE TREATMENT OF MANY DEADLY DISEASES
A sankalp to fight dengue
This is an article about the importance of Single Donor Platelet Apheresis (SDP).
All you wanted to know about Dengue
Introduction
Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease which in the recent years has become a major international public health concern. Globally, 2.5 billion people live in areas where dengue viruses can be transmitted.
Are we on the way to find a cure for Dengue?
Are we on the way to find a cure for Dengue? Here is a news story of a recent medical research.
Duke University researchers have found that cells that play a role in triggering a response to bacteria and pathogens could also have a role in attacking dengue fever, a tropical disease for which there is no vaccine.
Dengue is on the horizon. Are we prepared?
Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic morbilliform skin rash. In some cases the disease develops to the life threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever (bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage) and dengue shock syndrome (circulatory failure). Dengue is transmitted by species of mosquitoes.
The dengue crisis
Recently a volunteer of the Sankalp emergency wing was interviewed on the current blood shortage that has hit the state due to dengue. Read on-
Q. Tell me about the situation?
Volunteer- Dengue has hit really hard this year. We received thrice the normal number of blood requests this week. The number of emergency requests has alone crossed the average of 10 per day. Blood banks are running dry on platelets.
How severe is the Dengue issue that the country is facing?
This forum is an attempt to clearly understand the magnitude and the severity of the dengue problem that our country is facing. Please share links, write-ups, information etc to help strengthen the understanding of dengue issue in our country.
What more can be done to fight dengue?
Dengue is wrecked havoc all over the country. We believe that the Government is doing something to fight the problem. At the same time we thought that it could be a good idea to try to understand what exactly can we as individuals do to fight this problem better. Please use this forum to share ideas.
Platelet Apheresis - A Complete Guide
The cheers for the regular blood donors is that now they can choose to donate selective components of blood too. Get to know more about the process of donating platelets selectively.
Becoming a Platelets Donor
By donating your platelets through platelet apheresis (ay-fer-ee-sis), you give a very special gift of life. Most patients undergoing a treatment for dengue, bone marrow transplant, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation treatment or organ transplant need platelets in order to survive.