Turns out it was Dengue.

[giddyup]

Took myself to hospital this morning as still feeling less that 100%. Blood test showed that I had Dengue fever, but there was nothing much they could do for me as I was already over the worst of it.

[HauptmannUK]

21 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Took myself to hospital this morning as still feeling less that 100%. Blood test showed that I had Dengue fever, but there was nothing much they could do for me as I was already over the worst of it.

This is in Pattaya ?

[bkk6060]

I had it before.  The Doctor told me,the second case of it can be much worse.

Glad to hear you are doing better

 

https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/article/detail/Dengue-Fever

[timendres]

Dengue worries me much more so than Covid. 

[Swiss1960]

5 minutes ago, timendres said:

Dengue worries me much more so than Covid. 

Same here, unfortunately no vaccines for us old geezers...

[worgeordie]

That's what I thought you had when you described your symptoms before,

at your age you need to get yourself to hospital sooner ,as in severe cases

Dengue fever can kill you , as there is no cure ,but you say you are over the

worse of it , so good luck and make a full recovery .

 

regards worgeordie

[scubascuba3]

44 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Took myself to hospital this morning as still feeling less that 100%. Blood test showed that I had Dengue fever, but there was nothing much they could do for me as I was already over the worst of it.

Sounded like Dengue when you mentioned it before especially as your GF had it

[KannikaP]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Sounded like Dengue when you mentioned it before especially as your GF had it

It is NOT contagious. Only from that damned female mosquito.

[VocalNeal]

46 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Took myself to hospital this morning as still feeling less that 100%. Blood test showed that I had Dengue fever, but there was nothing much they could do for me as I was already over the worst of it.

 

Luckily you are not Irish🤔

[giddyup]

25 minutes ago, HauptmannUK said:

This is in Pattaya ?

Yes, went to Jomtien hospital on Sukhumvit for the first time.

[giddyup]

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

It is NOT contagious. Only from that damned female mosquito.

Was it just coincidence that I got it 2 weeks after my partner had it, or did I get bitten by a mosquito that bit her?

Edited December 24, 2023 by giddyup

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Was it just coincidence that I got it 2 weeks after my partner had it?

Yes,

Maybe the same mosquito. Or you got bitten by another mosquito that had picked it up from your GF. 555

Edited December 24, 2023 by KannikaP

[Lacessit]

You could have saved yourself a couple of weeks of unnecessary suffering by going to hospital in the first 2-3 days.

With other diseases, such as cancer, rabies or meningitis, delay could kill you.

[brianthainess]

32 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:

Same here, unfortunately no vaccines for us old geezers...

Why not?

[Bill97]

2 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Why not?

Because God has not provided any yet.

[Swiss1960]

5 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Why not?

They are not approved for age over 60

[brianthainess]

22 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Was it just coincidence that I got it 2 weeks after my partner had it, or did I get bitten by a mosquito that bit her?

Same as ''Rikki in Issan'' (YouTube) Both were sick his wife was pregnant, she went to the hospital to have the twin daughters, came home days later says I feel very sick, he was still sick, off she went to Hospital alone, sadly she died that night, and he never got to say goodbye, he never saw her again. 

He now has twin babies to care for alone but with help from her family.

[Gaccha]

A point that I'll keep making every time this comes up: every case that resulted in death in Thailand (according to all the newspaper articles that explain the trigger cause) was after they took aspirins or NSAIDs to lower their fevers.

 

If you must insist on lowering the fever (which is a silly thing to do because a fever is your body's way of fighting the infection, and only becomes an issue if it gets out of hand) then take a paracetamol tablet.

[scubascuba3]

34 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

It is NOT contagious. Only from that damned female mosquito.

How little you know, any Aedes Aegypti mosquito could have bitten his girlfriend and given him dengue, or another mosquito bitten someone else and then bitten him

[brianthainess]

7 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Because God has not provided any yet.

Nice of him to give us lots of dieses, his "SON' is definitely not on my Xmas list, barstard he is.

[novacova]

I keep a mixture of mupirocin and doxycycline and whenever I’m attacked by a mosquito then apply it on the bite. If I suspect the mosquito is infected with dengue then pop a doxy tab. I’ve been bitten twice this year and only applied mupirocin/doxy. I’ve taken a doxy tab once as a dengue prophylactic. Had dengue before, never again.

[Tropicalevo]

I understand that there are four different strains of dengue but you do not catch the same strain more than once.

Each time that you catch it, the symptoms/pain can be worse. I have had it three times. Two definite and one probable.

 

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/dengue-fever/facts

 

Quote

There are four serologically distinct dengue viruses, so people living in a dengue-endemic area can have several dengue infections in their lifetime.

 

[GinBoy2]

Dengue sucks, had it twice

 

Both times I felt like my head was going to explode, and those bone aches thought i was gonna die.

 

Is there any evolutionary reason mosquito's even exist other than to cause havoc

[giddyup]

58 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You could have saved yourself a couple of weeks of unnecessary suffering by going to hospital in the first 2-3 days.

With other diseases, such as cancer, rabies or meningitis, delay could kill you.

There is no specific treatment for dengue, so early diagnosis wouldn't have changed much.

[ChipButty]

Twice I've had it, the last time was a couple of months back in my case the first time was the worst they kept me in hospital for 5 days my blood count was getting dangerously low I was one day away from being put in ICU, DO NOT TAKE ASPRIN as it thins your blood out, 

I bought a load of them sachets replenish was drinking them, eating Khao Tom, rice porridge soup,

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Dengue sucks, had it twice

 

Both times I felt like my head was going to explode, and those bone aches thought i was gonna die.

 

Is there any evolutionary reason mosquito's even exist other than to cause havoc

They kill more people than all the other insects put together

[scubascuba3]

22 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Dengue sucks, had it twice

 

Both times I felt like my head was going to explode, and those bone aches thought i was gonna die.

 

Is there any evolutionary reason mosquito's even exist other than to cause havoc

think they pollinate flowers so not all bad

[connda]

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I had it before.  The Doctor told me,the second case of it can be much worse.

Glad to hear you are doing better

 

https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/article/detail/Dengue-Fever

 

2 hours ago, timendres said:

Dengue worries me much more so than Covid. 

 

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Same here, unfortunately no vaccines for us old geezers...

Once you have had Dengue, then the Dengue vaccines seem to be effective at dampening the effects of a second bout of Dengue.
However, if you have not had Dengue, then the vaccine can cause Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) which is the proximate cause for the problems with Dengue if you are reinfected a second time.

It worth reading the medical literature (if you are capable). 

 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:

Dengue sucks, had it twice

Both times I felt like my head was going to explode, and those bone aches thought i was gonna die.

Is there any evolutionary reason mosquito's even exist other than to cause havoc

You have reminded me of an issue that has long annoyed me - that mosquitos have not been eradicated. Flies perform a useful function, as do all the other insects, but WTF do mosquitos do.  The reason I am extra annoyed is that they can eradicate them. There has been a gentic modification discovered that goes one step beyond the one that steralises the males in the local area. I remember reading the scientific report over 10 years ago. It was shelved for 2 reasons. One being that it is inhumane to eradicate a species - that one I did not and will not ever agree with. Number two being that they are not certain if somehow it could spill over to other species - I can see that. But IMO it is worth the risk. People claim Religion has killed more people - but the fact is that since we first became civilised (farming etc), more humans have been killed by mosquitos than anything else - by a long long way. And 1000s of times that number have been made sick.  AND they have also killed many more of the other species of  mammals.  IMO time to bite the bullet and just eradicate them.  

[Mike Lister]

22 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

You have reminded me of an issue that has long annoyed me - that mosquitos have not been eradicated. Flies perform a useful function, as do all the other insects, but WTF do mosquitos do.  The reason I am extra annoyed is that they can eradicate them. There has been a gentic modification discovered that goes one step beyond the one that steralises the males in the local area. I remember reading the scientific report over 10 years ago. It was shelved for 2 reasons. One being that it is inhumane to eradicate a species - that one I did not and will not ever agree with. Number two being that they are not certain if somehow it could spill over to other species - I can see that. But IMO it is worth the risk. People claim Religion has killed more people - but the fact is that since we first became civilised (farming etc), more humans have been killed by mosquitos than anything else - by a long long way. And 1000s of times that number have been made sick.  AND they have also killed many more of the other species of  mammals.  IMO time to bite the bullet and just eradicate them.  

"While they can seem pointless and purely irritating to us humans, mosquitoes do play a substantial role in the ecosystem. Mosquitoes form an important source of biomass in the food chain—serving as food for fish as larvae and for birds, bats and frogs as adult flies—and some species are important pollinators".

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/mosquitos-exist-elephants-donkeys-used-represent-gop-democrats-180973517/#:~:text=While they can seem pointless,some species are important pollinators.

 

I very nearly substituted the word Australians for Mosquitoes but please note that I didn't. :))

Edited December 24, 2023 by Mike Lister