Dengue stings Bhubaneswar laborious; Rise in ICU admissions fuels concern

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Dengue state of affairs has assumed alarming proportions in Odisha with well being consultants flagging some harmful scientific situations amongst sufferers arriving late for remedy at numerous hospitals within the capital metropolis. As the instances are pouring in from numerous elements of the town, hospitalisation and subsequent ICU admission have elevated proportionately resulting from issues. The State has reported as many as 5,546 instances thus far this 12 months with Khurda topping the record of districts with 2,716 instances, together with 2,189 instances from Bhubaneswar alone.

Medical Superintendent of IMS and SUM Hospital Dr Pusparaj Samantsinghar stated there was a big rise in dengue instances within the final three months. For the primary time, treating docs have come throughout some sufferers growing cardiac and pulmonary points, that are undoubtedly harmful indicators.

“Unlike previous years, the post-recovery duration has been prolonged this time along with severe complications and drastic platelet fall in patients. A proper study of strains and appropriate measures are required to check the menace,” he stated.      

The sudden rise in dengue instances has led to a platelet disaster with hospitals dealing with difficulties for blood transfusion in crucial sufferers. Since dengue doesn’t have any particular drug for remedy, docs go for standard remedy protocol. Hospitalisation is required solely when the platelet depend drops under 50,000.

“Patients are developing complications due to late diagnosis. This also gives rise to ICU admission. Along with a drastic drop in platelet count, patients are also developing multi-organ failure and hepatopathy. In some cases, we had to transfuse 20 to 30 packets of platelets to save patients,” stated senior marketing consultant of Medicine at SUM Ultimate Dr Srikant Dhar. The hospital has handled greater than 500 dengue sufferers within the final three months.

Researchers on the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) have discovered dengue virus serotype-2 (DEN2), probably the most virulent pressure, together with DEN1 and DEN3 in samples drawn from sufferers from totally different elements of the State, together with Bhubaneswar. Of the 133 samples by which dengue virus serotypes might be ascertained, DEN3 was detected in 41.35 per cent (55 samples), DEN1 in 30.1 laptop (40) and DEN2 in 26.3 laptop (35).

The samples have been drawn from Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Jagatsinghpur, Rayagada, Bargarh, Nuapada and Jajpur between May and October. Dual an infection with DEN1 and DEN2 was reported in 9 samples whereas twin an infection with DEN2 and DEN3 was present in 4 samples from Koraput and one pattern from Khurda.

BHUBANESWAR: Dengue state of affairs has assumed alarming proportions in Odisha with well being consultants flagging some harmful scientific situations amongst sufferers arriving late for remedy at numerous hospitals within the capital metropolis. As the instances are pouring in from numerous elements of the town, hospitalisation and subsequent ICU admission have elevated proportionately resulting from issues. The State has reported as many as 5,546 instances thus far this 12 months with Khurda topping the record of districts with 2,716 instances, together with 2,189 instances from Bhubaneswar alone.

Medical Superintendent of IMS and SUM Hospital Dr Pusparaj Samantsinghar stated there was a big rise in dengue instances within the final three months. For the primary time, treating docs have come throughout some sufferers growing cardiac and pulmonary points, that are undoubtedly harmful indicators.

“Unlike previous years, the post-recovery duration has been prolonged this time along with severe complications and drastic platelet fall in patients. A proper study of strains and appropriate measures are required to check the menace,” he stated.      

The sudden rise in dengue instances has led to a platelet disaster with hospitals dealing with difficulties for blood transfusion in crucial sufferers. Since dengue doesn’t have any particular drug for remedy, docs go for standard remedy protocol. Hospitalisation is required solely when the platelet depend drops under 50,000.

“Patients are developing complications due to late diagnosis. This also gives rise to ICU admission. Along with a drastic drop in platelet count, patients are also developing multi-organ failure and hepatopathy. In some cases, we had to transfuse 20 to 30 packets of platelets to save patients,” stated senior marketing consultant of Medicine at SUM Ultimate Dr Srikant Dhar. The hospital has handled greater than 500 dengue sufferers within the final three months.

Researchers on the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) have discovered dengue virus serotype-2 (DEN2), probably the most virulent pressure, together with DEN1 and DEN3 in samples drawn from sufferers from totally different elements of the State, together with Bhubaneswar. Of the 133 samples by which dengue virus serotypes might be ascertained, DEN3 was detected in 41.35 per cent (55 samples), DEN1 in 30.1 laptop (40) and DEN2 in 26.3 laptop (35).

The samples have been drawn from Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Jagatsinghpur, Rayagada, Bargarh, Nuapada and Jajpur between May and October. Dual an infection with DEN1 and DEN2 was reported in 9 samples whereas twin an infection with DEN2 and DEN3 was present in 4 samples from Koraput and one pattern from Khurda.