{"id":73,"date":"2022-01-18T13:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T13:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helix-ph.com\/blog\/?p=73"},"modified":"2022-01-19T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T18:03:24","slug":"how-to-differentiate-dengue-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helix-ph.com\/blog\/how-to-differentiate-dengue-from-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Differentiate Dengue from Covid-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several countries are struggling with Dengue <\/a>epidemics as the COVID-19 spreads around the world. In the context of co-epidemics, it would be useful to distinguish COVID-19 from Dengue because both diseases are thought to present similarly. Also, some of the Covid and dengue fever symptoms are similar too. There have been increasing concerns during the past few decades about the possibilities of coinciding outbreaks and co-infections with developing viruses, especially with arboviruses that happens because of the same Aedes<\/em> mosquito vector. However, the disparity diagnosis between influenza and dengue has been barely inspected since the 2009 flu pandemic, which is quite surprising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dengue, on one hand, is a cyclic illness that happens every year, while COVID is the new talk of the town, the common symptoms of the disease with COVID can be quite alarming to differentiate. In precise, a moderate to high fever is the sign which is seen as a predominant symptom of infection spread, in both situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do You Need to Know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To differentiate Dengue from Covid 19, we need to look at all the Covid and Dengue fever symptoms in detail. Let’s get started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signs and Symptoms of Dengue:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dengue<\/a> fever can range from asymptomatic infection to a serious illness. Dengue is a trivial to moderate disease with usually two phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Mild phase<\/strong>
    The mild Dengue fever symptoms are:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n