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Symptoms & Warning Signs

Dengue rashes may appear on your skin as red spots during a dengue fever infection. It often starts on the arms and legs and may spread to other parts of the body.

20 September 2024

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Watch Out For Dengue Warning Signs

By CodeBlue | 21 February 2024

Risk & Severe Dengue

Symptoms & Warning Signs

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Severe dengue: the warning signs

If you think you have severe dengue, see a doctor urgently

The symptoms of dengue can be very mild. In fact, many people have an infection without knowing it. But some people can become very ill with severe dengue.

Symptoms & Warning Signs

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How dengue is diagnosed

If you live in or travel to an area where there is dengue and show signs of the disease, see your doctor immediately. They may ask you to take a dengue test.

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Information fact check

Infection rates are on the rise

About half of the worlds population is now at risk of dengue infection.

There are four types of dengue virus

While many dengue infections show no obvious symptoms, any of the four types of the virus could possibly cause mild, or in some cases, severe dengue.

You can get dengue more than once

The risk of getting severe symptoms increases if you get a second infection with a different serotype.