{"id":11957,"date":"2020-08-04T06:59:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2020-08-04T06:59:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:59:03","slug":"kolkata-corona-update-covid-dengue-infections-add-to-doctors-worry-in-kolkata-kolkata-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11957","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata Corona Update: Covid-dengue infections add to doctors\u2019 worry in Kolkata | Kolkata News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A middle-aged man who was found infected with both Covid-19<\/a> and dengue<\/a> died at MR Bangur a few weeks ago.
A teenager, who died in Howrah during treatment for Covid, was also found positive to dengue as well. <\/p>\n
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This season throws several health challenges at us. Coronavirus wreaking havoc does not mean that other seasonal scourges are going to stay away. Both government agencies and citizens must be prepared for these onslaughts.<\/p>\n

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A child from Beniapukur, who was brought to Institute of Child Health (ICH) about 12 days ago, had tested positive to both as well. The child was referred and is now undergoing treatment at Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata. <\/p>\n

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Dengue has started to pile more misery on Kolkatans, who are already struggling to cope with Covid-19. There have been at least three known cases of dual infection<\/a> \u2014 Covid-19 and dengue \u2014 over the last few weeks. Though doctors are yet to be definite about the impact of the double infection on patients, there is an increasing concern as some symptoms of the two infections overlap.
\u201cSo far, the number of dengue cases has been sporadic but cases will start rising by next month. In that case, we might be getting more cases of dengue and Covid co-infection,\u201d said paediatric intensivist Prabhas Prasun Giri of ICH, Kolkata.
\u201cSince this is the first time we are getting co-infection cases, we are not sure how the dual infection can impact a patient. The possibilities are that both the viruses might supplement each other. But we need more cases to be sure about it,\u201d added Giri.
\u201cThe two infections have overlapping symptoms like fever, headache and body pain. A person can be found infected by both as the vectors are different. Patients who are suspected of double infection should be subjected to proper diagnosis rather than depending on symptoms,\u201d said infection control specialist Debkishore Gupta of CMRI.
Gupta added that in such patients, there could be cross reactions during diagnostic tests. \u201cWhile RT-PCR should be confirming Covid, dengue PCR should be ideal for confirming dengue infection,\u201d added Gupta.
Doctors said that in some, medications and treatment approach of the two infections are contra-indicative to each each. Therefore, managing patients with two infections could be challenging. \u201cFor example, anti-coagulant is used in the management of some patients in Covid treatment. Now, if this patent is also dengue positive, such drug is contra-indication of dengue. Some management protocols are different. Therefore, managing a patient infected by both dengue and Covid could be quite a tough job,\u201d said internal medicine specialist Arindam Biswas of RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences.
The state has scaled up the number of fever clinics to deal with Covid patients. Now, with the number of dengue cases set to rise, these clinics may have a tough job at hand. \u201cThe government should come up with a clear guideline on this emerging health issue,\u201d said a health department official. <\/div>\n

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A middle-aged man who was found infected with both Covid-19 and dengue died at MR Bangur a few weeks ago. A teenager, who died in Howrah during treatment for Covid, was also found positive to dengue as well. TimesView This season throws several health challenges at us. Coronavirus wreaking havoc […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kolkata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1596524345_photo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}