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Is Blood In Stools While On Treatment For Dengue Normal?
My son aged 20 years suddenly got fever on 26th June night he was given medicine for fever but in the morning he suddenly fainted doctor did his dengu ns1test and it was positive his platelets were 197000 he was admitted with fever on 27th June. On 28th his platelets were 143000. On 29th 167000. On 1.7.16 142000. With fever on 2nd July platelets count were 59000. On 3rd July 121000. His treatment now is on tablets from 3rd July his diet is good but. Yesterday and today he noticed some blood in stool he has no fever is it due to strain in passing stool or some other please advice
Thu, 31 Oct 2019
Hi,
No. It is not. It shows thrombocytopenia, a decrease in count and quality of platelets which may cause bleeding from any site.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ajeet Singh, General & Family Physician
No. It is not. It shows thrombocytopenia, a decrease in count and quality of platelets which may cause bleeding from any site.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ajeet Singh, General & Family Physician
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