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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dinuwije" data-source="post: 17350650" data-attributes="member: 7569">In Dengue, the platelet count records the biggest drop aftre the 3rd day and enters a critical period of 24 hours where many die if not managed well.after the critical period, the platelet count start rising to normal level when the body's immune system starts developing antibodies on the 5th day of the disease whether any medication was given or not...Artificially elevating the platelets is not a cure to the disease as the real pathology lies in damage to Blood vessel walls causing leakage of body fluids out side the circulatory system, causing reduction of the blood volume and heart failure...Good and meticulous Fluid manage is the only way to recover form DengueArtificially elevating platelets can be even done with 2 tablets of Prednisolone and nothing new, but it will not cure the disease.Many think Dengue causes just drop of platelets and artificially jacking up the platelet levels is the answer to the problem...The virus attacks everything form Blood vessels to Liver and platelets....Even the white Blood cells drop during dengue which is a better indicator of the disease progression than platelet levelsWhat is more important in Medical terms in the packed Cell volume and the Total WBC count......then only the platelet count is even looked at in the Blood report</blockquote>

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