Dengue fever rashes

What is dengue fever?

Dengue fever is contracted by the bites of Aedes mosquito. Unlike mosquitoes that spread malaria and other diseases, Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day, making it difficult for one to avoid the risk of being bitten. Usually, the Aedes mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.

Now, once bitten by a dengue carrying mosquito, symptoms can show up within a couple of day’s time. Diagnosis of dengue fever can be done through blood tests. Few symptoms of dengue are rashes, high fever, headache, muscle and joint pain.

Understanding dengue fever rashes

Dengue fever rashes present themselves a few days after the onset of dengue fever. Before the rashes appear an individual can experience hot flushes on the face. These dengue rashes are like red dots which might develop into bright red colour and appear all over the body. Hands and feet can turn red and appear swollen too.

Three different kinds of dengue fever rashes

Now let’s understand three different kinds of dengue fever rashes which appear at some stage of the infection.

• Petecial rash: Petecial rash usually manifests as bright red dots on the surface of the skin. These dengue rashes develop due to bleeding under the skin surface.
• Bright red rash: Bright red rash has measles-like appearance. The redness may remain dominant in some parts while others may remain unaafected. These rashes may disappear after a few days, only to reappear again.
• Lesions: Lesion is the third kind of rash which may present itself either as flat or raised red lesion on the skin.

Rashes on skin accompanied by itching should be taken seriously and proper diagnosis must be done for them. Diagnosis via blood tests would determine and ascertain if the condition is as serious as dengue or not.

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