Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease
Dengue has a high prevalence in tropical countries including India. Although myalgias are a common musculoskeletal manifestation in dengue but myositis is unusual. The present case series describes three cases of female patients with dengue fever (35-year-old, 30-year-old and 37-year-old), who devel...
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| description | Dengue has a high prevalence in tropical countries including India. Although myalgias are a common musculoskeletal manifestation in dengue but myositis is unusual. The present case series describes three cases of female patients with dengue fever (35-year-old, 30-year-old and 37-year-old), who developed severe pain and tenderness in muscles and were diagnosed with myositis. The present case series emphasises the fact that, although the condition is usually self-limiting, but it has the potential to aggravate into life threatening conditions like acute respiratory and renal failure, if left unattended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42ab838f097c4f5d92dbce72a3d5e04d2023-04-22T09:57:52ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2023-04-01174OR05OR0710.7860/JCDR/2023/62564.17773Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common DiseasePriyank Rastogi0Rajesh Chetiwal1Sandeep Choudhary2Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, ESI PGIMSR, Basaidarapur, New Delhi, India.Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, ESI PGIMSR, Basaidarapur, New Delhi, India.Ex-assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, ESI PGIMSR, Basaidarapur, New Delhi, India.Dengue has a high prevalence in tropical countries including India. Although myalgias are a common musculoskeletal manifestation in dengue but myositis is unusual. The present case series describes three cases of female patients with dengue fever (35-year-old, 30-year-old and 37-year-old), who developed severe pain and tenderness in muscles and were diagnosed with myositis. The present case series emphasises the fact that, although the condition is usually self-limiting, but it has the potential to aggravate into life threatening conditions like acute respiratory and renal failure, if left unattended.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/17773/62564_CE[Ra1]_F[SK]_PF1(DA_SS)_PN(KM).pdfcreatine kinasedengue virusneuromuscular manifestations |
| spellingShingle | Priyank Rastogi Rajesh Chetiwal Sandeep Choudhary Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research creatine kinase dengue virus neuromuscular manifestations |
| title | Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease |
| title_full | Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease |
| title_fullStr | Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease |
| title_short | Dengue Fever with Myositis- An Uncommon Complication of a Common Disease |
| title_sort | dengue fever with myositis an uncommon complication of a common disease |
| topic | creatine kinase dengue virus neuromuscular manifestations |
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